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The Ogre Who Cried: A Modern Japanese Folktale |
| Section: CULTURE / FOLK WISDOM |
| Author: Christi Ann Merrill |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 2,259 Words, 12,433 Characters |
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Once upon a time, there were two ogres who lived in the mountains of Japan. One ogre was red and the other was blue, so they called themselves Red Ogre and Blue Ogre. Red Ogre was all red: His earlobes were red, his knees were red, even the tip of his nose was red. Blue Ogre was as blue as Red Ogre was red: From his twisted brow to his clawed toes, he was nothing but blue. Blue, blue, blue.
Like all ogres, their eyes glinted gold; stubby, coarse horns sprouted out of their heads; and they wore tiger skins wrapped around their waists. Whenever they feasted, Red Ogre and Blue Ogre preyed upon the mightiest beasts of the jungle, leaving behind bones and blood.
Woodcutters would run away screaming if the ogres crossed their paths. Villagers would shudder to hear them cackle. The st...
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...the turn of the century by a Japanese writer named Hirosuke Hamada. Yet, from everything I have witnessed, I think Hamada should be congratulated for creating a tale that has slipped so easily into the pool of regenerative culture. Very few modern stories retain the relationship to traditional tales that allows them to be remembered in the larger context and retold from the seed they contain.
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