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Shita-kiri Suzume (舌切り雀, shita-kiri suzume), translated literally into "Tongue-Cut Sparrow", is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. The story explores the effects of greed, friendship and jealousy on the characters. Andrew Lang included it as The Sparrow with the Slit ...
Otogi-zōshi (お伽草紙) is a Japanese collection of short stories by Osamu Dazai.In this work, the author is giving the reader a reinterpretation of classic Japanese fairy tales such as Urashima Taro, Tanuki and the Rabbit, Tale of a man with a wen and the Tongue-cut Sparrow, and gives the characters a new dimension which go against the national spirit which the Imperial Japanese ...
A representative sampling of Japanese folklore would definitely include the quintessential Momotarō (Peach Boy), and perhaps other folktales listed among the so-called "five great fairy tales" (五大昔話, Go-dai Mukashi banashi): [3] the battle between The Crab and the Monkey, Shita-kiri Suzume (Tongue-cut sparrow), Hanasaka Jiisan (Flower-blooming old man), and Kachi-kachi Yama.
A more direct appearance of the choice of casket motif occurs in Japanese folktale The Tongue-Cut Sparrow: a poor old man rescues a sparrow and is presented with the choice between a large casket and a small one; he chooses the small box. This tale is also a variant of the ATU 480 tale type.
The Story of the Faithful Cat; How a Man was Bewitched and Had His Head Shaved by the Foxes; The Grateful Foxes; The Badger's Money; The Prince and the Badger; Japanese Sermons The Sermons of Kiu-O, Vol. 1. Sermon 1; The Sermons of Kiu-O, Vol. 1. Sermon 2; The Sermons of Kiu-O, Vol. 1. Sermon 3; Appendices An Account of the Hari-Kiri; The ...
The List of Tamil Proverbs consists of some of the commonly used by Tamil people and their diaspora all over the world. [1] There were thousands and thousands of proverbs were used by Tamil people, it is harder to list all in one single article, the list shows a few proverbs.
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The story of King Shibi has been linked with the South Indian dynasty of Cholas who ruled between c 100 C.E. to c. 1250 C.E. The later Cholas claimed to have descended from Shibi. [citation needed] The Tamil name for Shibi was Sembiyan. This name was assumed by many Chola kings.