(Every now and then we'll get a Sunday edition of The Erie Times-News. In the back of their comics section, is a retelling of folktales. I thought I'd share last week's story.)

( Reaching for the Stars. )

I first read an iteration of this story in a collection of Tibetan folktales edited by Sandra Benson. The title of the collection is Tales from the Golden Corpse. One of the things that most interests me about this version of the folktale is how it differs from the one I've read before. However, since I don't have the book with me and so can't ( Read more... )

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