These notes are based off The Goblin of Adachigahara from Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki
- I'm now in a halloween mood, so I'm loving these tales about goblins that eat people!
- In this one, a goblin has been eating travelers, but the priest has yet to run into him
- Of course, he's really in the goblin's house right now!
- He's in the house with an old woman in the middle of the woods (totally safe)
- The woman allows him in and feeds him
- She leaves to get firewood and tells him, "Don't look in the inner room"
- The man swears not to, but it's calling to him!
- He goes into the room, and it's filled with bones!
- "In once corner skull upon skull rose to the ceiling, in another was a heap of arm bones, in another a help of leg bones" This is a good description!
- He figures out that the woman is the cannibal goblin (smart guy)
- He runs away, but she chases him
- With a knife!
- The man prays to the buddha and he is saved!
- The goblin disappears at dawn
- If this was me, I would turn this into a "cabin in the woods" type story
- A young teen travels on a dare and stays in a goblin filled town
- Then, they discover the closet with the bones and the goblin appears
- I think in my version, I would make it a bit more funny. Maybe like play up the "don't look in the closet" bit.
- The young person would immediately look-instead of wait
- I would probably also change the ending! Just because it's halloween and I want to be dramatic.
- I would have the teen get eaten by the goblin.
- The goblin would win and collect more bones for her collection.
Image Information:
Tengu and Monk
By: Kawanabe Kyosai
Found on: Wikipedia
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