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Week 12 Reading: Celtic Fairy Tales, Part B

 These notes are based off The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire by Joseph Jacobs (1892).


  • Okay, usually I take pretty detailed plot notes for my story notes. However, I've done so many of these in a row, so I'm getting tired of this format. PLUS this story is much longer than usual, and has many parts. I'm going to do something new for this reading, I'll just give brief examples of the story, but focus on characters and how I could change the story into something new
  • So the main characters:
    • The Fairy of Gannon
      • wants to marry King Gannon's daughter
      • he is sent on a quest by the king
      • If he can get the goblin to start laughing again, he will be allowed to marry the princess
      • why is it so important for the goblin to laugh? Maybe the king was former friends with the goblin or the goblin's laugh has certain powers
      • This character is a typical hero! Brave and kind. He does a favor for the goblin, slays the giant, gets the evil king to bring back the goblin's son, and ultimately brings back the goblin's laugh and gets the girl! A perfect story book ending. I wouldn't change much about the character
      • I would write more about the friendship between the goblin and the fairy 
      • Also, randomly is a cowboy
    • The Laughing Goblin
      • The best character!
      • Has a tragic backstory
      • You think he would be mean, but he's seems very friendly
      • At the beginning, he does not laugh, the fairy must find out why! 
      • He gives the fairy a place to stay, and a meal
      • He sends the fairy on a quest to loosen the golden cows (is this simply a test)
        • Maybe he's just trying to find someone that can get his sons back/defeat the evil king
      • I do wonder why this goblin is so nice! It doesn't fit the goblin stereotype at all!
        • this would be cool to put in my storybook, since I already have a goblin story. This is a non-human eating goblin. He's a kind one
      • After fairy returns and accomplishes the task, we get the tragic backstory
        • They do have a little fight first, but I would change this in my retelling!
        • They would simply be buddies and trust each other, maybe fairy opens up first and shares about his own life
      • We learn about yellow face, the big villain
        • the goblin's sons were murdered by yellow face (all 12), so he is simply too sad to laugh
        • This is such a sad story, so now the audience feels bad for the goblin!
      • the end is happy! The hero of the story defeats the yellow face king (I would probably change the name..) and brings back the goblin's sons. He is able to laugh again! In the original,  the fairy gets married, but I might change it. 
      • He can stay with his friend the goblin in the woods! And can live happily ever after! 
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