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12 December 2024

11 December 2024

  • 15:0315:03, 11 December 2024 diff hist +1,870 N Senex Caecus Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Epstein (1967); Nishimura (2001) |Has Summary='''The Blind Old Man''' A foolish youth inherits a great fortune, and sails away to distant lands, where he is tricked by three rogues. The first rogue convinces him that the aloe wood (or sandalwood) he has purchased is actually worthless by burning a bit of it in the privy; he offers to replace the youth's stock of it with anything he desires. The second rogue beats the youth at dic..."
  • 14:5714:57, 11 December 2024 diff hist +322 Gibbosi No edit summary
  • 14:5414:54, 11 December 2024 diff hist +22 Gibbosi No edit summary
  • 14:5414:54, 11 December 2024 diff hist +1,199 N Gibbosi Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Epstein (1967); Nishimura (2001) |Has Summary=A young wife, lonely and bored in her married home, asks her servant to find her some entertainment. The servant encounters a hunchbacked musician who plays the flute and drum, and his music delights the young wife. She dresses him in fine clothes and gives him rich gifts. When he leaves, his friends all envy him and demand to come along the next time. She soon calls for the musician aga..."
  • 14:4614:46, 11 December 2024 diff hist +110 Mishle Sendebar No edit summary
  • 14:4514:45, 11 December 2024 diff hist +410 N Vulpes Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Summary='''The Fox''' A fox sneaks into town, but is caught inside the gates at nightfall. Feigning death in attempt to escape detection, the fox withstands one abuse after another for a while - its tail is cut off for a brush, an old woman plucks out its eye for a talisman, etcetera - but when it faces life-threatening injury, the fox can no longer lie still and leaps up to run away. }}"
  • 14:4114:41, 11 December 2024 diff hist +944 N Nomina Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Summary='''The Three Wishes''' A man makes his living telling fortunes, with answers supplied by a demon, or a witch, or a spirit. One day the magical being informs him that they must depart, and offer to tell him three magic spells - or the names of three divine/infernal powers - to thank him for his friendship. He can use these three spells, or three names, to grant wishes. The man is overjoyed, and rushes home to tell his wife. What should I wis..."
  • 14:2914:29, 11 December 2024 diff hist +443 N Absalom Mortuus Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967) |Has Summary=Following Absalom Rebellus, this story tells of Absalom's uprising against his father David. David's nephrew Joab commands his armies, and was instructed not to let Absalom die in the conflict. When Absalom is nevertheless killed, David is distracted with grief (despite having many surviving sons), and eventually orders his son Solomon to kill Joab. }}"
  • 14:2614:26, 11 December 2024 diff hist +330 N Absalom Rebellus Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967) |Has Summary=King David does not put his son Amnon to death when Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar. Instead, his brother Absalom kills Amnon, turning against his father, and fleeing the land. Eventually Absalom returns, leading a rebel army against David. }}"
  • 14:2214:22, 11 December 2024 diff hist +17 Gladius No edit summary
  • 14:2114:21, 11 December 2024 diff hist +929 N Gladius Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967); Clouston (1884) |Has Summary=A soldier in love with a married woman sends his servant to her house to arrange an assignation. Enamoured of the young servant, the wife seduces him in his master's stead. The soldier then comes himself to the house, and the wife hides the servant in the back room in order to welcome her lover. However, the woman's husband also soon returns. in a panic, the wife asks he..."
  • 14:1414:14, 11 December 2024 diff hist +13 Zuchara No edit summary
  • 14:1414:14, 11 December 2024 diff hist +815 N Zuchara Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967); Clouston (1884) |Has Summary=A man gives his wife money to buy food, and she goes to the market. The merchant lusts after her, and offers to give her sugar in exchange for sex. The wife agrees in advance, ties the sugar up in her cloak, and enters the merchant's chambers. While they are busy, the merchant's servant replaces the sugar with dust. The wife returns home none the wiser, leaves the bundle..."
  • 14:0714:07, 11 December 2024 diff hist +387 N Clouston (1884) Created page with "{{Modern Research Literature |Has Author=W. A. Clouston |Has Book Title=The Book of Sindibad |Has Book Subtitle=or, The Story of the King, His Son, the Damsel, and the Seven Vazirs from the Persian and Arabic |Has Place Of Publication=Glasgow, UK |Has Date=1884 |Has Type=Modern Research Literature |Has Digitisation=https://archive.org/details/bookofsindibador00sind/page/n8/mode/1up }}"
  • 13:5413:54, 11 December 2024 diff hist +858 N Panes Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Clouston (1884); Epstein (1967) |Has Summary=A merchant with a taste for fine foods sends a servant to buy bread, and is so delighted with the loaf that he brings back that he requests the same bread every day. Every day the servant buys a loaf from the same vendor woman, until one day she no longer is selling the bread. The merchant asks for the woman to be brought before him to explain her recipe. She arrives, an..."
  • 13:4813:48, 11 December 2024 diff hist +17 Simia No edit summary
  • 13:4613:46, 11 December 2024 diff hist +1,061 N Simia Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001) |Has Summary='''The Monkey''' A group of travelling merchants stop for the night, and a lion sneaks in amongst the livestock, waiting to pounce. However, before the lion can do anything, a thief also breaks into the paddock, feels the lion's huge hindquarters, and mistakes it for a particularly fat bull, and jumps on its back. The lion, terrified, begins to run - and the thief, realising his mistake, is also frig..."
  • 13:3513:35, 11 December 2024 diff hist +1,254 N Pallium Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Epstein (1967); Nishimura (2001) |Has Summary=A man falls in love with a married woman, but is rebuffed. He asks an old woman to help, and she tells him to go to the market and buy a cloak from the the woman's husband. She then burns three holes in the cloak, and goes herself to the woman's house, and asks for refreshment. When the married woman leaves the room to fetch water for her, the old woman leaves the cloak on the bed. Later..."
  • 13:0513:05, 11 December 2024 diff hist +1,897 Striga and Fons No edit summary
  • 13:0013:00, 11 December 2024 diff hist +148 Fons No edit summary
  • 12:1212:12, 11 December 2024 diff hist +684 N Fons Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001) |Has Summary='''The Fountain''' A prince travels to a nearby kingdom to be wed, accompanied by a wicked advisor. On the journey, they come to a great desert, in the middle of which is a magical spring. The advisor knows that this spring transforms any men who drink from it into women, so he stays back while the prince drinks, then returns to the king's court and reports that the prince has been killed by a lion...."
  • 11:0511:05, 11 December 2024 diff hist +1,430 N Striga Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001) |Has Summary='''The Witch''' After a sheltered and protected childhood, a prince is at last allowed to go hunting, accompanied by one of his advisors. When they spot game, the advisory tells the prince to follow it himself, and the prince becomes lost; the advisor returns to court and reports that the prince was killed. Meanwhile, the prince encounters a weeping maiden, and he offers to help her return to civilis..."
  • 10:4810:48, 11 December 2024 diff hist +223 N Striga and Fons Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Display Title=Striga and Fons |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967) |Has Summary='''The Witch and the Fountain''' This story is a combination of the narratives 'Striga' and 'Fons'. }}"
  • 10:4410:44, 11 December 2024 diff hist +2,599 N Canicula Created page with "{{Inset Story |Has Display Title=Catula, Canicula |Has Critical Literature=Nishimura (2001); Epstein (1967) |Has Summary='''The Weeping Dog''' A husband and wife pledge absolute faithfulness to each other in the other's absence. The husband departs on a long trip, and his wife mourns and stays indoors, barely showing her face outside. However, one day a bridal procession passes her house, and hearing the music, she puts her head out the window. A young man passing by..."

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