- Origin
- Japan
- Source
- Magic Animals of Japan
- by Davis Pratt & Elsa Kula
- Parnassus Press: Berkeley, CA, 1967
- The Story
- At the bottom of the sea, in a palace live the dragon king and his
queen. The queen has a craving for Monkey's liver and they send Turtle
on the quest of bringing back Monkey. The monkey finds out the reason
for this honorable invitation from the jellyfish. He tricks the Turtle
to bring him safely back home. From then on, the dragon king makes the
jellyfish boneless, scaleless, and not longer the Keeper of the Palace
Gate.
- Comments
- The dragon king is powerful and possesses god-like abilities. His
physical features are not described. This telling is short and full of
interesting elements.
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