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The Legend of Prince Golden Calf in China and Korea

The Legend of Prince Golden Calf in China and Korea

Idema, Wilt L.
Olof, Allard M.

Hardcover

Literary CriticismMythology & FolkloreFiction Anthologies

ISBN10: 1621967018
ISBN13: 9781621967019
Publisher: Cambria Pr
Published: Nov 19 2021
Pages: 308
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book is in the Cambria Sinophone World Series headed by Victor H. Mair (University of Pennsylvania).

The legend of Prince Golden Calf tells the story of a prince who is turned into a calf when the jealous rivals of his mother try to kill him by feeding him to a cow. When that cow later gives birth to a calf, the king develops a special affection for the beautiful little animal. The jealous women grow suspicious, also because the calf assists his imprisoned mother in the onerous tasks that have been imposed on her. They feign an illness that can only be cured by eating the heart and liver of the calf. When the king eventually gives in to the pressure to have the calf killed, the butcher allows it to escape. In its wanderings the calf arrives in a foreign country where a local princess is selecting a groom. When her choice falls on the calf, she is chased from the palace. Eventually the calf changes into a handsome young man, so the princess can be reunited with her family, and the prince with his father and mother. This legend is best known from Korea, where it circulated in both a Chinese and a Korean version. In Korea, the tale has long been believed to have a Korean origin.

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