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[oyceter]

1. coffeeandink is soliciting East Asian and Chinese-focused Orientalist tropes for Secret Project #2. Go forth and complain or 'fess up guiltily!

2. Looking for monkey folktales for Secret Project #1! Well, mostly looking for non-Journey to the West monkey folktales. Non-European ones would be preferrable for said project.

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[oursin.livejournal.com]

Monkeys: would Hanuman the monkey-god (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman) in the Hindu pantheon count?

[oyceter]

Yes, that is awesome!

[octopedingenue]

I am made of helpful awesome! Also I itch with curiosity about secret projects omg.

The Monkey Bridegroom
The Monkey's Heart
Jupiter & the Monkey (Western)
Chonguita the Monkey Wife
The Greedy Monkey
The Fox, the Monkey, the Hare, and the Horse
The Monkey Trades Up


Oh, and because it is way too much effort to open an e-mail reply instead of typing it here: I don't have the YKK manga, but I have the 2 eps of the YKK anime (in computer file form, not DVD form) and I will burn them for you if you A)send me your address again and B)tell me something else to put on the DVD so I don't go "I am waaaasting all these gigabyyyyyytes." :)

[oyceter]

You are made of win!

You are made of even more win for YKK! I will email you ^_^.

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Secret Project #4!

[octopedingenue]

TEASE

[oyceter]

I echo what octopedingenue said: Tease!

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

India has a lot of monkey lore. For Hanuman, see the Ramayana... or don't, it's hugely long, but try a children's version, which will be both abridged and readable. "The Monkey's Heart" is famous and also shows up in Western folklore, in various variants, of which "The Ogre's Heart" is probably the best-known; but there are other monkey-centric stories in "The Jataka Tales." A search for "Jataka" plus "monkey" should get you the specific titles.

[oyceter]

Yay! Thank you!