12 ■ The Human-Bear’s Death for Love

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Foreword xiii
6. Introduction: Rediscovering Fairy Tales in China 1
7. PART ONE Love with a Fairy
8. 1 ■ The Dragon Daughter 17
9. 2 ■ The Golden Pin 21
10. 3 ■ The Fisherman’s Lover 27
11. 4 ■ The Silkworm 32
12. 5 ■ On the Celestial Riverbank 35
13. 6 ■ The Flute Player 38
14. 7 ■ The Pheasant Feather Cloak 41
15. 8 ■ The Sea Dragon King 44
16. 9 ■ The Celestial Fairy 46
17. 10 ■ The Daughter of the Dragon King of the Sea 53
18. PART TWO Predestined Love
19. 11 ■ The Paper Bride 69
20. 12 ■ The Human-Bear’s Death for Love 71
21. 13 ■ The Snake Spirit 74
22. 14 ■ The Garden Snake 78
23. 15 ■ Spouses from Two Worlds 83
24. 16 ■ The Peasant’s Wife 86
25. 17 ■ The Marriage of a Human and a Ghost 88
26. 18 ■ The Ghost Marriage 92
27. 19 ■ Golden Frog 95
28. 20 ■ The Toad Son 98
29. 21 ■ The Chicken Egg 103
30. 22 ■ No Giving Up before Seeing the Yellow River 106
31. 23 ■ The Reward of the Snake 111
32. 24 ■ Everyone Is Content 116
33. PART THREE The Hatred and Love of Siblings
34. 25 ■ The Two Brothers 123
35. 26 ■ The Yellow Bag 127
36. 27 ■ The Two Sisters 133
37. 28 ■ The Elder Daughter 135
38. 29 ■ The Three Brothers 138
39. 30 ■ Elder Brother and Younger Brother 143
40. 31 ■ The Melon King 151
41. PART FOUR Other Odd Tales
42. 32 ■ The Weird Brothers 157
43. 33 ■ After Replacing the Heart 161
44. 34 ■ The Hairy Girl on the Pine Tree 164
45. 35 ■ The Shedding Winter Plum 167
46. 36 ■ Old Wolf 170
47. 37 ■ Old Wolf’s Wife 181
48. 38 ■ Brother Moon and Sister Sun 184
49. 39 ■ The Ghost Brother 186
50. 40 ■ The One-Legged Child 194
51. 41 ■ The Fairy Cave 196
52. 42 ■ Increasing Fortune and Snatching Fortune 199
53. Bibliographic Sources and Tale Types 201
54. Bibliography 215
55. Biographical Notes on Important Writers and Contributors 219