Week 9 Reading Notes part B

    These are notes on the story, The Fetish Sunga, for part B of week 9 reading.

(fishing on the sea coast;
sketch by Dennett from the book)


Plot

    A selfish man hides the fish that he catches at the river. He lies to anyone who asks him about it and says he has no fish. A fetish, named Sunga, watches all of this and is very disappointed in his lies. One day, while catching more fish than he has ever caught, Sunga sends her daughter to fetch the man. He follows her along the river, which has dried up to provide a road, to a wonderful town at the river's water shed. There, Sunga makes him partake in a great feast and drink lots of wine that removes his ability to speak. Now, he can no longer lie to people and must use signs to communicate.

Thoughts

    I don't really understand what the guy's goal was in hoarding the fish. The story said he had so much some of it was rotting. I guess he was just weird and selfish. He's clearly not prideful or narcissistic because he didn't gloat about his amazing fishing skills. It's all quite puzzling.

 Bibliography. The Fetish Sunga from Notes on the folklore of the Fjort by Richard Edward Dennett

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