A | B |
Edmond Dantes | wrongly imprisoned man |
Confucius | Chinese teacher |
Japanese courtly lady | author of Pillow Book |
Faust | sought unlimited experience |
Mephistopheles | devil |
Madame Lantin | received jewels as gifts |
Monsieur Lantin | learned his wife was unfaithful |
Gilgamesh | Sumerian king and partial god |
Noah | built an ark |
Sundiata | destroyed Sosso |
Coyote | made death eternal |
Osiris | good king of Egypt |
Seth | jealous brother of Osiris |
Isis | wife of Osiris |
Nora | wife who forges an IOU |
Torvald | calls his wife "little songbird" |
Krishna | god who urges Arjuna to fight |
Yudhistira | brother who answers 100 questions |
Arjuna | he fears killing his family |
Ravana | many-headed king of demons |
Rama | prince who fights Ravana |
Prodigal Son | wastes his inheritance |
ravens | animals who help the servant win the princess |