| 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 |
