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The silly jelly-fish

Told in English

by Basil Hall Chamberlain

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Japanese
  • Content type: FictionJuvenile
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"The Silly Jelly-Fish" by Basil Hall Chamberlain is a whimsical fairy tale likely written during the early 20th century. This children's story revolves around fantastical elements featuring dragons and a jellyfish, encapsulating themes of adventure and humor. The narrative is centered on the trials of a young dragon queen and highlights the lengths to which her husband, the dragon king, will go to secure a cure for her sickness. In the story, the dragon queen falls ill and insists on eating a live monkey's liver as a remedy, prompting the dragon king to send his jellyfish servant on a quest to fetch a monkey. After successfully finding a monkey, the cunning creature spins a tale to avoid being captured, ultimately leading the jellyfish back to the dragon king empty-handed. The jellyfish faces punishment for his naiveté, which is humorously linked to the jellyfish's characteristic lack of bones. By the end, the dragon queen resolves to recover on her own, illustrating a blend of absurdity and moral lesson inherent in classic fairy tales. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Folklore”, “folklore”, “mythology”, and 1 additional term(s). Retained metadata contains “fairy tale” in the description, “Fairy tales” in the description, “Tales” in the description, and 5 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “tales”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “fairy tale”· in description

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Kobunsha's Japanese Fairy Tale series #13; London and Sydney: Griffin Farran and Co., n.d.

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Told in English

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2008-05-25Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Kobunsha's Japanese Fairy Tale series #13; London and Sydney: Griffin Farran and Co., n.d.
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