| 词条 | The Hobyahs |
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SynopsisA man, woman, girl, and little dog lived in a house made of hempstalks. The Hobyahs came for several nights, shouting "Hobyah! Hobyah! Hobyah! Tear down the hempstalks, eat up the old man and woman, and carry off the little girl!" For several nights, the dog barked, scaring them off, but the old man was angry at its barking and cut off its tail, then its legs, then its head. Then the Hobyahs tore down the house, ate the old man and woman, and carried off the girl in a bag. They hung up the bag at home and knocked it, shouting, "Look me!" They went to sleep, because they slept by daytime. A man heard her crying and took her home, putting his big dog in the sack. When the Hobyahs opened the sack, the dog ate them all. MotifsJacobs noted that the Hobyahs, though now destroyed, resembled "the bogies or spirits of the comma bacillus".[1] Escaping from a bag is a common fairy tale motif, but the technique used is not. Such tales as Molly Whuppie and The Little Peasant feature the character tricking his way out. RetellingsRobert D. San Souci retold it in the picture book The Hobyahs. "The Hobyahs" is a very popular children's book. Hobyahs also appear in Joan Aiken's book The Witch of Clatteringshaws. Provides the imagery for the protagonist's fantasies in the Australian film Celia (1989), directed by Ann Turner. The telling differs, however, in that there is no girl, the Hobyahs make off with the old woman, and the old man gives the little dog back his head, legs, and tail, and together they go in search of the old woman. References1. ^1 2 3 Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, "The Hobyahs" {{Portal |Children's literature}} 2 : Fairy tales|Legendary creatures in popular culture |
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