A view from the witch's cave Book

I sense I'm not getting the full picture of these tales, not knowing much about the culture from which they originate. That said... the stories are really weird. The fables don't seem to have any purpose or lesson and the stories and legends often consist of many details that have nothing to do with one another, their disparate parts making for some random and abrupt storytelling and leading to quite a few double-takes from me wondering just what the point was or what just happened. At times it seems like the stories got lost along the way, like parts were skipped or repeated incorrectly over generations of retelling, like a very long game of telephone, and what remains today is an incomplete picture of what it probably started out to be.

I know that makes it sound like I didn't like it, and in a way I was not satisfied, but I definitely still see value in this little book. There are many seeds here that made me curious to learn more about this culture and its folktale traditions. If I ever come across a used copy, I will certainly add it to my library.