The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang (1898).
Almost everyone who starts a journey with Sinbad ends up
dead, it a wonder they don’t call him Sinbad the Cursed. I’m surprised he could
find anyone to sail with him for the last 3 voyages. I’m honestly impressed it
took him 6 terrible journeys to finally decide that he was done. It’s almost
poetic justice that he unwillingly gets roped into a 7th voyage. I
can’t believe they call him “the Sailor”, you would think losing half of your
ships would make you a bad sailor.
I really liked the story of the old man of the sea. It’s
almost like emotional baggage tormenting him, but also keeping him alive. He
gets rid of this baggage by drinking away him problems. Although this is a
terrible way to deal with such issues, many people still deal with their
problems with alcohol.
I’m not going to lie the name sequins for the coins keeps
making me think of them trading modern day clothing sequins. I just imagine
them trading sequins till they have enough for a sweet vest. It would be an
interesting story to see a fairy from that time period demand sequins as payment
receive modern day sequins and decide that they like them better. Just the thought of trading a magical favor for a lush sequined bed and in reality it is a sequined pillow from Walmart that cost like $5 is comical.
I can’t believe people hear his stories and just accept
everything as truth. These stories seem like something an old man at a tavern
would tell to get free drinks.
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