SAE Magazine 13-2

76 People & Business // Toshihiro Jinouchi What is your impression of the Mexican legends? I liked them a lot. Japan also has its legends, but something that caught my attention and amused me was that in Mexico there are many legends in which the devil is cheated or mistreated. Another aspect I liked was that there are many stories in which characters appear to be a mixture of many animals. Could you tell us a Japanese legend? It is called Momotaro (The Peach Boy). It also talks about the devil being mistreated, but in a different way. Once upon a time, there was a grandfather and a grandmother. One day Grandma went to the river to wash clothes and Granddad went to the moun- tain to cut firewood. As Grandma washed the clothes she observed a huge peach going down the river. It went “domburako, domburako, domburako” (splash, splash, splash). The old woman looked and decided to take it h knife to split the peach i Therefore they named him People living in the same many bad episodes at th Momotaro decided he w them. Grandma gave him some fight the demons he met a The monkey asked him fo exchange he would help demons. Then he met a bird, wh offering its help too. A do the same proposal. So accompanied by a m Momotaro travelled to the managed to defeat dem peace to their town again. That is more or less the s Is there an animation or a legend? TJ: Being an ancient stor tions and mangas that illus many works which resum to make new proposals. I will mention some name first thing that comes to yo to Kihashiro. …but something that caught my attention and amused me was that in Mexico there are many legends in which the devil is cheated or mistreated.

SAE Magazine 13-2

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