| Author | Message | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4494 Registered: 9-2010 |
He ought to have done it for his own sake, but wasn't sure it was a good idea. His beloved arranged it for the sake of others, and for him. They all lived happily ever after because of this. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15192 Registered: 4-2010 |
"He": H? A? M? Beloved: H? A? F? Are all He's/Him's the same? "They all": he & beloved? More people? Are you involved at all in this puzzle? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4497 Registered: 9-2010 |
"He": H? A? M? Yes Beloved: H? A? F? Yes Are all He's/Him's the same? Yes "They all": he & beloved? Yes, and... More people? Yes...ishly... Are you involved at all in this puzzle? In the events? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15193 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are there other creatures involved? Animals? Fictional creatures? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4500 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are there other creatures involved? yes Animals? yes Fictional creatures? only in the sense of appearing in a fictional story and being given fictional attributes | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15197 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the relevant animals anthropomorphic? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4503 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are the relevant animals anthropomorphic? They talk, and are a husband and wife. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15199 Registered: 4-2010 |
Arranged "it": an event? An occasion? A meeting? Something involving the animals? Is it relevant exactly what type of animals are involved? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4506 Registered: 9-2010 |
Arranged "it": an event? DOYD of 'event' An occasion? DOYDA meeting? DOYD...could be any or all of these Something involving the animals? Yes Is it relevant exactly what type of animals are involved? YES, good question!! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15201 Registered: 4-2010 |
Type of animal: land animal? Sea? Air? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4508 Registered: 9-2010 |
Type of animal: land animal? Sea? A sea animal was involved in the beginning of the story. Air? but chiefly a couple of these...presuming that the ability to fly makes them 'air' animals | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15203 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are they bats? Birds? Bugs? Other sea animal: a fish (scientifically)? A mammal? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4512 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are they bats? Birds? Bugs? this one, not sea animals Other sea animal: a fish (scientifically)? A mammal? it's hard to tell. I think this one is mythical (I forgot about it when answering your earlier questions, sorry) but not widespread, it was invented for the story. Let's call it a giant sea monster type. It's referred to as "Little ___" in the story, but this is a Non Indicative Name. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15207 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the bugs insects? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4514 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are the bugs insects? yes =) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15209 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are they flies? Fireflies? Bees? Grasshoppers? Fleas? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4518 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are they flies? Fireflies? Bees? Grasshoppers? Fleas? no to all | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 261 Registered: 8-2011 |
Title relevant? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4520 Registered: 9-2010 |
Title relevant? Yes, but this may mislead. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 264 Registered: 8-2011 |
Sister Wives -polygamy relevant? among humans? among animals? -the TV program relevant? -incest relevant? Are we talking about beetles? moths? butterflies? The sea creature: a serpent? craken? giant squid? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4530 Registered: 9-2010 |
Sister Wives -polygamy relevant? yes among humans? yes among animals? -the TV program relevant? no -incest relevant? no Are we talking about beetles? moths? butterflies? that's the one The sea creature: a serpent? craken? giant squid? it's a nonspecific giant sea creature that was made up by the author, as far as I know | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 266 Registered: 8-2011 |
The "it" event- a wedding? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4535 Registered: 9-2010 |
The "it" event- a wedding? No | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 270 Registered: 8-2011 |
Is this a story from ancient mythology? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4537 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is this a story from ancient mythology? Yope | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 272 Registered: 8-2011 |
Is this a mythological tale that has been changed in some way? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4539 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is this a mythological tale that has been changed in some way? No, but... | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 273 Registered: 8-2011 |
Is the sea creature married to the butterfly? another sea creature? Is the butterfly married to another butterfly? Are any humans married to animals? Do any humans turn into animals? Do any animals turn into humans? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4540 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the sea creature married to the butterfly? another sea creature? no to both, the sea creature never has anything to do with the butterflies Is the butterfly married to another butterfly? yes Are any humans married to animals? Do any humans turn into animals? Do any animals turn into humans? no to rest | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15211 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is "he" married already? Is the beloved? Can we call "him" Romeo and the beloved Juliet? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4541 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is "he" married already? Is the beloved? to each other, yes, although... Can we call "him" Romeo and the beloved Juliet? you may, although "he" and his beloved (and the other relevant ones) rather predate Shakespeare by a lot (though this story doesn't) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15214 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are other people relevant to the story? How many? H? A? M? F? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4542 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are other people relevant to the story? Yes How many? Nearly a thousand H? A? M? F? HAF | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15219 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this one of those contests where he has to marry someone or perform some challenge or something like that? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4544 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is this one of those contests where he has to marry someone or perform some challenge or something like that? no contest involved. He's already married more than enough... | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 279 Registered: 8-2011 |
So is Romeo married to multiple women? Nearly a thousand? Was it a mass marriage? Or a series of ceremonies? Any ceremony at all? Any major religion involved? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4545 Registered: 9-2010 |
So is Romeo married to multiple women? Yes Nearly a thousand? Yes, possible ish Was it a mass marriage? Or a series of ceremonies? This one, I presume, but it's irrelevant to the story - just that he's married to them Any ceremony at all? irrel to story Any major religion involved? Yesish | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15221 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does Romeo want to divorce/otherwise get rid of his other 999 wives (and keep the beloved Juliet)? Is he officially married to them? Through ceremony et al? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4547 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does Romeo want to divorce/otherwise get rid of his other 999 wives (and keep the beloved Juliet)? Well, I rather think divorce would be impractical. He could "get rid of" the 999 wives (and he was being annoyed by them enough to want to) and his beloved even advised him to teach them a lesson, but he didn't want to because... Is he officially married to them? Through ceremony et al? he's officially married to either 700 or 300 of them, I forget which, the rest are concubines (not that it matters for the story) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15224 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is Romeo actually King Solomon? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4548 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is Romeo actually King Solomon? He is indeed! And his Beloved is the Queen of Sheba in this story (or Sabea, I suppose, if one wants to get pedantic about spelling =) ) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15226 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is this story nonbiblical (though it involves Biblical characters)? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4550 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is this story nonbiblical (though it involves Biblical characters)? Yes, indeed =) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 15228 Registered: 4-2010 |
Now I have to figure out how these butterflies and this sea monster is relevant... Did anyone have to fight the sea monster? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4552 Registered: 9-2010 |
Now I have to figure out how these butterflies and this sea monster is relevant...exactly and precisely so...you may call said sea monster the "Animal" if you like, that's what the story says when it's not calling him by his name. Did anyone have to fight the sea monster? No, he's a very nice monster, although rather greedy. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4557 Registered: 9-2010 |
as advised by the lovely Doriana kitteh, a RECAP: He ought to have done it for his own sake, but wasn't sure it was a good idea. His beloved arranged it for the sake of others, and for him. They all lived happily ever after because of this. It has been discovered that "he", termed "Romeo", is King Solomon, and his "beloved", "Juliet", is the Queen of Sheba/Sabea. His other 999 wives are relevant, though whether they are full wives or concubines is not. A sea monster, known only as "Animal" is relevant in the beginning of the story (HINT: The Animal is relevant to why "he wasn't sure it was a good idea") but the main characters besides Solomon and the Queen of Sabea are two Butterflies, a husband and wife. The "It" mentioned twice, and the "this" are all the same thing - an event Solomon's actions orchestrated. No contest is involved. This story is *not* Biblical, but was written centuries after Solomon's death...indeed, centuries after Shakespeare's death. | ||
| Ciaobella (Ciaobella)
New member Username: Ciaobella Post Number: 287 Registered: 8-2011 |
Does this involve scaring the other wives? Embarrassing them? Making them think in a profound or philosophical way? Reminds me of a poem: King David and King Solomon led many merry lives With many merry concubines and many merry wives. When old age overtook them, without too many qualms, King Solomon wrote Proverbs; King David wrote the Psalms. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4565 Registered: 9-2010 |
Does this involve scaring the other wives? yes!Embarrassing them? yes!! Making them think in a profound or philosophical way? yesyesyes!!! Reminds me of a poem: King David and King Solomon led many merry lives With many merry concubines and many merry wives. When old age overtook them, without too many qualms, King Solomon wrote Proverbs; King David wrote the Psalms. and while that poem isn't relevant, the author of this tale is my second favorite poet who is also an author (after Tolkien, naturally) | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 360 Registered: 7-2011 |
*Ahem* Just So? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4568 Registered: 9-2010 |
*Ahem* =) Just So? Yes indeed, O Best Beloved (aka Soli Kitteh)...I suppose that is good enough for a ***SPOILER*** In Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, one of my particular favourites is The Butterfly That Stamped, the story of Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Solomon the Son of David, and of his Head Queen Balkis the most beautiful, Queen of Sheba. And so that was all right, Best Beloveds...do you see? Solomon wanted to show what a wise and generous King he was, and so he made a feast for all the animals of the world, and a great Animal came out of the sea and swallowed it all, saying that he, Small Porgies, was the smallest of his nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine brothers and sisters, and had been sent to ask when dinner would be ready. Solomon realized that he'd laid the feast for the sake of showing off, and not because he was being good or wise, so he vowed never to show off again, not even for the sake of his nine hundred and ninety-nine quarrelsome wives, who could be so easily silenced if he called up his djinni with the magic ring on his finger. Balkis was his very Best Beloved, being his Head Queen and one who never argued with him, and one day when she and Solomon were both in the garden, they happened across two quarrelsome Butterflies, so she constructed a plan...but I won't spoil the story Here it is. THERE was never a Queen like Balkis, From here to the wide world's end; But Balkis tailed to a butterfly As you would talk to a friend. There was never a King like Solomon, Not since the world began; But Solomon talked to a butterfly As a man would talk to a man. She was Queen of Sabaea-- And he was Asia's Lord-- But they both of 'em talked to butterflies When they took their walks abroad! - Rudyard Kipling | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 361 Registered: 7-2011 |
My favorite is "The Elephant's Child" - by the banks of the great, greasy, grey-green Zambesi. (Did I remmember that right?) | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4582 Registered: 9-2010 |
Great, grey, greasy-green Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees, Soli kitteh =) It's at that link, too! And The Elephant's Child is a favorite of mine, too. | ||
| Solitiare (Solitiare)
New member Username: Solitiare Post Number: 362 Registered: 7-2011 |
Oy! Thanks for correcting me, Kaylekitteh. I may have 'satiable curiosity but not 'satiable memory!It got filled up some time ago! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4589 Registered: 9-2010 |
*cuddles teh soli kitteh of 'satiable curtiosity* kaylee kitteh's 'satiable curtiosity means there is a puzzel waiting to be worked on that maybe teh soli kitteh could try =D |
