About This Book
The collection frames a series of folk tales through the encounter between a daring king and a corpse inhabited by a malicious spirit; tasked with conveying the body, the king listens as the spirit tells twenty-five linked stories that range from macabre and comic to didactic. Each tale sets a moral puzzle or paradox that tests the listener's judgment and courage, and recurring motifs include transformations, trickery, divine intervention, and examinations of duty, truth, and justice. The arrangement alternates narrative entertainment with ethical dilemma, producing a tapestry of supernatural adventure and traditional moral instruction.