Week 2 Story: She's a Maneater

Once upon a time in a far, distant land there was a city full of demonic shape shifting women who liked to prey on and eat men. The city that these shape shifters lived in was only inhabited by these women and their beloved cats, and elephants, and monkeys. Often the women would grow lonely and so they would deploy their monkeys to search for lost men who were traveling alone. Once these lonely souls were found the monkeys would lure the men back to this city where the women would pretend to be distressed. These men felt for the women and would often offer to marry the women to assist in home and city life.

Little did these men know that these shape shifting demonic women would soon grow tired of them. Once the men were of no use or annoying to the women they were as good as dead because the women would imprison them and eat them, ALIVE!

One fateful and stormy morning the women deployed their monkeys to search for new men since they were growing bored with their current ones. Being good little monkeys that they were they were able to find a ship full of sailors who looked like prime eating. The skilled monkeys caused the ship to wreck and informed the women of the wreck. Once on land the men were greeted by these beautiful demonic women who lured them back to their city with promises of riches, food, shelter, and lots of babies. 

Arriving in the city the men saw an affluent and booming city that had been completely created by the women with shape shifting skills. The men married the women and they lived happily ever after. 

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                                          Picture information: Ravi Varma. wikimedia

But they did not. 

The women knew that they still had their former husbands imprisoned and that they needed to eat them so one night they got together and did so. One of the husband's woke up while his wife was out with the others. To this day it's not sure why he awoke, though it's believed that the cat jumped on him and woke him up. The faithful husband realized that his wife was not there but heard her come through the door and pretended to be asleep. As he lay there he couldn't help but notice that she had a human head in her hands and that she was EATING the brains like spaghetti. She then returned to bed. 

The next day the man approached his men and told them of the ordeal. Naturally not all of them believed him but there were those who did. The men who did helped plot an escape. 

One night at dusk the men got together and did a chant to summon a fairy and her magical horse. The chant was successful and the magical fairy horse appeared for the men to jump on and escape. All of the believers were able to fit on this horse and they flew off to return home. The non believers however, were not so fortunate for they were eaten that night by their lovely wives. 

Authors Note: 

The story has been altered from Twenty Jataka Tales and The Goblin Town

Bibliography. "The Goblin Town" from Twenty Jatake Tales by Noor Inayat (Khan). Web source.