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Ayama And The Thorn Wood
This short story “Ayama and the Thorn Wood” within the book “The Language of Thorns” by Leigh Bardugo holds a large multitude of greek myths, fairy tales, biblical references. This excerpt introduces the main characters the Beast and Ayama. The excerpt throughout the novel to see certain instances these references come into play. The royal born beast that was sent into a maze his father created for him is an obvious reference to the greek tale of the Minotaur that got sent off to live in the Labyrinth by the king. This excerpt also introduces the other main character, Ayama. These two interact when Ayama is forced to go and bib with him, he demands her to tell a tale that greatly angers him to be able to leave the woods alive, every story she
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