Characters in When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain

Chih

A wandering cleric of the Singing Hills who tells the story to keep the tigers at bay.

Also in The empress of salt and fortune, The Brides of High Hill, A Mouthful of Dust, A Long and Speaking Silence

Ho Sinh Loan

The leader of the hungry tigers, who takes a human shape to listen to the tale.

Si-yu

Chih's guide, who shares the siege in the barn.

Dieu

A young scholar whose marriage to a tiger is the heart of the story within the story.

Ho Thi Thao

A shapeshifting tiger who becomes Dieu's wife.