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Explore myths connected by the recurring theme of Folktale across cultures, characters, and sacred places.
4 myths currently featured for Folktale.
While traveling to woo Princess Yakami of Inaba, the eighty brothers of Okuninushi trick a flayed hare into bathing in saltwater, causing it agonizing pain. Okuninushi, carrying his brothers' heavy baggage, discovers the weeping hare on the beach and provides compassionate healing advice. Through this act of benevolence, the hare prophesies that Okuninushi, despite his lowly status among his...
An ancient Egyptian mariner recounts his survival after a catastrophic shipwreck led him to the mystical Island of the Ka. There, he encountered a divine, golden-scaled serpent who provided him with riches and prophecy. The story serves as a lesson on resilience and the unpredictability of fate within the Egyptian worldview.
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a young woman named Zhu Yingtai disguised herself as a man to pursue an education in Hangzhou, where she formed an inseparable bond with her classmate Liang Shanbo. After three years of shared study, their attempt to marry was thwarted by a forced betrothal, leading to Liang's death from grief and Zhu's eventual suicide at his grave. Their spirits famously...
This legendary tale follows Bai Suzhen, a powerful white snake spirit who transforms into a beautiful woman to experience human life and love in the mortal realm. Accompanied by her loyal companion Xiaoqing, a green snake spirit, she settles by the scenic West Lake in Hangzhou where she meets and marries the kind-hearted scholar Xu Xian. However, their happiness is threatened by the monk...