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Explore myths connected by the recurring theme of Kindness across cultures, characters, and sacred places.
3 myths currently featured for Kindness.
During a journey to win the hand of Princess Yakami, the compassionate deity Ōkuninushi encountered the White Hare of Inaba, who had been flayed by sea beasts and further tormented by Ōkuninushi's cruel brothers. Ōkuninushi kindly advised the suffering hare to wash in a freshwater river and roll in the healing pollen of cattails. Once restored, the grateful hare prophesied that Ōkuninushi...
The myth of Ōnamuchi (later Ōkuninushi) and his eighty brothers who travel to the province of Inaba to court Princess Yakami. While his proud brothers force Ōnamuchi to carry all their heavy luggage, they encounter a suffering, skinless hare on the coast of Inaba. The brothers trick the hare with painful advice, but the compassionate Ōnamuchi offers the correct remedy, earning the gratitude...
In the hall of the cruel King Geirröðr, the god Odin sits in disguise between two scorching fires, tortured for eight nights. Only the king's young son, Agnar, shows compassion by bringing the stranger a horn of water to quench his thirst. Moved by this kindness, the god reveals the secrets of the cosmos and rewards the boy with the throne.