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To gain an advantage in the eternal war between gods and demons, the young sage Kacha journeys to learn the secret of resurrection from the demon-preceptor Shukracharya. After multiple attempts on his life by jealous demons, Kacha is eventually ground into ashes and consumed by his own teacher in a cup of wine. To survive, he must learn the secret mantra from within his teacher's stomach,...
After Bata flees to the Valley of the Cedar, the gods create a beautiful wife for him who eventually betrays his secret to the Pharaoh. Upon learning that Bata's life is tied to a cedar tree, the Pharaoh has the tree cut down, causing Bata to perish until his brother Anpu later intervenes.
King Nisus of Megara possessed a magical lock of purple hair that guaranteed the safety of his life and his kingdom. During a siege by King Minos of Crete, Nisus' daughter Scylla fell in love with the enemy king and cut the lock from her father's head as a gift for Minos. Repulsed by her betrayal, Minos rejected her, and both father and daughter were eventually transformed into birds.
When the Great Flood threatened to consume the world, the hero Gun stole the magical expanding soil known as Xirang from the heavens to build dams and save humanity. This act of divine theft enraged the Jade Emperor, who dispatched the Fire God Zhurong to execute Gun on the slopes of Mount Yushan. Though Gun perished, his body remained incorruptible and eventually gave birth to his son, Yu...
In the early days of his life on Mount Huaguo, the Stone Monkey accepts a challenge from his tribe to leap through a massive waterfall to discover its source. Behind the thundering cascade, he finds a mystical, fully-furnished cave that provides a perfect sanctuary for the monkey clan. By successfully returning and leading his people to this new home, he is crowned the Handsome Monkey King,...
Surtr is the primordial fire giant who guards the burning realm of Muspelheim and leads the cataclysmic march against the gods during Ragnarök. Wielding a flaming sword that outshines the sun, he eventually consumes the entire world in fire to pave the way for a new creation. His final battle with the god Freyr and the subsequent destruction of the World Tree represent the necessary cycle of...
After the Tang Priest is kidnapped by the Golden-Nosed White-Haired Mouse Spirit, Sun Wukong must descend into a subterranean labyrinth known as the Bottomless Pit. Discovering that the demon has ties to the Heavenly Court, Wukong seeks the help of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing and Prince Nezha to liberate his master. The tale highlights the struggle between Wukong's sharp...
Garmr, the blood-stained hound of Hel, guards the mouth of the Gnipahellir cave at the threshold of the underworld. According to prophecy, his thunderous howling signals the arrival of Ragnarök, the twilight of the gods. When the world begins to end, Garmr breaks his iron chains, escapes his subterranean vigil, and joins the final battle where he and the god Týr ultimately slay one another.
Jörmungandr, the world-spanning Midgard Serpent, represents the boundary of the known world and the herald of its destruction. When the cataclysmic era of Ragnarök begins, this colossal beast releases its own tail, which it had held in its mouth for eons, and rises from the depths of the Norwegian Sea. As it ascends to the surface, it exhales a lethal venom called Eitr, poisoning the waters...
King Zhou of Shang, the last ruler of his dynasty, retreated to his opulent Deer Terrace Pavilion as his capital fell to the advancing Zhou forces. Clad in his most precious jade jewelry and silken robes, he set the tower ablaze in a final act of defiant self-destruction. This event marked the definitive end of the Shang era and the transition of the Mandate of Heaven to the Zhou Dynasty.