Tales of Ancient Japan. Myths and Legends

8 hrs. 20 min.

Language Russian

Author Sazanami Sanjin

Narrator Anna Chintsova

Description

A collection of folk tales of Ancient Japan that reflects unique culture and traditions

Gods and goddesses, spirits and ghosts, heroes and beauties, emperors and commanders, miracle-working saints and sinful laypeople…

“Tales of Ancient Japan” is an interesting book for both connoisseurs and lovers of unique Japanese culture—and for people who are just beginning to discover it.

In the collection, readers are presented with a bizarre world of Japanese Shinto mythology, heroic-historical legends, and instructive parable stories, in which the people’s imagination has fantastically refracted the moral-ethical and philosophical principles of Buddhism.

Contents:

Momotaro

Tamanoi

Crab’s Revenge

Matsuyama Mirror

Grandfather Hanasaka

Oeyama

A sparrow with a cut tongue

Tawara Toda

Kati-Katiyama

Kobutori

Tarō Monogusa

The Lucky Teapot

The Eight-Headed Serpent

The Rabbit and the Crocodiles

Rashomon

The Monkey and Medusa

Adachigahara

Urashima Taro

Issumboshi

Kintaro

Hibariyama

Cats and Rats

Usivakamару

The Rat’s Wedding