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  2. Tsuru no Ongaeshi - Wikipedia

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    Tsuru no Ongaeshi (鶴の恩返し, lit."Crane's Return of a Favor") is a story from Japanese folklore about a crane who returns a favor to a man. A variant of the story where a man marries the crane that returns the favor is known as Tsuru Nyōbō (鶴女房, "Crane Wife").

  3. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter - Wikipedia

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    The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Japanese: 竹取物語, Hepburn: Taketori Monogatari) is a monogatari (fictional prose narrative) containing elements of Japanese folklore. Written by an unknown author in the late 9th or early 10th century during the Heian period , it is considered the oldest surviving work in the monogatari form.

  4. The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories - Wikipedia

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    With 34 stories, the collection spans centuries of short stories from Japan ranging from the early-twentieth-century works of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki up to more modern works by Mieko Kawakami and Kazumi Saeki. The book features an introduction by Japanese writer and longtime Rubin collaborator Haruki Murakami. [1]

  5. Japanese creation myth - Wikipedia

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    Table illustrating the kami that appeared during the creation of Heaven and Earth according to Japanese mythology.. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.

  6. The Fountain of Youth (fairy tale) - Wikipedia

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    The Fountain of Youth is a Japanese fairy tale collected by Lafcadio Hearn in Japanese Fairy Tales. [1] Synopsis. An old couple lived in the mountains. The man cut ...

  7. Run, Melos! - Wikipedia

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    "Run, Melos!" (走れメロス, Hashire Merosu) is a Japanese short story by Osamu Dazai.It was first published 1940 and is a widely read classic in Japanese schools. It was first used as teaching material for Japanese middle high schoolers in 1956.

  8. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [ 1 ]

  9. Ama no Fuchigoma - Wikipedia

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    Ama no Fuchigoma (天乃斑駒, lit. "heavenly spotted horse") [1] is a mythical horse from a collection of Japanese folklore known as the Chronicles of Japan or Nihon-Shoki (日本書紀). In the myth, Ama no Fuchigoma was ridden by the god Susanoo .