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  2. Origin of death - Wikipedia

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    The origin of death is a theme in the myths of many cultures. Death is a universal feature of human life, so stories about its origin appear to be universal in human cultures. [1] As such it is a type of origin myth, a myth that describes the origin of some feature of the natural or social world. No one type of these myths is universal, but ...

  3. Krai Thong - Wikipedia

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    A mural painting depicting the story of Kraithong, from Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram in Samut Songkhram Province. Krai Thong or Kraithong (Thai: ไกรทอง, pronounced [krāj.tʰɔ̄ːŋ]) is a Thai folktale, originating from Phichit Province. It tells the story of Chalawan, a crocodile lord who abducts a daughter of a wealthy Phichit man ...

  4. Grateful dead (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    Grateful dead (or grateful ghost) is both a motif and a group of related folktales present in many cultures throughout the world. The most common story involves a traveler who encounters a corpse of someone who never received a proper burial, typically stemming from an unpaid debt. The traveler then either pays off the dead person's debt or ...

  5. Kachi-kachi Yama - Wikipedia

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    In the mobile video game The Battle Cats, there is a unit in the game called Kachi-Kachi. The unit is a modernized version of the wood-carrying part of the story. The raccoon is carrying wood, and a cat has a flamethrower, which is shooting at the raccoon. The raccoon ducks and the fire blows to the enemy.

  6. Godfather Death - Wikipedia

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    Death is also shocked and griefstricken when the young man explains his reasons to give his life in exchange for the princess' own. The StoryTeller featured an episode heavily inspired by this story called "The Soldier and Death". In this telling, the man isn't Death's godson, but has a similar trick of healing people if Death is at their feet ...

  7. Janghwa Hongryeon jeon - Wikipedia

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    Stepmother got what she wanted—Janghwa's death—but at the cost of her own son's health. She turned her anger upon Hongryeon, hating and abusing this remaining stepdaughter more than ever. Unable to bear this treatment on top of the loss of her beloved sister, Hongryeon soon followed Janghwa; her body was found in the same pond in which ...

  8. The Origin of the Sirenia (Cambodian folktale) - Wikipedia

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    The man goes to the forest the next day and finds a coiled serpent on a small hill, which the story says coiled around itself to rest. The man brings the serpent home and treats it as a son-in-law, marrying the animal to his daughter in a grand feast. The man's neighbours notice the folly of his deed, but he goes on with it at any rate.

  9. Sang Thong - Wikipedia

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    Sculpture depicting the Prince disguised as Chao Ngo, at King Rama II Memorial Park. Sang Thong (Thai: สังข์ทอง, 'golden conch'), The Prince of the Golden Conch Shell [1] or Phra Sang Thong [2] is a Southeast Asian folktale inspired from the Paññāsa Jātaka, this wisdom book it is a canonical collection of ancient tales told in Thailand.