The Story of the Haetae
Haetae, the scaled guardian of justice in Korean folklore and cultural memory
Myth Stories , Page 13
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The Myth of Dangun's Grandson
A lesser-known tale from the roots of Gojoseon, tracing inheritance, exile, and the secret river that remembers names.
The Myth of the Silkworm Goddess
Leizu and the discovery of silk: a lyrical retelling of the Yellow Emperor's wife and the birth of sericulture
The Legend of the Nüwa Mends the Heavens
How the creator goddess Nüwa repaired the broken pillar of heaven with five-colored stones and saved humanity
The Myth of the Heavenly Weaver (Zhinü) - Alternate Versions
Exploring regional Chinese variations of the celestial weaver girl and mortal cowherd separated by the Milky Way
The Story of the Mountain God and the Water God (Son Tinh & Thuy Tinh)
A sweeping Vietnamese myth of love, rivalry, and the yearly flood—how a bride's wedding sparked the eternal struggle between mountain and flood.
The Story of the Yakut Creation Myth
A poetic retelling of the Sakha tale of a great white creator and a world rising from the primeval ocean
The Myth of the Korpokkur
Ainu whispers of the little people who lived beneath the moss and bartered with humans under moonlit pines
The Story of the Tungusic Creation Myth
How the loon dove to the bottom of the primordial sea and, with Buga's gentle power, raised the first earth from the deep
The Myth of Phra Lak Phra Lam
Laos' national epic retold: a Lao Ramayana woven with Buddhist insight, Mekong landscapes, and the rites of a people
The Myth of Kupe's Voyage
Kupe, the great Māori navigator whose journey across the vast Pacific brought the first whispered knowledge of Aotearoa
The Myth of the Menehune People
Hawaiian legends of tiny master builders who shaped shores and temples in a single night
Degei, the Creator God
The serpent of the mountains whose coils shaped islands and whose breath became people
The Legend of the Two Brothers and the Great Serpent
How the sea, two brothers, and a monstrous serpent shaped the islands and the people of Fiji
The Myth of Qat and Marawa
How Qat shaped the islands of Vanuatu and bound the death-bringing Marawa to the shadows
The Story of Tinilau and His Wives
A complex Tongan myth of love, jealousy, and the tangled fate of a handsome god and his many wives
The Myth of Tagaloa
Discover the Samoan creation myth of Tagaloa, the supreme god who formed the islands, the sea, the sky, and all living things from his own being.
The Myth of the Sigbin
A Philippine creature that walks with its head between its hind legs and drinks blood from the shadows
The Myth of the Tiyanak
A chilling Philippine folktale of a vampiric infant that lures the living into the dark woods
The Myth of the Medjay Nomads of the Eastern Desert
Tales of elite desert warriors who became the secret guardians of pharaohs and sacred sites
The Myth of the Tyrian Purple Dye Discovery
How a loyal hound and the sea’s secrets wove Tyre’s wealth into legend
The Legend of the Lamassu
Human-headed, winged guardians who watched over Assyrian palaces and city gates
The Tale of Enlil and Ninlil
A Sumerian myth of courtship, transgression, and the birth of the Moon God Nanna
The Myth of the Anunnaki in Sumerian Texts
Descended from the heavens, the pantheon that shaped human civilization in ancient Iraq
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