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The Procession of Lord Long Legs

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Chris Kincaid

Let’s take a break from monsters and look at how insects are said to have lived in yet another of William Griffis’s collected tales from Japan. Lovely and bright in the month of May, at the time of rice-planting, was the day on which the daimio, Lord Long-legs, was informed by his chamberlain, Hop-hop, that…

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Myths, Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Urban Legends Defined and Explained

Posted on September 23, 2018September 24, 2018 by Chris Kincaid

The differences among myths, folk tales, fairy tales, and urban legends can be a bit confusing, but understanding the differences matters. Anime pulls from a large pool of Japanese stories, and sometimes anime can be tough to fully understand without a background in these stories. In fact, modern story telling owes their plots, character types,…

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