Project Gutenberg 2007-12-21 Public domain in the USA. 148 Ferrand, Claudius 1868 1930 Raffin, Ferdinand 1948 Fables et légendes du Japon Reading ease score: 82.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Guillaume Doré and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Fables et légendes du Japon" by Claudius Ferrand is a collection of traditional Japanese tales written in the late 19th century. The book features various stories that explore themes of morality, nature, and the supernatural, often incorporating elements of folklore and myth. Among its characters, the collection introduces figures like Ourashima Taro, a noble fisherman, who embarks on a fantastical journey after rescuing a tortoise. The opening of the work begins with the story of Ourashima Taro, who saves a tortoise from a group of boys tormenting it. Grateful for his kindness, the tortoise transforms and takes Taro to the undersea palace of Otohimé, the sea goddess. Taro experiences seven days of lavish hospitality, oblivious to the passage of time. Ultimately, he leaves with a mysterious box from the goddess, but when he realizes that centuries have passed since his departure and he is now alone, he succumbs to despair and opens the box, leading to his tragic demise. This introductory tale sets the tone for the moral and thought-provoking nature of the subsequent stories in the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Folklore -- Japan Tales -- Japan GR Text Folklore FR Contes Children's Myths, Fairy Tales, etc. Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography 182542 180573 2024-10-10T10:29:26.985691 2023-09-10T12:35:54.186731 text/html text/html 173740 2007-12-21T08:41:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 852390 2007-12-21T08:41:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 906796 2024-10-10T10:29:36.119673 application/epub+zip 909003 2024-10-10T10:29:31.337811 application/epub+zip 123774 2024-10-10T10:29:28.963653 application/epub+zip 1737805 2024-10-10T10:29:39.022590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1720686 2024-10-10T10:29:34.222644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 213379 2022-09-11T07:47:15.943621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159288 2024-10-10T10:29:26.372677 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 159096 2007-12-21T08:41:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 60284 2007-12-21T08:41:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 155727 2007-12-21T08:41:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 59753 2007-12-21T08:41:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22036 2024-10-10T10:29:39.791607 application/rdf+xml 12708 2024-10-10T10:29:29.512655 image/jpeg 3505 2024-10-10T10:29:29.233635 image/jpeg 902315 2024-10-10T10:29:27.096666 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog