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Asian Folktales and Legends: A Journey into the Folklore of Japan, China, Korea, and India, Through Japanese Yōkai Stories, Ancestral Chinese Leg
Paperback
Series: Tales Cosmos
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ISBN13: 9798249565183
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 23 2026
Pages: 524
Weight: 1.13
Height: 1.05 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 23 2026
Pages: 524
Weight: 1.13
Height: 1.05 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
What if the most revealing way to discover Asia was not through its monuments or history books, but through the stories its people have carried for centuries?
Before cinema, novels, and modern fantasy, there were tales told beside fires, within temples, and beneath village roofs. Stories of restless spirits, celestial dragons, cunning tigers, devoted heroes, impossible loves, and gods who shaped the world. These legends became the roots from which generations drew their values, fears, dreams, and imagination.
Before cinema, novels, and modern fantasy, there were tales told beside fires, within temples, and beneath village roofs. Stories of restless spirits, celestial dragons, cunning tigers, devoted heroes, impossible loves, and gods who shaped the world. These legends became the roots from which generations drew their values, fears, dreams, and imagination.
Asian Folktales and Legends brings together four remarkable storytelling traditions in one captivating journey. Walk the haunted roads of Japan, enter the celestial courts of China, climb Korea's spirit-filled mountains, and witness the divine wonders of ancient India. Every destination reveals a different vision of courage, justice, destiny, kindness, and the unseen forces that surround human life.
Readers fascinated by asian mythology, searching for immersive asian fantasy books, or drawn to the mysterious atmosphere of japanese horror books will find far more than a collection of entertaining stories. They will discover the cultural foundations behind many of Asia's most enduring characters, symbols, and beliefs.
This is the ideal fairy tales book for curious readers who want to travel beyond familiar Western stories. It also makes a memorable fairy gift, one of those meaningful asian culture gifts that can be explored slowly, shared across generations, and returned to whenever the imagination needs to wander. For admirers of Chinese legends, it is equally a beautiful chinese culture gift.
Four countries. Four ancient traditions. One vast world of wonder waiting to be opened.
You may already love Asia. Now discover the stories that taught it how to dream.
Readers fascinated by asian mythology, searching for immersive asian fantasy books, or drawn to the mysterious atmosphere of japanese horror books will find far more than a collection of entertaining stories. They will discover the cultural foundations behind many of Asia's most enduring characters, symbols, and beliefs.
This is the ideal fairy tales book for curious readers who want to travel beyond familiar Western stories. It also makes a memorable fairy gift, one of those meaningful asian culture gifts that can be explored slowly, shared across generations, and returned to whenever the imagination needs to wander. For admirers of Chinese legends, it is equally a beautiful chinese culture gift.
Four countries. Four ancient traditions. One vast world of wonder waiting to be opened.
You may already love Asia. Now discover the stories that taught it how to dream.
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