Just when you thought #JapaneseFolklore couldn't get any weirder, I present you with ringo no kai. This #yokai is the spirit of apple trees whose fruit has been left too long without being picked. They appear in the evening near apple orchards, taking human form. Bizarrely, they ask residents to feed them poo which, if provided, is eaten with relish. The real low point follows, when ringo no kai presents its own excrement and demands that it be eaten by the residents in... #MythologyMonday
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...return. In some versions of the tale, the poo is eaten and tastes surprisingly delicious. The 'victim' then discovers that it's actually made of the unpicked apples from the tree. The moral of the story, don't delay picking your apples.
🎨1. Matthew Meyer
2. 'Apple' - Kasamatsu Shiro, 1979 #folklore@folklore
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has anybody ever received a #medical#diagnosis where the #doctor told you that your illness will likely cause a significant reduction in your #lifespan? Not that you are dying, but that you likely will not live to be an old person? How did you deal with this news? How do you handle that?
@elonjet these stats always kind of trigger me. so much pollution, so much wasted resources, so much money just to get from A to B as quick as possible. oh boy..
@fluffypaws anything by margaret storey, if you can find them- hey @neilhimself could you use your influence to get them reprinted? that would be lovely
Hello, when I see questions like this on Tumblr, and your answers @neilhimself, I always smile. Then Sandman crosses my mind and I comment as below. But, even if you are only a dream, sir, you make this world worth to live in. ❤️🌍 I would spend hours talking with you about all that you know and want to share, not only about books. Some people, as I can see, often seems to forget you are a man, a human being like us, before to be a famous writer. PS: I love when you reply with sarcastic words. 😎😌
@hallenbeck@lastwordonsport@bookstodon Excellent list These are books that stay with you. Just finished The Salt Path last week. It was a celebration of courage and determination in the face of injustice and bad luck.