The myth of the original star-crossed lovers - Shannon Zhao
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Date: 2022-04-28
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Arneldi
In Indonesia we also have this (almost identical) tales.
The tale is Jaka Tarub and Nawang Wulan, which is one of a Javanese Legends.
The story is also about a young man who went to a lake where the bidadari (I don t know the english term for this) swimming and bathing and fell in love with one of them.
He then hide the scarf-like garment which contains the bidadari power and made lost her ability to get back to heaven (khayangan. Long story short, the have married but it has bitter ending.
The story is lingering in my childhood memories. Therefore, now I know that there s a part in other county who had this similar tale as well.
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In Indonesia we also have this (almost identical) tales.
The tale is Jaka Tarub and Nawang Wulan, which is one of a Javanese Legends.
The story is also about a young man who went to a lake where the bidadari (I don t know the english term for this) swimming and bathing and fell in love with one of them.
He then hide the scarf-like garment which contains the bidadari power and made lost her ability to get back to heaven (khayangan. Long story short, the have married but it has bitter ending.
The story is lingering in my childhood memories. Therefore, now I know that there s a part in other county who had this similar tale as well.
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JUMNHMSTOR
I never understood why after being separated the weaver just went back to doing her job. I would have been like Screw you! Why should I work now? You have no other ways to punish me for not working now, so how are you going to force me to do my divine job? I never thought this myth was a tragic story of starcrossed lovers, I thought this was an annoyingly unrelatable tale of a way too obedient granddaughter. If it had been me I would have held my divine skill as ransom in exchange for my family.
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I never understood why after being separated the weaver just went back to doing her job. I would have been like Screw you! Why should I work now? You have no other ways to punish me for not working now, so how are you going to force me to do my divine job? I never thought this myth was a tragic story of starcrossed lovers, I thought this was an annoyingly unrelatable tale of a way too obedient granddaughter. If it had been me I would have held my divine skill as ransom in exchange for my family.
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Nunya
I heard a similar story from a tribe in my country. In this version the man hid the fair-haired maiden's cloak. He took her home and they eventually married and had children. Years later while going through her husband's stuff, she found her old cloak. Upset, she wore it and took her children with her back to heaven. The sky maiden like in the Chinese version was one of the Pleiades. IIRC the book I read mentioned the children became the stars in Orion's Belt but I can find info searching online now.
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I heard a similar story from a tribe in my country. In this version the man hid the fair-haired maiden's cloak. He took her home and they eventually married and had children. Years later while going through her husband's stuff, she found her old cloak. Upset, she wore it and took her children with her back to heaven. The sky maiden like in the Chinese version was one of the Pleiades. IIRC the book I read mentioned the children became the stars in Orion's Belt but I can find info searching online now.
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Kyli
Oh oh! The constellation of these lovers actually exist in real life! If I'm correct:
Vega, the star represented by the Weaving Princess, is a prominent star in the constellation Lyra (the harp. Altair, the star represented by the Herdsman, is a prominent star in the constellation Aquila (the eagle. In the summer these two stars are separated by the Milky Way.
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Oh oh! The constellation of these lovers actually exist in real life! If I'm correct:
Vega, the star represented by the Weaving Princess, is a prominent star in the constellation Lyra (the harp. Altair, the star represented by the Herdsman, is a prominent star in the constellation Aquila (the eagle. In the summer these two stars are separated by the Milky Way.
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Leo
this is better than many fantasy series Kdrama or Chinese offers. Like seriously bro, this quality of music, production, narration, animation. Shout out to everyone who did this. I simply can't accept that we're getting it for free, and no one has made some awesome adaptation of this story. Very awesome
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this is better than many fantasy series Kdrama or Chinese offers. Like seriously bro, this quality of music, production, narration, animation. Shout out to everyone who did this. I simply can't accept that we're getting it for free, and no one has made some awesome adaptation of this story. Very awesome
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Cornelia
One day in heaven means one year on Earth? And she's allowed to meet her family once a year? So you're saying she gets to meet him everyday? On one hand, it's not too bad because she can meet him often, but it would also be sad to see them age so fast.
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One day in heaven means one year on Earth? And she's allowed to meet her family once a year? So you're saying she gets to meet him everyday? On one hand, it's not too bad because she can meet him often, but it would also be sad to see them age so fast.
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#43423
You do like to have people appreciate your animations, don't you, TED-Ed?
Your amazing Animation allow me to not only watch and listen to these stories but literally feel the character's feeling and live through the world the writer has created.
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You do like to have people appreciate your animations, don't you, TED-Ed?
Your amazing Animation allow me to not only watch and listen to these stories but literally feel the character's feeling and live through the world the writer has created.
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VJ
The version from my childhood was that the weaving maid was like a selkie, that the cowherd detained her against her will on earth by hiding her clothes and once she found her clothes, she left for the heavens.
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The version from my childhood was that the weaving maid was like a selkie, that the cowherd detained her against her will on earth by hiding her clothes and once she found her clothes, she left for the heavens.
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Surya
Obviously, none of these religious or cultural myths are literally true, but there is much to be learnt about the time and place in history they are from. That is where their true value lies.
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Obviously, none of these religious or cultural myths are literally true, but there is much to be learnt about the time and place in history they are from. That is where their true value lies.
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Ryan
The First Part actually sounds similar to an Indonesian Story, called Jaka Tarub.
Edit: I'd also like to think that this is a bit of an analogy about strict asian parents lol
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The First Part actually sounds similar to an Indonesian Story, called Jaka Tarub.
Edit: I'd also like to think that this is a bit of an analogy about strict asian parents lol
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