Journey to the West (maybe like a segment of it because there's so many parts to it)
The Girl in the Feather Garment (I don't know the name of it exactly but Ayashi no Ceres is based on it. Basically farmer dude comes across a group of women wearing beautiful feather garments. He spys on them taking a bath in the lake and decides to steal a garment. The women take notice of him, put on their garments and turn into cranes to fly away. One is left behind and he decides to make her his wife, promising to give the garment back later. Years pass, she has kids. Her daughter asks why she's sad one day and she then tells her to go ask their father where the garment is kept. THe father tells her and she finds it in a haystack. The crane girl puts it on and flies off, leaving her family behind. The version I read had her come back after a few days and turn the kids into cranes before flying off with them)
Another Chinese story is the one about a guy who dreams he's a butterfly. The dream is very vivid and he lives a butterfly life. When he wakes up, he can't tell reality from dream and wonders if he's a butterfly dreaming to be human or a human dreaming to be a butterfly.
Story of Apollo and Daphne (IDK. I always liked this when I was a kid for some reason!)
Hansel and Gretel
Little Red Riding Hood
Rapunzel
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Princess and the Pea
The Gingerbread Man
Labors of Heracles
Eros and Psyche
Journey to the West (maybe like a segment of it because there's so many parts to it)
The Girl in the Feather Garment (I don't know the name of it exactly but Ayashi no Ceres is based on it. Basically farmer dude comes across a group of women wearing beautiful feather garments. He spys on them taking a bath in the lake and decides to steal a garment. The women take notice of him, put on their garments and turn into cranes to fly away. One is left behind and he decides to make her his wife, promising to give the garment back later. Years pass, she has kids. Her daughter asks why she's sad one day and she then tells her to go ask their father where the garment is kept. THe father tells her and she finds it in a haystack. The crane girl puts it on and flies off, leaving her family behind. The version I read had her come back after a few days and turn the kids into cranes before flying off with them)
Another Chinese story is the one about a guy who dreams he's a butterfly. The dream is very vivid and he lives a butterfly life. When he wakes up, he can't tell reality from dream and wonders if he's a butterfly dreaming to be human or a human dreaming to be a butterfly.
Story of Apollo and Daphne (IDK. I always liked this when I was a kid for some reason!)
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