Urashima Taro and the Turtle, Andrew Lang
Urashima Taro and the Turtle, Andrew Lang
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Urashima Taro and the Turtle

Author: Andrew Lang

Narrator: Anastasia Bertollo

Unabridged: 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2015


Synopsis

A young fisherman has rescued a turtle. His name was Urashima Taro and the turtle was the beautiful daughter of the master of the seas Ryudzin, who temporarily has turned to an animal. Otohime invited Taro to the underwater palace where he spent some days. They went to view the palace. Otokhime accompanied his guest and showed him the chambers of the palace. Urasima looked around and was admired. But then Uraschima asked for permission to come back to shore. Otokhime handed to Taro a paper box, and ordered him not to open it. Having returned to the village, Taro found out that his absence lasted 700 years. He couldn't find his parents and other people were lived in his house. He was shocked and opened the presented box… What has he found inside?

Author Bio

Andrew Lang (1844–1912), Scottish man of letters educated at the Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews, and Balliol College, Oxford, became a prolific and versatile London journalist. He took a leading part in the controversy with Max Müller and his school about the interpretation of mythology and folk tales. He published several volumes of verse and several solid contributions to the study of the philosophy and religion of primitive man. He also wrote the four-volume History of Scotland, A History of English Literature, and many fairy-tale collections, as well as works on Homer, Joan of Arc, Scott, Lockhart, Mary Stuart, John Knox, Prince Charlie, Tennyson, and others.

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