Mythology
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Discovery of Princess Kaguya The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter ( 竹取物語 , Taketori Monogatari ? ) , also known as Princess Kaguya ( かぐや姫 , Kaguya Hime ? , 赫映姫) , is a 10th century Japanese folktale . It is considered the oldest extant Japanese narrative [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and an early example of proto- science fiction . [ 3 ] Specifically, it is among the first texts of any culture to imagine that the Moon is an inhabited world and describe travel between it and the Earth.
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Earth-maker myth
An elaborate Earth-Maker Story of Creation is a myth that comes from the Native Americans of California , also called the " Story of Creation ." This myth describes Earth-maker creating day and night, land, water, and all living things. Men and women were created out of soft clay into which Earth-Maker "breathed life".He also created the seas with his tears. The creation begins: