Image by Cyranny
Four Guardian Beasts
The drought turned what was once green brown, then nothing.
The boy grew distraught. What was to become of his family?
Naively, he dug a well under the sun. Still, no water. The boy collapsed onto the cracked ground.
“Azure Dragon God of the East is no more. Rain would not come. Would you sacrifice your love for your family to bring rain to everyone on this land?”
Yes, he thought. Yes.
Black Tortoise of the North carried the boy to the Eastern Sea to become the next Azure Dragon God.
Rain came for everyone on this land once more.
(100 words)
Just my perspective, loosely based on Chinese mythology and Daoism.
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Prompt: 100 Word Wednesday: Week 137
From the Window Seat 
Oh, I love it. Like how you’ve used mythology
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Haha, I’m embracing the Chinese mythology. My parents have always told me these myths when I was young but it is only now I start to be more interested in these tales as part of my heritage 🙂
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They should be used, and used. How else to keep them alive. Myths have meaning.
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Very true. I’m now paying attention as I slowly remember the myths that my parents are retelling me again. 😊
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Record every one of them. For people like me. 🙂
Hmm, thought. Now there’s a project. Record them, and self-publish as e-book.
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Haha, now that’s a thought! Although one of the difficulties is that some of these myths are in a dialect which I sometimes don’t know how to translate into English…haha. hopefully by the time I’m done, it would make sense. 😁
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I wish you well with it. You only have to look on Amazon to know books of myths sell well.
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Thank you for the encouragement! 🙂
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🙂
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Yes! I love your weaving in a mythological reference – I was thinking of that myth when I saw this image and wondered if anyone else would consider it ❤ Thank you for joining us again this week ❤
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Thank you! I’m happy to join in this writing prompt! 🙂
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Yay 🖤
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