The King of the Snakes
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title:
The King of the Snakes
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The King of the Snakes is a Chinese folktale published by John Macgowan in 1910. In it, a father gives his youngest daughter to a snake spirit, who turns out to be a human. Out of jealousy, the girl's sister conspires to take her place and kills her. The heroine, then, goes through a cycle of transformations, regains human form and takes revenge on her sister. The tale is related to the cycle of the animal bridegroom, but scholars consider it a narrative that developed in East Asia, since most o
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Chinese folktale about a snake husband
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_the_Snakes
date created:
2022-05-13T13:29:13Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:15:34Z
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