MONGOLIA FLOOD STORY
Hailibu, a kind and generous hunter, saved a white snake from a crane which attacked it.
Hailibu the Hunter - Esplanade Offstage
Next day, he met the same snake with a retinue of other snakes.
The snake told him that she was the Dragon King's daughter, and the Dragon King wished to reward him.
She advised Hailibu to ask for the precious stone that the Dragon King keeps in his mouth.
With that stone, she told him, he could understand the language of animals, but he would turn to stone if he ever divulged its secret to anyone else.
Hailibu went to the Dragon King, turned down his many other treasures, and was given the stone.
Years later, Hailibu heard some birds saying that the next day the mountains would erupt and flood the land.
He went back home to warn his neighbors, but they didn't believe him.
To convince them, he told them how he had learned of the coming flood and told them the full story of the precious stone.
When he finished his story, he turned to stone.
The villagers, seeing this happen, fled.
It rained all the next night, and the mountains erupted, belching forth a great flood of water.
When the people returned, they found the stone which Hailibu had turned into and placed it at the top of the mountain.
For generations, they have offered sacrifices to the stone in honor of Hailibu's sacrifice. [Elder & Wong, pp. 75-77]
Elder, John and Hertha D. Wong, 1994. Family of Earth and Sky: Indigenous Tales of Nature from around the World, Beacon Press, Boston. Reprinted in Parabola 22(1): 71-73 (Spring 1997).
Folk Tales From Around the World. The Topics Include the Beginning of the World, Human and Animal Gods, Monsters and Tricksters. All Reflect Cultures Which Have Been Grounded in One Place for Many Generations. Introduction: A Trail Of Stories -- The Emergence (navajo, Southwestern United States) -- The Creation (mohawk, Northeastern United States And Southeastern Canada) -- Tangaroa, Maker Of All Things (Tahiti) -- In The Beginning ... (Australia) -- Kalevala: The Mother Of Water (Finland) -- The Origin Of Different Water Animals (Nagaland, India) -- Juruna Kills The Sun (Juruna, Brazil) -- How Moon Fathered The World (Wakaranga, Zimbabwe) -- Sun And Moon (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- Morning And Evening (Fon, Benin) -- The Origin Of Fishes (Fon, Benin) -- How Gluskabe Brought The Summer (Abenaki, Northeastern United States And Southeastern Canada) -- The Rollright Stones (Cotswolds, England) -- Hailibu The Hunter (Mongolia) -- The Seven Sisters (Kiowa, Central United States) -- The Toad (Ibo, Nigeria) -- The Chameleon And The Lizard (Margi, Central African Republic) -- The Origin Of Death (Hottentot, Southern Africa) -- The Jaguar And The Girl (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay). The Woman Who Was Married To A Jaguar (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- The Woman Married To Jaguar-man (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- The Man Who Married Gemini And Who Made A Trip To The World Of The Thunderbirds (Nivakle, Gran Chaco Plains, Paraguay) -- Gratitude: The Hunter And The Antelope (Nupe, West Africa) -- The Celestial Bear (mohawk, Northeastern United States And Southeastern Canada) -- Trading Teeth With The Beaver (mohawk, Northeastern United States And Southeastern Canada) -- The Song Of The Birds (mohawk, Northeastern United States And Southeastern Canada) -- The Blossom Tree (Tibet) -- The Young Man Who Refused To Kill (Tibet) -- Kalevala: Song Of The Bear (Finland) -- The Legend Of The Elephant (fang, West Africa) -- The Caribou Man (Inuit, Alaska) -- Momotaro, The Peach Boy (Japan) -- The Crane Wife (Japan) -- Jataka Tales: The Woodpecker (India) -- Jataka Tales: The Lion (India) -- Jataka Tales: The Quail And The Falcon (India). Jataka Tales: The Antelope (India) -- Jataka Tales: The Tiger (India) -- The Frog-king, Or Iron Henry (brothers Grimm, Germany) -- The Serpent Mother (Gujerati, India) -- The Deer And The Snake (Korea) -- The Pheasants And The Bell (Korea) -- The Centipede Girl (Korea) -- The Youth And His Eagle (Zuni, Southwestern United States) -- Anansi Owns All Tales That Are Told (Ashanti, Ghana) -- Anansi's Rescue From The River (Ashanti, Ghana) -- Anansi Plays Dead (Ashanti, Ghana) -- The Jackal And The Hen (kabyle, Algeria) -- The Jackal And The Lion (Kabyle, Algeria) -- How Ijapa, Who Was Short, Became Long (Yoruba, Nigeria) -- Ijapa Cries For His Horse (Yoruba, Nigeria) -- T'appin (terrapin) (southern United States) -- Sheer Crops (southern United States) -- The Crocodile Man And The Heron Man (Murinbata, Northern Australia) -- The Monkey-son (Tamilnadu, India) -- The Raven And The Whale (Inuit, Alaska And Northwestern Canada) -- The Raven And The Hunter (Inuit, Alaska And Northwestern Canada). The Lustful Raven (inuit, Alaska And Northwestern Canada) -- The Winnebago Trickster Cycle (excerpts) (Winnebago, Central United States) -- The Stealing Of The Sun (Kato, Western United States) -- Sun's Arrival In The Sky (Miwok, Western United States) -- Coyote Juggles His Eyes (Sioux, North Central United States) -- Landscape, History, And The Pueblo Imagination (laguna Pueblo, Southwestern United States) / Leslie Marmon Silko -- The Circle Is The Way To See (Abenaki, Northeastern United States) / Joseph Bruchac -- Excerpts From I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman In Guatemala (Quechua, Guatemala) / Rigoberta Menchu -- The Day The Mountain Said No (Aeta, Philippines) / Pablo Santos -- The Circle Closes In On The Nomads (Maasai, Kenya) / Kamoriongo Ole Aimerru Nkongoni -- The Man Made Of Words (Kiowa, Central United States) / N. Scott Momaday -- The Kill Hole (Chickasaw, Central United States) / Linda Hogan. Edited By John Elder and Hertha D. Wong. Includes Bibliographical References and Index.
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