“The clouds and waves parted as the river dragon spirited the maiden far far away.”
The tale comes from the illustrated manuscript of one 17th century Nara-ehon book from Japan. A maiden chosen by her village to be sacrificed to a wrathful dragon is miraculously saved by the same beast. The dragon is itself an enchanted creature waiting to be freed from a spell. A Japanese Beauty and the Beast?
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