SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

mantis

  • The Mantis that felled the Serpent

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    “The Mantis Seizes the Snake” is a short fable from Strange Tales from Liaozhai, a Chinese Studio, (Liaozhai Zhiyi). Through a vivid natural phenomenon, it reveals how the weak may overcome a powerful adversary through wisdom and courage. Though brief, the story carries profound symbolism.

  • The Fight Between a Mantis and a Snake

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    A certain Mr. Zhang was walking in a mountain valley and heard a loud noise from the cliffs. He climbed up the cliffs and saw a huge snake as thick as a big bowl tossing in the trees, its tail beating the willows and breaking willow branches. Its desperate tossing and turning suggested that…

  • The mantis stalks the cicada

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    There is a tree in the garden, and on it there is a cicada.