its a japanese legend that i have heard but the moral puzzles me. i am currently living in japan where i heard the legend at a local bar. i'm very enthused by japanese culture and i'd like to get a tattoo of taro-san on the turtle. i'd like to know a definate answer on the moral.
2006-08-29 02:00:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Little children, never be disobedient to those who are wiser than you for disobedience was the beginning of all the miseries and sorrows of life.
2006-08-29 04:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well this story has several different ending including one where he dies and one where he is turned into a crane. It has parallels to Rip Van Winkel and Pandora's Box (in the death version), but basically the moral I would derive from it is that maintaining honorable behavior (he paid children money to do the right thing and let the turtle go) can lead to great rewards (his life in the undersea palace) and that once you have chosen your destiny, you can never truly return to the way things once were.
2006-08-29 12:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by seandashark 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
sorry - no idea
2006-08-31 13:39:52 · answer #3 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋