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* The racist ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' song "What Made The Red Man Red" explains that so-called 'Red Indians' are red because one of them blushed when he was kissed, and [[LamarckWasRight they've all been red ever since]].
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* The racist [[ValuesDissonance rather dated]] ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'' song "What Made The Red Man Red" explains that so-called 'Red Indians' are red because one of them blushed when he was kissed, and [[LamarckWasRight they've all been red ever since]].
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* According to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', stars are actually created from the ghosts of dead fireflies, a story that also appeared (in a slightly different form) in''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''.
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* According to Disney's ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', stars are actually created from the ghosts of dead fireflies, a story that also appeared (in a slightly different form) in''WesternAnimation/{{The in ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King|1994}}''.
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* ''Film/TheStoryOfTheWeepingCamel'': Opens with an old man telling a story about why camel's don't have antlers. It turns out that once upon a time a camel lent his antlers to a deer, who made off with them.
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* ''Film/TheStoryOfTheWeepingCamel'': Opens with an old man telling a story about why camel's camels don't have antlers. It turns out that once upon a time a camel lent his antlers to a deer, who made off with them.
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* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has one to explain how Bane, Myrkul and Bhaal became the gods of tyranny, death and murder respectively. They were once mortal adventurers who got ambitions of godhood, and decided to challenge Jergal, the god of death, the dead and tyranny. Once they did so, however, they learned that Jergal had grown tired of his post, and willingly gave it up to them. Of course, they started fighting over who would get which domain, so Jergal suggested a game of knucklebones to decide. Bane won, and demanded rule over all that lives, so Jergal gave him tyranny. Myrkul scoffed, because what good is rule over those who will one day pass from this world? He'd rather rule over the dead, who will be his forever, so Jergal gave him what he asked. Finally, Myrkul declared that his two fellows would each be beholden to him, as he would decree how people passed from Bane's rule to Myrkul's. Jergal gave him Murder. Jergal is still around, by the way, serving as the seneschal to whoever currently occupies the god of death position.
* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'': In the early days of creation, when the angels were laboring to create animal life, a terrible creature was made by mistake, something that resembled but wasn't an insect. The Archangel David imprisoned it by sealing it within an immense amber gemstone -- in fact, within the first, prototypical amber, which he still keeps in his domain in Heaven. His angels claim that, in so doing, David fundamentally altered the nature of the amber mineral, and that this is why ambers trap and hold small animals into the present day.
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* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has one to explain how Bane, Myrkul and Bhaal became the gods of tyranny, death and murder respectively. They were once mortal adventurers who got ambitions of godhood, and decided to challenge Jergal, the god of death, the dead and tyranny. Once they did so, however, they learned that Jergal had grown tired of his post, and willingly gave it up to them. Of course, they started fighting over who would get which domain, so Jergal suggested a game of knucklebones to decide. Bane won, and demanded rule over all that lives, so Jergal gave him tyranny. Myrkul scoffed, because what good is rule over those who will one day pass from this world? He'd rather rule over the dead, who will be his forever, so Jergal gave him what he asked. Finally, Myrkul declared that his two fellows would each be beholden to him, as he would decree how people passed from Bane's rule to Myrkul's. Jergal gave him Murder. Jergal is still around, by the way, serving as the seneschal to whoever currently occupies the god of death position.
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* ''Fanfic/LittleFires'': Clan cats have a "just so" story about why winter days are so short. [=LionClan=] and [=TigerClan=] would argue about the sun often: The lions wanted more sunlight so that they could bask in sun's warmth, while the tigers wanted more darkness so they could hunt more in the shadows. A war broke out and so [=StarClan=] intervened. Half the year would have long days and half would have long nights.
* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' has a just-so story on how pegasi came to be: a smart earth pony named Quick Wit outwitted a hungry griffon by telling the griffon that he was blessed by the moon. He told the griffon to take him to the sun first. While there, Quick Wit told a lie about how the moon had blessed him so that ponies will favor her over the sun. The sun became jealous of the moon and so she gave the pony a set of wings so that, when he flies, others will look up into the sunny sky.
* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' has a just-so story on how pegasi came to be: a smart earth pony named Quick Wit outwitted a hungry griffon by telling the griffon that he was blessed by the moon. He told the griffon to take him to the sun first. While there, Quick Wit told a lie about how the moon had blessed him so that ponies will favor her over the sun. The sun became jealous of the moon and so she gave the pony a set of wings so that, when he flies, others will look up into the sunny sky.
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** In Toydarian myth, a kindly spirit saved the ancient Toydarians from a flood by giving them the wings of the predatory amsulcras, and was punished by the gods with being turned into a rodent-like animal and banished to the largest of the planet's moons. This is used to explain the moon's rodent-like markings, as well as why amsulcras howl to the moons -- they're cursing the being who robbed them of their flight.
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** In Toydarian myth, a kindly spirit saved the ancient Toydarians from a divinely-sent flood by giving them the wings of the predatory amsulcras, and was punished by the gods with being turned into a rodent-like animal and banished to the largest of the planet's moons. [[MoonRabbit This is used to explain the moon's rodent-like markings, markings]], as well as why amsulcras howl to the moons -- they're cursing the being who robbed them of their flight.
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* ''Fanfic/LittleFires'': Clan cats have a "just so" story about why winter days are so short. [=LionClan=] and [=TigerClan=] would argue about the sun often: The lions wanted more sunlight so that they could bask in sun's warmth, while the tigers wanted more darkness so they could hunt more in the shadows. A war broke out and so [=StarClan=] intervened. Half the year would have long days and half would have long nights.
* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' has a just-so story on how pegasi came to be: a smart earth pony named Quick Wit outwitted a hungry griffon by telling the griffon that he was blessed by the moon. He told the griffon to take him to the sun first. While there, Quick Wit told a lie about how the moon had blessed him so that ponies will favor her over the sun. The sun became jealous of the moon and so she gave the pony a set of wings so that, when he flies, others will look up into the sunny sky.
* ''Fanfic/{{Paradise}}'' has a just-so story on how pegasi came to be: a smart earth pony named Quick Wit outwitted a hungry griffon by telling the griffon that he was blessed by the moon. He told the griffon to take him to the sun first. While there, Quick Wit told a lie about how the moon had blessed him so that ponies will favor her over the sun. The sun became jealous of the moon and so she gave the pony a set of wings so that, when he flies, others will look up into the sunny sky.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan-made animation ''WebAnimation/Snowdrop2013'' is a Just So Story detailing the origin of snowflakes. Title character Snowdrop, a blind pegasus filly, carved the first snowflake from her [[SwissArmyTears frozen]] [[BodyToJewel teardrop]], in a tribute to the season of winter and to the stars she could never see.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/SonOfTheDesert Sins of the Father]]'' in Ishvallan folklore, the creator god Ishvala had a brother, the destruction god Natan. While they made the world together, Natan grew jealous as everyone paid more attention to his brother. So he tried creating things on his own, becoming the first alchemist. One day, Natan crossed the line by attempting to create life, resulting in an abomination so horrible that Natan’s hair immediately went white and he gouged his eyes out. Ishvala banished his brother for his failure, but created humans in Natan’s new image to keep him company. So Natan was the first alchemist and the first Ishvalan.
* In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/SonOfTheDesert Sins of the Father]]'' in Ishvallan folklore, the creator god Ishvala had a brother, the destruction god Natan. While they made the world together, Natan grew jealous as everyone paid more attention to his brother. So he tried creating things on his own, becoming the first alchemist. One day, Natan crossed the line by attempting to create life, resulting in an abomination so horrible that Natan’s hair immediately went white and he gouged his eyes out. Ishvala banished his brother for his failure, but created humans in Natan’s new image to keep him company. So Natan was the first alchemist and the first Ishvalan.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan-made animation ''WebAnimation/Snowdrop2013'' is a Just So "Just So" Story detailing the origin of snowflakes. Title character The titular Snowdrop, a blind pegasus filly, carved the first snowflake from her [[SwissArmyTears frozen]] [[BodyToJewel teardrop]], in a tribute to the season of winter and to the stars she could never see.
*In ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfic ''[[FanFic/SonOfTheDesert Sins ''Fanfic/SonOfTheDesert'': ''Sins of the Father]]'' Father'' describes how, in Ishvallan folklore, the creator god Ishvala had a brother, the destruction god Natan. While they made the world together, Natan grew jealous as everyone paid more attention to his brother. So he tried creating things on his own, becoming the first alchemist. One day, Natan crossed the line by attempting to create life, resulting in an abomination so horrible that Natan’s hair immediately went white and he gouged his eyes out. Ishvala banished his brother for his failure, but created humans in Natan’s new image to keep him company. So Natan was the first alchemist and the first Ishvalan.Ishvalan.
* ''Fanfic/StarWarsGalacticFolkloreAndMythology'':
** In Gamorrean myth, sleep paralysis is caused by Dormin, a ghost who was cursed by the gods to never sleep or enter the afterlife, sitting on mortals' chests to steal their sleep.
** On Orto, local myth credits the giant Big Bloqo -- an {{Expy}} of Myth/PaulBunyan -- with the creation of numerous landmarks. A river was created when he drooled in his sleep, while the moon's cratered surface comes from his habit of spitting fruit seeds at it.
** Some Sullustan tales state that echoes in caves are the voices of misbehaving children stolen and hidden by the Voice-Taker, a popular boogeyman figure.
** On Tatooine, earthquakes are said to be caused when the giant bantha who carries the planet on its back sneezes.
** In Toydarian myth, a kindly spirit saved the ancient Toydarians from a flood by giving them the wings of the predatory amsulcras, and was punished by the gods with being turned into a rodent-like animal and banished to the largest of the planet's moons. This is used to explain the moon's rodent-like markings, as well as why amsulcras howl to the moons -- they're cursing the being who robbed them of their flight.
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* ''Fanfic/StarWarsGalacticFolkloreAndMythology'':
** In Gamorrean myth, sleep paralysis is caused by Dormin, a ghost who was cursed by the gods to never sleep or enter the afterlife, sitting on mortals' chests to steal their sleep.
** On Orto, local myth credits the giant Big Bloqo -- an {{Expy}} of Myth/PaulBunyan -- with the creation of numerous landmarks. A river was created when he drooled in his sleep, while the moon's cratered surface comes from his habit of spitting fruit seeds at it.
** Some Sullustan tales state that echoes in caves are the voices of misbehaving children stolen and hidden by the Voice-Taker, a popular boogeyman figure.
** On Tatooine, earthquakes are said to be caused when the giant bantha who carries the planet on its back sneezes.
** In Toydarian myth, a kindly spirit saved the ancient Toydarians from a flood by giving them the wings of the predatory amsulcras, and was punished by the gods with being turned into a rodent-like animal and banished to the largest of the planet's moons. This is used to explain the moon's rodent-like markings, as well as why amsulcras howl to the moons -- they're cursing the being who robbed them of their flight.
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* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' issue "Tales In the Sand", part of the story of Dream and Nada's affair includes an explanation of why weaver birds are brown: a weaver bird got burned by the sun while retrieving a fiery berry for Nada that would allow a person who consumed it to instantly be brought to the side of their true love.
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' the issue "Tales In in the Sand", part of the story of Dream and Nada's affair includes an explanation of why weaver birds are brown: a weaver bird got burned by the sun while retrieving a fiery berry for Nada that would allow a person who consumed it to instantly be brought to the side of their true love.
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* A Korean folktale tells why frogs croak when it rains: a little frog was constantly mischievous and disobeyed his mother all the time, and when his mother was dying, she told him to bury her on the riverbank out of the expectation that he would instead bury her in the mountains, which was what she actually wanted. However, the little frog was remorseful for his past behavior and decided to make it up to her by obeying her last wish. Whenever it rained after he buried her, he cried for the river not to wash his mother away. This folktale is so prevalent that disobedient children are often referred to as "green frogs".
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** The story of Arachne explains why spiders weave webs: Arachne was a girl who loved weaving and challenged Athena to a contest as to who was better at it, with the condition being that the loser never touch a spindle or loom again, and afterwards Athena turned her into a spider. Depending on the version, this is either a punishment for Arachne's hubris or an act of kindness so she can continue to weave without a spindle or loom.
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** The story of Arachne explains why spiders weave webs: Arachne was a girl who loved weaving and Athena challenged Athena her to a contest as to who was better at it, with the condition being that the loser never touch a spindle or loom again, and afterwards Athena turned her into a spider. Depending on the version, this is either a punishment for Arachne's hubris or an act of kindness so she can continue to weave without a spindle or loom.
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** The story of Arachne explains why spiders weave webs: Arachne was a girl who loved weaving and challenged Athena to a contest as to who was better at it, with the condition being that the loser never touch a spindle or loom again, and afterwards Athena turned her into a spider. Depending on the version, this is either a punishment for Arachne's hubris or an act of kindness so she can continue to weave without a spindle or loom.
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* ''Literature/RWBYFairyTalesOfRemnant'' is a collection of these that explain why the world of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' is the way it is;
** ''The Shallow Sea'' and ''The Judgement of Faunus'' both recount the origin of [[LittleBitBeastly the Faunus]]. In ''Shallow Sea'', the god of animals chose a group of people to come to a sacred island where only animals could live, transforming them in the process. In ''Judgement'', the Faunus were created as an attempt at making peace between humans and animals, once that failed spectacularily.
** ''The Two Brothers'' is a CreationMyth about how the God of Light created animals and natural beauty, while the God of Dark created the AlwaysChaoticEvil Grimm in jealousy. They collaborated on creating humanity, who has the power of creation and destruction in equal measure. [[spoiler:This one is true, though it's not the whole story]].
** ''The Gift of the Moon'' explains how Remnant's moon shattered, having originally been the sun that overexhausted itself trying to fulfill humanity's requests. Afterward, humanity gathered the spilled light and put it into a new sun, tying it to the old one and letting it moon across the sky at its own pace. [[spoiler:This one is a lie. The moon was always the moon, and it was shattered by the God of Dark in a last act of spite before abandoning Remnant]].
** ''The Shallow Sea'' and ''The Judgement of Faunus'' both recount the origin of [[LittleBitBeastly the Faunus]]. In ''Shallow Sea'', the god of animals chose a group of people to come to a sacred island where only animals could live, transforming them in the process. In ''Judgement'', the Faunus were created as an attempt at making peace between humans and animals, once that failed spectacularily.
** ''The Two Brothers'' is a CreationMyth about how the God of Light created animals and natural beauty, while the God of Dark created the AlwaysChaoticEvil Grimm in jealousy. They collaborated on creating humanity, who has the power of creation and destruction in equal measure. [[spoiler:This one is true, though it's not the whole story]].
** ''The Gift of the Moon'' explains how Remnant's moon shattered, having originally been the sun that overexhausted itself trying to fulfill humanity's requests. Afterward, humanity gathered the spilled light and put it into a new sun, tying it to the old one and letting it moon across the sky at its own pace. [[spoiler:This one is a lie. The moon was always the moon, and it was shattered by the God of Dark in a last act of spite before abandoning Remnant]].
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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Although this is not its main purpose, a large portion of the book makes efforts to explain a number of things, such as why the stars were made, why there are seasons, where the Sun and Moon came from and why the Moon is marred and why it deviates from its course to occasionally eclipse the Sun, why the center of the Earth is molten, and why the Earth is round and not flat. The beginning of the book features a proper CreationMyth, which is more spiritual and predates all of these celestial advents.
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** In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', an aside about Hobbit history states that "Bullroarer" Took smote the head clean off the head of an invading goblin warlord known as Golfimbul, which landed in a rabbit hole--thus saving the Shire and inventing the game of golf at the same time! (For fun, [[JustForPun try saying Golfimbul's name out loud]].)
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Although this is not its main purpose, a large portion of the book makes efforts to explain a number of things, such as why the stars were made, why there are seasons, where the Sun and Moon came from and why the Moon is marred and why it deviates from its course to occasionally eclipse the Sun, why the center of the Earth is molten, and why the Earth is round and not flat. The beginning of the book features a proper CreationMyth, which is more spiritual and predates all of these celestial advents.
** In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', an aside about Hobbit history states that "Bullroarer" Took smote the head clean off the head of an invading goblin warlord known as Golfimbul, which landed in a rabbit hole--thus saving the Shire and inventing the game of golf at the same time! (For fun, [[JustForPun try saying Golfimbul's name out loud]].)
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Although this is not its main purpose, a large portion of the book makes efforts to explain a number of things, such as why the stars were made, why there are seasons, where the Sun and Moon came from and why the Moon is marred and why it deviates from its course to occasionally eclipse the Sun, why the center of the Earth is molten, and why the Earth is round and not flat. The beginning of the book features a proper CreationMyth, which is more spiritual and predates all of these celestial advents.
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* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', a Stable worker says that the Dueling Peaks used to be a single mountain before [[DragonsAreDivine Farosh]] carved a path through it.
* In the world of Runeterra in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', there have been a few stories of gods or some kind of otherworldly being that shaped the landscape before them. Given that [[PhysicalGod some of the mentioned deities are playable characters]] creates some ambiguity on whether they actually are real or merely folklore:
* In the world of Runeterra in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', there have been a few stories of gods or some kind of otherworldly being that shaped the landscape before them. Given that [[PhysicalGod some of the mentioned deities are playable characters]] creates some ambiguity on whether they actually are real or merely folklore:
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* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': In the world ofRuneterra in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Runeterra, there have been a few stories of gods or some kind of otherworldly being that shaped the landscape before them. Given that [[PhysicalGod some of the mentioned deities are playable characters]] creates some ambiguity on whether they actually are real or merely folklore:
* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'': In the world of
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan-made animation ''WebAnimation/{{Snowdrop}}'' is a Just So Story detailing the origin of snowflakes. Title character Snowdrop, a blind pegasus filly, carved the first snowflake from her [[SwissArmyTears frozen]] [[BodyToJewel teardrop]], in a tribute to the season of winter and to the stars she could never see.
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* The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fan-made animation ''WebAnimation/{{Snowdrop}}'' ''WebAnimation/Snowdrop2013'' is a Just So Story detailing the origin of snowflakes. Title character Snowdrop, a blind pegasus filly, carved the first snowflake from her [[SwissArmyTears frozen]] [[BodyToJewel teardrop]], in a tribute to the season of winter and to the stars she could never see.
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** According to Genesis, snakes lost their legs as punishment from God for tempting Eve. Women endure painful childbirth, humanity in general works for a living, and everybody eventually dies because Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, but God evicted them from the Garden of Eden before they could eat fruit from the Tree of Life so that they would not have to live in that state forever.
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** According to Genesis, snakes lost their legs as punishment from God for tempting Eve. Women women endure painful childbirth, humanity in general works for a living, and everybody eventually dies because Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, but God evicted them from the Garden of Eden before they could eat fruit from the Tree of Life so that they would not have to live in that state forever.
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* A Jewish folktale tells that the sun and moon used to be identical, but the moon wished they were different. She suggested several changes to God and the sun (like one of them (the sun) only appearing during the day, and one of them (the sun) always looking the same), but eventually God got tired of the constant requests and made her apply her next suggestion (one of them should be smaller and fainter) to herself. Thus, the moon is small, changing, and usually not visible during the day.
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** This interpretation isn't all bunk, since there is considerable evidence that the Israelites were not strictly monotheist to begin with -- otherwise, what were all the prophets complaining about?
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* Although this is not its main purpose, a large portion of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' makes efforts to explain a number of things, such as why the stars were made, why there are seasons, where the Sun and Moon came from, as well as why the Moon is marred and why it deviates from its course to occasionally eclipse the Sun, why the center of the Earth is molten, and why the Earth is round and not flat. The beginning of the book features a proper CreationMyth, which is more spiritual and predates all of these celestial advents.
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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Although this is not its main purpose, a large portion of J.R.R. Tolkien's ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' the book makes efforts to explain a number of things, such as why the stars were made, why there are seasons, where the Sun and Moon came from, as well as from and why the Moon is marred and why it deviates from its course to occasionally eclipse the Sun, why the center of the Earth is molten, and why the Earth is round and not flat. The beginning of the book features a proper CreationMyth, which is more spiritual and predates all of these celestial advents.
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** Mount Fuji's volcanic activity is explained in ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'' to be because the emperor burned an elixir of immortality in an attempt to reach Kaguya.
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** [[ThePowerOfTheSun Amaterasu]] swearing never to meet her brother [[{{Lunacy}} Tsukuyomi]] again after he killed a fellow goddess is used to explain why the sun is always far apart from the moon.
** Why do people die all the time? You can thank Izanami for that. When her husband, Izanagi, abandoned her upon realizing that she had become a denizen of the Underworld after her DeathByChildbirth, she vowed to kill 1,000 humans every day. Izanagi countered that he would create 1,500 humans every day, so while he could not eliminate her curse, at least he could control it and prevent humanity from going extinct.
** [[ThePowerOfTheSun Amaterasu]] swearing never to meet her brother [[{{Lunacy}} Tsukuyomi]] again after he killed a fellow goddess is used to explain why the sun is always far apart from the moon.
** Why do people die all the time? You can thank Izanami for that. When her husband, Izanagi, abandoned her upon realizing that she had become a denizen of the Underworld after her DeathByChildbirth, she vowed to kill 1,000 humans every day. Izanagi countered that he would create 1,500 humans every day, so while he could not eliminate her curse, at least he could control it and prevent humanity from going extinct.
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* Myth/BrazilianFolklore has a couple stories to explain the origin of certain plants: For instance, one story tells of a woman who becomes pregnant without reason, her daughter Mani, dies at the age of one and is buried. From her grave a plant is born, and is given the name Manioca (meaning Mani's house), which is the common name for the cassava plant in Brazil.
** In another tale a brave, just young man is killed by an evil deity and the gods instruct his parents to plant his eyeballs like they were seeds. From this the guaraná fruit (which looks a bit like a human eye) is born.
** Yet another tragic tale tells that the moon goddess Jaci would choose women of her liking and turn them into stars. One girl named Naiá was so desperate to be chosen that she went without eating for days, and was getting sick. One day she sees the moon reflected in the river and throws herself at it, drowning. The goddess than takes pity on her and turns her into a "water star": the Queen Victoria Water Lily. And that is why this water lily only opens its petals at night.
** In another tale a brave, just young man is killed by an evil deity and the gods instruct his parents to plant his eyeballs like they were seeds. From this the guaraná fruit (which looks a bit like a human eye) is born.
** Yet another tragic tale tells that the moon goddess Jaci would choose women of her liking and turn them into stars. One girl named Naiá was so desperate to be chosen that she went without eating for days, and was getting sick. One day she sees the moon reflected in the river and throws herself at it, drowning. The goddess than takes pity on her and turns her into a "water star": the Queen Victoria Water Lily. And that is why this water lily only opens its petals at night.
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* WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}: ''Tiger Trouble'' has a bit of a GainaxEnding, where in the midst of the madness of the chase, Goofy's elephant, Dolores, accidentally sits on the titular tiger, and the tiger notices he is missing his stripes and sees them on Dolores's bottom.
-->'''Narrator''': And that is how the tiger lost his stripes.
-->'''Narrator''': And that is how the tiger lost his stripes.
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye:'' The annual contains one of these, explaining the origin of Cybertronian civilisation, and the nature of the mysterious Guiding Hand, who are apparently gods created by Primus at the beginning of time, who created Cybertronian civilisation with "a wave of their hands", and that Cybertronians are supposedly immortal since they killed their god of death. Later revelations in the series show two claims from these stories, the aforementioned immortality and the fact that one of Cybertron's moons was destroyed are patently untrue (they aren't, and it wasn't, respectively).
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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye:'' ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': The annual contains one of these, explaining the origin of Cybertronian civilisation, and the nature of the mysterious Guiding Hand, who are apparently gods created by Primus at the beginning of time, who created Cybertronian civilisation with "a wave of their hands", and that Cybertronians are supposedly immortal since they killed their god of death. Later revelations in the series show two claims from these stories, the aforementioned immortality and the fact that one of Cybertron's moons was destroyed are patently untrue (they aren't, and it wasn't, respectively).
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** In ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' one-shot ''Superman: Secret Files (2009)'', Thara Ak-Var tells [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] that, according to the myth, Krypton's Fire Falls were created when the god Rao cried tears of flame for a hundred nights after being tricked into imprisoning the goddess Cythonna.
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** In ''ComicBook/NewKrypton'' one-shot ''Superman: Secret Files (2009)'', ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', Thara Ak-Var tells [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Zor-El]] that, according to the myth, Krypton's Fire Falls were created when the god Rao cried tears of flame for a hundred nights after being tricked into imprisoning the goddess Cythonna.
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* In the world of Runeterra in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', there have been a few stories of gods or some kind of otherworldly being that shaped the landscape before them. Given that [[PhysicalGod some of the mentioned deities are playable characters]] creates some ambiguity on whether they actually are real or merely folklore:
** [[DeathMountain Mount Targon]] is the absolute highest peak in all of Runeterra, and was believed to have been the result of some ancient entity drawing up the earth into an enormous, twisted pillar whose peak reaches the heavens. It's seemingly verified by the fact that those who can make up the journey to the summit without perishing become [[DeityOfHumanOrigin imbued with the cosmos]] and become {{Physical God}}s themselves.
** [[GrimUpNorth The Freljord]] was also said to have been shaped by the existence of the various elemental "demigods". The legends of [[UltimateBlacksmith Ornn, the Fire Below the Mountain]], say that he was responsible for sculpting the land, bringing it snow, as well as other structures for humanity such as [[TakeItToTheBridge the bridge over the Howling Abyss]]. The legends of [[WarGod Volibear, the Relentless Storm]], meanwhile claim that they were shaped by fierce battles with other titanic beings, such as carving out the Five Fjords with his claws, and creating the first river by killing a magma serpent and spilling its blood on the land.
** [[DeathMountain Mount Targon]] is the absolute highest peak in all of Runeterra, and was believed to have been the result of some ancient entity drawing up the earth into an enormous, twisted pillar whose peak reaches the heavens. It's seemingly verified by the fact that those who can make up the journey to the summit without perishing become [[DeityOfHumanOrigin imbued with the cosmos]] and become {{Physical God}}s themselves.
** [[GrimUpNorth The Freljord]] was also said to have been shaped by the existence of the various elemental "demigods". The legends of [[UltimateBlacksmith Ornn, the Fire Below the Mountain]], say that he was responsible for sculpting the land, bringing it snow, as well as other structures for humanity such as [[TakeItToTheBridge the bridge over the Howling Abyss]]. The legends of [[WarGod Volibear, the Relentless Storm]], meanwhile claim that they were shaped by fierce battles with other titanic beings, such as carving out the Five Fjords with his claws, and creating the first river by killing a magma serpent and spilling its blood on the land.
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* The reason Virgil tells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice in ''Literature/TheGeorgics'' is to explain how bees came to be, since it turns out they emerged from a corpse offered to the gods by a shepherd responsible for Eurydice's death.
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* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' has one to explain how Bane, Myrkul and Bhaal became the gods of tyranny, death and murder respectively. They were once mortal adventurers who got ambitions of godhood, and decided to challenge Jergal, the god of death, the dead and tyranny. Once they did so, however, they learned that Jergal had grown tired of his post, and willingly gave it up to them. Of course, they started fighting over who would get which domain, so Jergal suggested a game of knucklebones to decide. Bane won, and demanded rule over all that lives, so Jergal gave him tyranny. Myrkul scoffed, because what good is rule over those who will one day pass from this world? He'd rather rule over the dead, who will be his forever, so Jergal gave him what he asked. Finally, Myrkul declared that his two fellows would each be beholden to him, as he would decree how people passed from Bane's rule to Myrkul's. Jergal gave him Murder. Jergal is still around, by the way, serving as the seneschal to whoever currently occupies the god of death position.
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* "Literature/HeartOfIceAndrewLang": The tale concludes saying that "The Prince, out of grateful remembrance of the Princess Sabella's first gift to him [a cloak of marten's fur], bestowed the right of bearing her name upon the most beautiful of the martens, and that is why they are called sables to this day."
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* The Paul Bunyan myths were parodied on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bunyan smoking a bunch of cigars is the origin of The Great Smoky Mountains, trampling a forest resulted in Death Valley, and him dancing around while getting drunk is what created the [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Big Holes With Beer National Park.]]
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* The Paul Bunyan myths were parodied on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. Bunyan smoking a bunch of cigars is the origin of The Great Smoky Mountains, trampling a forest resulted in Death Valley, and him dancing around while getting drunk is what created the [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers [[OddNameOut Big Holes With Beer National Park.]]
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* In the ''Literature/RiversOfLondon'' series, Abigail Kamara befriends a colony of talking foxes. In "What Abigail Did That Summer", one of the talking foxes tells Abigail the story of How Man Gave Back His Gifts, a fox legend in which Man was once a normal animal until he traded away his fur, claws, tail, ability to walk on all fours, etc. in return for being the only animal who could talk. (Thereby also explaining how the squirrel got its bushy tail, the dog its strong claws, and so on.) The story also notes that although Man kept his intelligence, he gave away his wisdom (to an animal which immediately, but too late to warn anybody, realised what a bad development that was). At the end of the story Abigail asks how, if Man is the only animal who can talk, the talking foxes exist, and the fox replies that that's a different story, and one that they'll need to trust her more before they'll consider telling.
