[GL][ONESHOT] Once upon a time, who used Palm-leaf to write a love story ?
Title: Once upon a time, who used Palm-leaf to write a love story ?
Author: Ở Ngoài Chuồng Gà Á Ra Ngoài Đó Lụm Đi
Tags: Vietnamese culture, Southeast Asia, comic manuscript, myth, meditation, philosophy, fantasy, tragic romance, glamour, melancholia, epic
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Palm-leaf, Tālapatra (S), Tālapaṇṇa (P).
Palm-leaf manuscripts are manuscripts made out of dried palm leaves. Palm leaves were used as writing materials in Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia dating back to the 5th century BCE and possibly much earlier.
❥Summary
The legend of Son Tinh Thuy Tinh closed with the ending:
Son Than married Ngoc Hoa the Princess, daughter of Hung Due Vuong, and brought her to Tan Vien Mountain. From now on, they living a happy life, corporated to govern the land South of Dong Dinh lake, helping people to rule the river and plant rice. Everyone is happy, singing and dancing every day.
The defeated faction - Lord of the Sea - is still unwilling. Every year, at the end of July, they raise the water and bring the Sea monsters to fight to recover the old debt, but everytime they are defeated, repelled and finally returned to Dong Hai sea.
Sixteen years later.
Crystallized from a romantic love, the girl Wanthong, so-called Ngoc Khiet the Princess, has a special fascination with folk love stories, such as the love story of her parents.
Stemming from that motivation, she went everywhere from Siam, to O Qua, Khuong, Ai Lao, to the whole territory of Hien Vien country, to collecting folk stories.
Once, from Khun Phaen the Monk, she found a new version of Son Tinh Thuy Tinh performed in the form of talking- singing. It is different from the common version was written Dong Son drums and Han's dynasty book.
Saving the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, catapults Jessica Red into a sea of magic, jewel heists, and world-saving adventure.
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After years of watching pirates fighting with the king's navy off the coast of Harvest Island, Jessica Red saves the life of the infamous rookie pirate, Captain Ruben Kirk, and the two become fast friends. Little does she know, Ruben Kirk is only the first of three rookie pirates she'll meet during a whirlwind of sea-faring adventures - but when Jessica learns the corrupt King Mordred has plans to destroy her island home, can she convince them to help her save it?
("The Rookie Pirates" is Book 1 in "The Adventures of Jessica Red" trilogy.)
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