East Asian
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East Asian mythology is a broad category including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and related traditions. Across the region, myths connect rulership, cosmology, and ethics, preserved in chronicles, ritual manuals, and popular literature.
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Kojiki
O no Yasumaro
712 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Nihon Shoki
Prince Toneri
720 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Classic of Poetry
Anonymous
400-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Anonymous
900-1000 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Zhuangzi
Zhuang Zhou
300-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Investiture of the Gods
Xu Zhonglin
1560-1620 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Records of the Grand Historian
Sima Qian
109-91 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Classic of Documents
Various
600-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Epic of King Geser
Anonymous
1700-1900 CE
East Asian, Tibetan
Huainanzi
Liu An
139-122 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Shan Hai Jing
Anonymous
300-100 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Chu Ci
Qu Yuan
300-200 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Liezi
Lie Yukou
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Man’yōshū
Various
759 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Norito
Anonymous
927 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Samguk Sagi
Kim Busik
1145 CE
East Asian, Korean
Samguk Yusa
Iryeon
1281-1285 CE
East Asian, Korean
The Secret History of the Mongols
Anonymous
1240 CE
East Asian, Mongolian
Soushen Ji
Gan Bao
300-400 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Bamboo Annals
Anonymous
400-300 BCE
East Asian, Chinese
Engishiki
Fujiwara no Tadahira
927-967 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Fudoki
Anonymous
713-733 CE
East Asian, Japanese
Shanhai Jing Commentaries
Guo Pu
300-600 CE
East Asian, Chinese