Asian Mythology

A Captivating Guide to Chinese Mythology, Japanese Mythology and Hindu Mythology

By: Matt Clayton

Narrated by: Randy Whitlow

Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Introducing an Asian mythology trilogy from the creator of the Captivating History series. This book includes three captivating manuscripts:

• Chinese Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Chinese Folklore Including Fairy Tales, Myths, and Legends from Ancient China
• Japanese Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Japanese Folklore, Myths, Fairy Tales, Yokai, Heroes and Heroines
• Hindu Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Hindu Myths, Hindu Gods, and Hindu Goddesses

In the first part of this book, you will discover:

• A story about origin of Earth and humans
• A captivating tale called "Poor Boy Ma Liang and the Paintbrush"
• Stories about natural disasters
• Modern mythology
• And much, much more!

In the second part of this book, you'll discover captivating stories of mystery, horror, and romance while simultaneously learning about the Japanese culture.

Here are just some of the topics and myths that the second part of this book covers:

• The creation stories
• The myths of origins
• Stories of the three most evil yokai of Japan

Within the third part of this book, you'll find the following Hindu myths covered:

• Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu, and the beginning of the world
• The birth of Lord Shiva
• Saraswati and Brahma’s fifth head
• Shiva tests Parvati
• Shiva snares a whale
• Ganesha loses his head
• Ganesha spills a river
• Kubera’s pride
• Ganesha injures a goddess
• Ganesha wins a race
• Shiva skips success
• Krishna swallows the flames
• Agni spreads a curse
• Vayu humbles the silk cotton tree
• Savitri chooses a husband
• Savitri’s fidelity

So if you want to learn more about these three Asian mythologies without having to go through boring textbooks, download to get started now!

©2018 Matt Clayton (P)2018 Matt Clayton

Good story, bad editing

Both the audio and writing needed more editing - lots of dead air and choppy dialogue. That said it was interesting to hear these tales, as they aren't something you hear much in Western culture.

Keep the first narrator.

I had to skip the 2nd section (on Japanese mythos) because the narrator and verbiage was completely immersion-breaking. It felt like an entirely different book. Overusage of the word "deity" and poor anunciation of Japanese words left me unable to continue. The sections on China and India were absolutely engrossing however, and I still recommend this book.

Japanese butchering

The chinese and hindu part wasn't that bad, the content a little bit too short in my perspective.
The Japanese part was a struggle to finish, so much bad pronunciation of the Japanese words. I seriously consider a new recording on that part, because it also has some weird silence when the narrator is reading.

Worst narrators ever!

The first narrator's accent was difficult - very, very back woods. In addition, he pronounced Tao with hard T, not the correct soft D. The second narrator could not pronounce many of the names he read. He actually re-read attempting to self-correct. Definitely not up to Audible standards.

tells half of the story. Not worth it.

I am struggling to finish this one because it tells have of the story. It gives the outline then completely brushes past other parts. gee thanks.