The appeal of the legend lies less, as one might think, in its relatability to mortal affairs, but precisely in its sublime, eternal otherness where it comes alive, unsettling the listener with tales regaled of elemental force and purity. It is the space of belief between elements and emotions that births the very dialectical tensions mythmaking embraces, between the starry vastness of the heavens and the sorry finitude of the world. What the Chinese legend of Chang’e — the goddess...
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