How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger

Re:How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger by schaefer on Friday March 15, 2019 @01:27PM (#19401980)

Another counter-example to the claim that "there are few/no myths of dangerous (Japanese) creatures:

"Kappa have been used to warn children of the dangers lurking in rivers and lakes, as kappa have been often said to try to lure people to water and pull them in. Even today, signs warning about kappa appear by bodies of water in some Japanese towns and villages."

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore)

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Re:How Inuit parents teach kids to control their anger by abrookewood on Sunday March 17, 2019 @09:59PM (#19418157)

That still fits with the general theme though: myths are designed to warn children about danger - in this case, drowning.

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