The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon - Iseult Gillespie
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On the dusty roads of a small village, a traveling salesman was having difficulty selling his wares. As he wandered the outskirts of town in the hopes of finding some new customers, he heard a high-pitched yelp coming from the edge of the forest. Following the screams to their source, he discovered a trapped tanuki. Iseult Gillespie details the Japanese myth of the shape-shifting creature.
Why would you place a Tanuki outside a home or a business?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Iseult Gillespie
- Director Anna Samo
- Narrator Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Sound Designer Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
- Music Gavin Dodds, Bamm Bamm Wolfgang
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
- Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
