Tanabata & Other Starry Folktales
By Jessa Gardner
We hope you all enjoyed July’s Virtual Tanabata Celebration! The origin of Tanabata comes from the legend of Orihime and Hikoboshi, star crossed lovers separated by the Milky Way. Each year on the evening of July 7th, Orihime and Hikoboshi are allowed to reunite for one night only in a clear sky.
You can enjoy the full story on Tanabata below, read by Yukari Yamano.
If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook, you may have seen our weekly posts of star stories from various cultures around the world. We shared four stories from the book “Star Stories: Multicultural Myths of the Constellations” by Jennifer L. Kroll, read by Yukari Yamano. These four stories are available below, and on our YouTube channel!.