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Rated: E · Poetry · Mythology · #2345261

The earthquake-stopping deity decided to branch out to typhoon-creating.

Nowadays, the gods are data-driven,
And the Hourae sync them up in any year;
As soon as they change history, the records
Both digital and book, are altered here.

Takemikazuchi has gotten bored of catfish wrangling
And recently decided to undo
A less than trivial duo of invasions
1274 and ‘81, those two.

He may have had some Kami in the water
To quell the local blood shed in the waves
And made them crush the fleets of boats asunder;
Opposing him, Lei-gong also saves.

https://mythlok.com/lei-gong/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takemikazuchi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan

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Today’s prompt was to write about a non-random cause of the “divine wind” typhoons of 1274 and 1281.





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