The Worship of the Salmon, the Divine Fish

Basil Hall Chamberlain (October 18, 1850 – February 15, 1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century. The most famous works of Basil Hall Chamberlain are translation of the “Kojiki” (1882), “A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese” (1888), “Things Japanese” (1890), and “A Practical Guide to the Study of Japanese Writing” (1905). 

“The Worship of the Salmon, the Divine Fish” is an Ainu folk story translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain and included in “Aino Folk-Tales” collection in 1887-1888. This story will tell about a man who went out in a boat to catch fish in the sea, but a great wind arose, so that he drifted about for six nights. How would man survive? Who could help him? Let's read and enjoy the traditional folk tale of one of the most mysterious and popular nowadays nationality!