Story Featuring Yuè Xià Lǎo
Fate Held Together By A Thread- "One story featuring the red string of fate involves a young boy. Walking home one night, a young boy sees an old man standing beneath the moonlight (Yuè Xià Lǎo). The man explains to the boy that he is attached to his destined wife by a red thread. Yuè Xià Lǎo shows the boy the young girl who is destined to be his wife. Being young and having no interest in having a wife, the young boy picks up a rock and throws it at the girl, running away. Many years later, when the boy has grown into a young man, his parents arrange a wedding for him. On the night of his wedding, his wife waits for him in their bedroom, with the traditional veil covering her face. Raising it, the man is delighted to find that his wife is one of the great beauties of his village. However, she wears an adornment on her eyebrow. He asks her why she wears it and she responds that when she was a young girl, a boy threw a rock at her that struck her, leaving a scar on her eyebrow. She self-consciously wears the adornment to cover it up. The woman is, in fact, the same young girl connected to the man by the red thread shown to him by Yuè Xià Lǎo back in his childhood, showing that they were connected by the red string of fate."
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Description and Relations of Yuè Xià Lǎo
The Chinese deity of destiny was known as Yuè Xià Lǎo. Even though he was the god of destiny in Chinese mythology, he is still known throughout our culture, he just doesn't stand out as much as his symbol does. The red thread of destiny is, by its name, a red thread that a god in charge of it would tie it around someone's ankle if they were bound to meet each other or if something were to happen to them. The red thread bound people together and would not break, or disrupt fate, much like the Greek belief in destiny.
The red thread of destiny, being Yuè Xià Lǎo's symbol was often mentioned in many Japanese cartoons, or anime, movies, and even some video games. Here is a list of some of the places it appeared in anime: Loveless, Nana, Kuroshitsuji, The Vision of Escaflowne, Detective Conan, InuYasha, Bleach, Tenchi Muyo, Toradora, Hell Girl, Fruits Basket, Bound Beauty, an episode of xxxHolic Negima: Spring OVA and Yu Yu Hakusho, Otomen, Aki Sora, Ranma 1/2, Cross Game and Naruto. Not many of these cartoons are popular in the U.S., but Naruto is more renowned than most. The red string of fate also appears in some videos games such as, The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Pokemon, and Shadow Hearts.
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The red thread of destiny, being Yuè Xià Lǎo's symbol was often mentioned in many Japanese cartoons, or anime, movies, and even some video games. Here is a list of some of the places it appeared in anime: Loveless, Nana, Kuroshitsuji, The Vision of Escaflowne, Detective Conan, InuYasha, Bleach, Tenchi Muyo, Toradora, Hell Girl, Fruits Basket, Bound Beauty, an episode of xxxHolic Negima: Spring OVA and Yu Yu Hakusho, Otomen, Aki Sora, Ranma 1/2, Cross Game and Naruto. Not many of these cartoons are popular in the U.S., but Naruto is more renowned than most. The red string of fate also appears in some videos games such as, The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Pokemon, and Shadow Hearts.
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The Red String Of Fate In Music