TED-Ed: The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon | Iseult Gillespie

A traveling salesman struggles to sell his goods and helps a trapped tanuki. Later, he finds a rusty kettle and sells it to monks, but it transforms into the tanuki he saved. The tanuki explains it wanted to repay the salesman's kindness and becomes a beloved guest at the temple, entertaining monks and villagers.

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