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Ima wa mukashi

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In Japanese storytelling 'Ima wa mukashi' ('Now [it is] the past' ) 
is a very commonly used introductory phrase for fairytales, myths and folklore.

It roughly translates to the English 'Once upon a time'. 
Another way of saying it would be 'mukashi mukashi' - 
with the word mukashi (むかし) meaning 'olden days / time before / former'.

In German language most old stories (Geschichten), 
myths (Mythen), sagas (Sagen) and fairytales (Märchen) 
also (mostly) start with a similar phrase :

'Es war einmal vor langer Zeit...' 
Once it was, long time ago...

How is it in your country/where you are from?
Do your old stories also have a certain 
introductory phrase or ending?

Candle 
:reading: remake  Rainy Reading 

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©Andrea Effulge
Image size
3944x2628px 15.17 MB
Make
NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D5200
Shutter Speed
10/1250 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
18 mm
ISO Speed
320
Date Taken
Dec 30, 2015, 3:27:16 PM
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schafsheep's avatar
keep on telling your visual fairy tales... enchating! :)
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