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Overview
A blacksmith complains that his work is too hot, and a powerful wise man changes him into a mountain stone. A stone-cutter hurts him, so he asks to become a stone-cutter himself. Tired feet bring another request, this time to become the sun. Finding that too warm, he asks to become the moon.
He remains dissatisfied because the sun shines upon him and asks to return to blacksmithing. The wise man refuses any more changes, leaving him as the moon. All these forms belong to one character; the tale supplies no personal name and does not identify him with a named lunar deity from another tradition.
Origins & earliest records
Historical Laos country within Siam, as identified by the collection
Records & interpretation
Complete relevant narrative and Willis G. Craig’s introduction directly read.
Selected bibliography
Documented works and useful reading. This is not a list of every appearance.
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Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India
III.1, The Man in the Moon, pp. 37–38
Family & connections
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Primary records and illustrations
Katherine Neville Fleeson, Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India (Fleming H. Revell, 1899)
Historical Laos country of Siam; English collection. III.1, The Man in the Moon, pp. 37–38
Full story, relevant footnotes and introduction read. Primary witness is the historical English collection; no claim of direct oral field verification, precise modern location or original-language nomenclature.
References
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- Historical folktale collectionFleeson (1899), III.1, The Man in the Moon, pp. 37–38Research access: 2026-10-05
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