It's very interesting the things people can come up with on their own. Give them the hint of magic and they will create a warlock out of hanging moss. Give them the taste of danger and they will imagine themselves to be a strong warrior ready to defend.
Give them something to fear, and they'll find a way to make it theirs.
This is the way of the east.
The myth itself
It's said that, should someone eat a well prepared Wel Shu stomach at the height of the sun or moon, then they will be gifted the sight of the well shu. They will be drawn by the light of the world, lookign into the hearts of men and seeing who is truely a good, shinning person rather than a corrupt, lazy one.
When the light of the sun ends, this ability will pass, so they say.
A common Joke
It's not...widely belived, but everyone does know about the myth, and everyone does know at least one person who claims, without a doubt, that it's true. Usually, it's invoked by teenagers and adolecents who then have fun "seeing into eachothers hearts" and making humorous claims about them. It's recieved all in good fun and most people don't think too hard about what anyone says about them after eating a Wel Shu.
besides, if people are taking on the Wel shu after eating their stomach, they'd have to get a whole lot dumber. It takes a creature with a very very small brain to jump into a fire stay there.
Eastern Mysticism
With magic being such a taboo subject, the people have to look to more natural causes of their more pleasant superstitions. There are all sorts of myths and legends of natural things taking on supernatural or divine qualities, like the Wel Shu stomach or Pyus tower or even the soil of Sidhaor. these sorts of dipping into the supernatual world to explain things is accepted, just as long as Magic isn't applied to it in any way.
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