With the help of Amenonuhoko - a heavenly spear decorated with jewels - Izanagi and Izanami made islands that they populated with their children. Izanagi and Izanami were summoned by the first gods to be man and woman and create the lands where people would live. Here’s the deal if you’re unfamiliar with the story. And an ancient myth that combines both? That’s pure gold, and provides countless opportunities for retellings. I love a good creation myth, and I love a good love story.

I’ll just be happy the stories are out there! You’re welcome. If you take any of these ideas, I won’t even ask for royalties. But I also have a whole wishlist of other stories I’d love to see reimagined in some way. Of course, these texts are ripe for retellings, which is why they’re happening so much. Now that The Great Gatsby has entered the public domain as of January 1, 2021, I feel like this is going to be the next story that authors are going to be lining up to retell with their own spin on things. I’ve read two Jane Eyre retellings this year alone, and at this point, I think “ Pride and Prejudice retellings” should just be its own literary genre. It seems like some classic stories have been retold to death. Or at the very least, find out something new about it.īut let’s be real. It’s a way for us to examine a story we love from a different perspective and fall in love with it all over again. There’s more than one way to tell a story, which is why I think readers are so drawn to retellings. Harrow puts her own spin on Sleeping Beauty in A Spindle Splintered, and more. Marissa Meyer takes on Rumpelstiltskin in Gilded, Lauren Blackwood gives an Ethiopian-inspired fantasy twist to Jane Eyre in Within These Wicked Walls, Alix E. This collection of audiobooks features classic stories and favorite fairy tales and reimagines them with modern flair.

Between these wicked walls