The Thousand-Tooth Fish

Myth of flayed fishermen.

The third and fourth fishermen went to look for the second. They walked through the thick cloud but didn't find any sign of him. Just as the clouds began to thin, the fourth turned and saw the third but something was behind him. It moved quickly. Terrified, the fourth couldn't get out any words in time and the fish opened it's mouth - a mouth too large for a creature that size and filled with a thousand teeth - and ate his friend. Fourth ran. And ran. And ran. And when he caught his breath, he was back at the village.

-Excerpt from The Thousand-Tooth Fish

The Myth

The story begins with four fishermen travelling together when they encounter a strange location where the clouds lap onto the land like water and the skyfish fly atop the island. Thinking they have found a bountiful region, they begin to do what they do best. Soon they are building a seasonal fishing village and their families come join them. But when all seems right, a powerful storm wafts over the island and one of the fishermen goes missing.
When he is found, he is unrecognizable, and another of the fishermen sees something in the clouds. Soon everyone there is frightened and packing but when one of the other fishermen has gone to collect his gear, a horrible scream is heard. The two remaining men, terrified, go to find him. One of them dies too but only after the clouds thin and he can see his companion and the creature for which the myth gets its name. He is the only of the four to escape, though all of the families survive.

The Truth

There is no evidence that any creature such as the fish described in the tale really exists. Three-Hook Point has been the location of a number of deaths but most are caused when the edge of the island is hidden by the clouds and a person steps off the edge and falls into the Floor below.

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Beware, beware,
the fish's stare.
If you it should find,
don't use your mind.
Run, run, run.

It bears it's teeth,
hidden as a dagger's sheath.
Foot past foot,
you can't stay put.
Run, run, run.

-Traditional Burm poem

Related Locations

• Three-Hook Point