Japanese version of Weaver Girl: On the night of the sixth day of July (China followed the lunar calendar in ancient Japan), a young man came to the mountains and found several beautiful fairies taking a bath. He was jealous and stole a fairy's down jacket. The fairy couldn't fly back to the sky without it, so she married a man and gave birth to three children. The man knew that once the fairy knew where the down jacket was, she would leave, so he never told the fairy where her down jacket was. Finally, the fairy found the feather clothes through the children. After getting the feather clothes, the fairy held three children and left the man to fly back to the sky.
In Liangshan, Vietnam, there is a story. Seven fairies came down from the sky to play on earth and saw a poor young man trying to harvest grain. They were moved by his diligence and helped him one after another. After cutting the young man, the fairies exposed their wings and took the young man flying in the sky. After everyone was tired of playing, they fell asleep in a field. The youth took the opportunity to steal a pair of wings, which were the wings of Xiaoqi. Xiaoqi can't go back, because she can't find her wings, so she must live with her youth. Two people gave birth to two children, but they were also very happy.
But the fairy learned from the child that her wings had been stolen by the youth, so she took them back and flew back to the sky. She told the two children how to contact her. Later, when the children contacted her, she put down colorful colored ropes and let the children climb to the sky. The young man saw it and followed it. As a result, it rained, the rope broke halfway and the young man was killed. The fairy happened to be in eat areca. Seeing this scene, she quickly vomited a mouthful of betel nut water at the youth, turning the youth into a red seagull.
Two children hid in the sky and found the jade emperor trying to kill them. The fairy spit betel nut water on two children and turned them into red seagulls. The fairy finally died after a long loneliness. She became a red seagull and was reunited with her family.
These two stories are obviously born out of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, but they have their own characteristics, and the plot is worse than the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. These "fairy tales" all have the same core element, that is, the fairy can't return to heaven without anything. Can be said to be cheated or forced to get married. It is precisely because this story is not love from the beginning that it often ends in tragedy.
References:
1. Ueda in May —— A study on the legend of Japanese feather fairy —— and a comparison with the legend of China fairy.
2. Jiang Guifang, "A Study on the Story of" Swan Virgin Type "of the Dai Nationality in Vietnam"