Down By The River
Numamushi
By Mina Ikemoto Ghosh
6 Jun, 2025
Doing the WFC's Homework
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Mina Ikemoto Ghosh’s 2023 Numamushi is a stand-alone historical fantasy novella.
The great nameless snake calls the river home. When a badly burned baby human floats by, the snake’s first instinct is to put the infant out of its misery. Its second impulse, the one it acts upon, is to rescue the little human, treat its wounds, and raise it as the great white snake’s own child1.
The snake names his foundling son Numamushi. Numamushi names the snake Father.