<p>Stone legends are indeed pretty common just as TurkeyFried stated. Most of these are based on <em>loyalty</em> towards a person (most common in anime is waiting for a loved one).</p>
<p>It is said that the petrifaction version originates from Vietnam</p>
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<p>Hòn Vọng Phu (Statue of Husband Waiting)</p>
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<p>But nowadays in TV shows and such they give their own meaning to it and reasoning.</p>
<p>You can <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWillWaitForYou" rel="nofollow noreferrer">check this out</a> for some more examples of this phenomena.</p>

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Do you have a source that asserts that the Vietnamese legend is related to anything in Japan? I kind of doubt that it is.
senshin
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Dimitri mx
<p>Stone legends can be found in various cultures, not just Japan.  For example, Australia has <a href="http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/thingstodo/threesisters/" rel="nofollow">The Three Sisters</a>, Puerto Rico has <a href="http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/unusual-osj-sights/" rel="nofollow">The Stone Dog</a> and you can even find this trope in <a href="http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheShepherdandtheDaughteroftheSun-Inca.html" rel="nofollow">Inca</a> culture.  Someone's love remaining eternal through petrifaction is just a common (and effective) storytelling trope.</p>

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TurkeyFried
<p>This concept is used in <em>Windaria</em> and an early episode of <em>Pokémon</em> (Episode 20: "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak"). </p>

<p>Did it come from a Japanese legend I'm not familiar with, did it come from the <em>Windaria</em> novel, or is it just a Kunihiko Yuyama thing?</p>

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2013-02-01T21:13:20.557Z
Or maybe is it related to The Thinker statue?
nhahtdh
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Wherever it comes from, the principle is quite easy. A women waits for her man to return, she waits so intense, barerly moving because she might miss seeing him approaching from the horizon till eventually she becomes as inactive as the very stones she's standing on.
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Is turning into stone as a result of waiting for someone for a long time derived from Japanese legend?
# Is turning into stone as a result of waiting for someone for a long time derived from Japanese legend?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-02-01
This concept is used in *Windaria* and an early episode of *Pokémon* (Episode 20: "The Ghost of Maiden's Peak").

Did it come from a Japanese legend I'm not familiar with, did it come from the *Windaria* novel, or is it just a Kunihiko Yuyama thing?
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> **username_1**: Or maybe is it related to The Thinker statue?  
> **username_2**: Wherever it comes from, the principle is quite easy. A women waits for her man to return, she waits so intense, barerly moving because she might miss seeing him approaching from the horizon till eventually she becomes as inactive as the very stones she's standing on.  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-02-14. Score: 2
Stone legends are indeed pretty common just as TurkeyFried stated. Most of these are based on *loyalty* towards a person (most common in anime is waiting for a loved one).

It is said that the petrifaction version originates from Vietnam

> Hòn Vọng Phu (Statue of Husband Waiting)

But nowadays in TV shows and such they give their own meaning to it and reasoning.

You can [check this out](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IWillWaitForYou) for some more examples of this phenomena.
> **Comments:**
> **username_4** (2014-05-01): Do you have a source that asserts that the Vietnamese legend is related to anything in Japan? I kind of doubt that it is.  
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### Answer by username_5 on 2013-02-12. Score: 1
Stone legends can be found in various cultures, not just Japan. For example, Australia has [The Three Sisters](http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/thingstodo/threesisters/), Puerto Rico has [The Stone Dog](http://www.puertoricodaytrips.com/unusual-osj-sights/) and you can even find this trope in [Inca](http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheShepherdandtheDaughteroftheSun-Inca.html) culture. Someone's love remaining eternal through petrifaction is just a common (and effective) storytelling trope.
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