Taz_9000 Posts
Most of the books on folklore that are free on Google books are incredibly outdated. Most date to before WWI, so they might not be entirely accurate or have some bias. Not sure though, there isn't anything more recent to compare it too. I think to learn anymore, you'd have to actually venture outside and visit a library.
Yes they have demons that are like say, Christianity's demons but not all of the "demons" are like that. They have things like Youkai which the closest thing you would find in western lore is Elves and the Fey.
The point is that they don't call them just demons. They have a variety of names for the various supernatural creatures, just like in western lore.
What this is doing would be the equivalent of taking angels, elves, and monsters from western lore, and just using just one umbrella term when being translated to describe all of them that means one specific thing in the language it's being translated in.
Except he didn't ask about any of those things. There are some benevolent characters in Japanese mythology or those that are not what you consider "demons". However, that isn't what he is interested in or what this thread is about. It is about what IS a demon in Japanese folklore - and there are in fact demons, evil spirits that do horrible things.
Kalistean wrote...
No, they call them something else. We just translate it as demon in an attempt to find something relevant.Yes they have demons that are like say, Christianity's demons but not all of the "demons" are like that. They have things like Youkai which the closest thing you would find in western lore is Elves and the Fey.
The point is that they don't call them just demons. They have a variety of names for the various supernatural creatures, just like in western lore.
What this is doing would be the equivalent of taking angels, elves, and monsters from western lore, and just using just one umbrella term when being translated to describe all of them that means one specific thing in the language it's being translated in.
Except he didn't ask about any of those things. There are some benevolent characters in Japanese mythology or those that are not what you consider "demons". However, that isn't what he is interested in or what this thread is about. It is about what IS a demon in Japanese folklore - and there are in fact demons, evil spirits that do horrible things.
Badguy, it needs more neya. Or solva. Basically, you need a whipping boy again (sorry guys).
Why listen to it if I don't care?
Let me answer that question with another question: Why post in this thread if you don't care?
Zak wrote...
Waar wrote...
why comment if you're not going to even listen to it?Why listen to it if I don't care?
Let me answer that question with another question: Why post in this thread if you don't care?
Waar wrote...
grats, really surprised there aren't more people congratulating him, why is everyone trying to act apathetic all of a sudden?It is what all the cool kids are doing.
Congrats Pervy FatMan. Have fun for the next 500.
Rbz wrote...
Mr.TifaLockhart wrote...
alot of bad shows on tv giving american youth a bad exampleAnd I hate them, too. But the thing is: HISTORY CHANNEL. MTV doesn't have standards, history channel should.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't watch the show, I'm just saying it's crap.
Indeed. History channel starting going down hill a couple years back. They seem to want to be the new TLC. Everything is either about historians or collectors of some kind being "edgy" or something about Hitler.
Kalistean wrote...
Tachyon wrote...
@All:Stay on topic please, and the topic is clearly demons, in particular Japanese ones.
@Flaser:
There is a obviously a big difference between demons and saints, dwarfs, or gods. You want to act educated, but "a book written by historians or culture antropologists" is the only reference that comes to your mind? And you even spelled anthropologists wrong!
Either your brain is very empty, so that the only thing you can associate with Japanese demons are the Catholic church and Norse Mythology (!?), or you are just a western European chauvinist, so that you can't stand that the culture of someone else is in the spotlight. Either way, since you are inapt to contribute to the topic, please refrain yourself from posting and especially spamming huge, OT images without a spoiler.
@RanmaSyaoran:
Sounds very interesting! Do you have already researched any specific books, and do you know where to get them?
Why do I keep thinking you get more and more stupid as I see your posts?
The vast majority of Japanese demons? They are just supernatural spirits and beings. They are not the same thing as Hell demons that you find in Western beliefs. If you're going to be a weeaboo, at least know this basic shit.
So yeah, they are comparable to things like elves, and gods, and saints because that's what they fucking are. The Japanese just call them demons. Actually, they don't call them demons. They call them youkai, tenyuu's, and onis. We just translate it as demon.
Seriously, why did you come back? Go whine and leave again.
Semantics. It isn't like a Japanese person is going to say, "Nuh-uh! We don't have demons! They are something else!" For all intents and purposes, they are demonic equivalents.
I don't think they are "advancing". It think the proliferation of pop culture is just becoming easier and easier to do and is reaching a wider base.
I know two different people who had arranged marriages. They seem very happy with their marriages to be honest. I could be wrong, but I also think that statistics show that the divorce rate for arranged marriages is either lower or at the very least just the same as "romanced" marriages. Many times, the couples sort of "grow up" together in the marriage. They learn about each other and how to love one another as newlyweds.
Sometimes, married couples will get married then stop the romancing. It is as if they think, "Okay, I'm married. I got THAT out of the way... Now I can stop doing stupid things like making a fool of myself acting romantic all the time..." For arranged marriages, it is not UNTIL you are married that you start acting romantic towards one another. Heck, you JUST MET this person, so at the very least you are doing everything you can to get them to just like you. When both sides do this, you can potentially have two people that end up very much in love.
Or not. It can end up badly, but marriages that aren't arranged end up badly all the time.
Sometimes, married couples will get married then stop the romancing. It is as if they think, "Okay, I'm married. I got THAT out of the way... Now I can stop doing stupid things like making a fool of myself acting romantic all the time..." For arranged marriages, it is not UNTIL you are married that you start acting romantic towards one another. Heck, you JUST MET this person, so at the very least you are doing everything you can to get them to just like you. When both sides do this, you can potentially have two people that end up very much in love.
Or not. It can end up badly, but marriages that aren't arranged end up badly all the time.
... or not Flaser. Or not...
I don't know about Japanese mythology too much, but as was explained to me by several people is that Japan has so many entities because there was not a great deal of culture sharing way back in history (you can even see that reflected today in Japan by the many different kinds of shrines, legends, and even vastly different dialects that people use). This lead to each region having its own legends, beliefs, and deities come into existence. However, there was still one overarching system of belief - Shinto mixed in with some Buddhism later on.
When there was a more unified country, these different deities, spirits, demons, ect, all sort of started to mesh together. If your town had a demon that lived under a lake, when the town far away heard about it they might incorporate it into their mythology. Likewise, you would maybe remember that their town had a spirit that lived in the mountain overlooking their village.
The isolation between areas gave rise to so many differentiating ideas that there are now a huge number of legends an characters in Japanese mythology.
I don't know about Japanese mythology too much, but as was explained to me by several people is that Japan has so many entities because there was not a great deal of culture sharing way back in history (you can even see that reflected today in Japan by the many different kinds of shrines, legends, and even vastly different dialects that people use). This lead to each region having its own legends, beliefs, and deities come into existence. However, there was still one overarching system of belief - Shinto mixed in with some Buddhism later on.
When there was a more unified country, these different deities, spirits, demons, ect, all sort of started to mesh together. If your town had a demon that lived under a lake, when the town far away heard about it they might incorporate it into their mythology. Likewise, you would maybe remember that their town had a spirit that lived in the mountain overlooking their village.
The isolation between areas gave rise to so many differentiating ideas that there are now a huge number of legends an characters in Japanese mythology.
I think meme(ers?) are a pretentious bunch. They seem to think that memes are inside jokes that only they and their close friend "the internet" know about. I remember when adult swim used "courage wolf" on air.
Everyone got mad, and 4chan boards ranted for days. Apparently, using memes is an internet thing that can only be used by the little people. It seems like this sense of ownership lets people feel like they can take the next step and show "their" memes in real life. But it just symbolizes a shift in society the reflects a generation that is growing up with the internet their from day 1 of their lives.
The lines between "the internet" world and the "real world" are blurred because the difference is become more theoretical and philosophical. Still, the line has not yet blurred enough to see people acting out obscure memes in real life.
Spoiler:
Everyone got mad, and 4chan boards ranted for days. Apparently, using memes is an internet thing that can only be used by the little people. It seems like this sense of ownership lets people feel like they can take the next step and show "their" memes in real life. But it just symbolizes a shift in society the reflects a generation that is growing up with the internet their from day 1 of their lives.
The lines between "the internet" world and the "real world" are blurred because the difference is become more theoretical and philosophical. Still, the line has not yet blurred enough to see people acting out obscure memes in real life.
I'm sad my gif of Yuki doesn't work... Click on her to make her blink =D
Side note: 11 contestants this round because we had 31 people. 31 is a prime number so there is no way to have every round consist of the same amount of people. So once again, I am subjugated by the powers of math.
Side note: 11 contestants this round because we had 31 people. 31 is a prime number so there is no way to have every round consist of the same amount of people. So once again, I am subjugated by the powers of math.
I woke up early on my dad off to watch LSU vs TAMU. LSU better be wining at half-time or I'm going back to sleep...
Ziggy wrote...
neko-chan wrote...
I went on a date with a guy who used his thumb to help scoop food onto his fork. It just seems so childish. Bad table manners in general are just immature and remind me of little, dirty, sticky kids who play with their food.Oh no! haha, I do something similar. I'll take the side of my finger but I'll do it tenderly-like so it doesn't come off as rude. It sounds dumb typing it out ;| but so far I haven't had anyone comment I come across as rude while eating.
Between your finger using, and my love of octopus legs, we'd have a hard time eating out together zigs. =P
It doesn't bother me in casual settings though. I don't mind or even notice it when it happens at so place like a fast food restaurant or a picnic. It only really bothers me when we are at a fancier place or maybe if I see someone doing it during (ugh) a business meeting/dinner. If friends do it, I don't really care - unless they are eating mash potatoes with their hands or something.
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GameON wrote...
lollercookiez wrote...
People who type your instead of you're.To avoid confusion, we should all use the ambiguous "ur".
People who stand in your way in the literal sense. I hate walking down a hall or trying to get to something in a store and people will just stand there talking to someone or just take their time despite knowing you are waiting for them to move. This really bothered me in high school when people would talk next to their lockers and clog the hallways.
Also bad table manners. This includes talking with your mouth full or chewing with your mouth open, but it also is other little things. I went on a date with a guy who used his thumb to help scoop food onto his fork. It just seems so childish. Bad table manners in general are just immature and remind me of little, dirty, sticky kids who play with their food.
Also bad table manners. This includes talking with your mouth full or chewing with your mouth open, but it also is other little things. I went on a date with a guy who used his thumb to help scoop food onto his fork. It just seems so childish. Bad table manners in general are just immature and remind me of little, dirty, sticky kids who play with their food.
Front page post helped. I don't want to abuse it, but it did bring in all the lurkers and what not. Ask people to read/vote for you if you have an entry. I'll do/ask for another front page for the final contest. But unless someone says otherwise, I this it would be too much if I put an announcement every three days.
If anyone would like to, please make a new thread instead of bumping the one I made in IB. I think most people ignore it now lol.
If anyone would like to, please make a new thread instead of bumping the one I made in IB. I think most people ignore it now lol.
lollercookiez wrote...
Pheonix....is meh.Edit: Also noticed that it costs 5 bars for Phoenix to become Dark Phoenix. But she regains her full health, but then it continuously decreases...
Basic strategy would consist of you using her first and pulling her out when she has low life. When you have 5 bars, become Dark Phoenix, then get all your life back and become stronger.
