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Post by Morgana on Jul 12, 2018 9:51:05 GMT
Japan is definitely one of my top favourite countries and I adore its movies, history and folklore. Yuki-Onna (or the snow witch) is my favourite character from Japanese folklore. I wish I could ever fall in love with an evil witch. I know this is my one desire that will never come true. But movies on Yuki-onna (The snow woman) has always fascinated me. It is a very recurring theme in Japanese folklore that humans fall in love with spirits. I wish there were spirits but there are none. Dracula is probably my favourite character from European folklore. I probably do not want to be Dracula myself but want to be the one living in a place that is fears of Dracula. I will make sure to have some garlic cloves and a cross with me all the time. King Arthur Are Greek myths considered folklore? If so: Hercules Theseus
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Post by Morgana on Jul 12, 2018 9:52:50 GMT
Ahh, Dracula, now that one I am familiar with! I had a friend in college who had a Dracula thing going on, the university actually asked him to wander around on campus in costume and "bite" girls to encourage donors for a blood drive. It is a rich folklore based on Vlad the Impaler, a European bad guy, as one might guess. I like Frankenstein better, but mostly because of the movie "Young Frankenstein" I was shielded as a child from all things not specifically about Jesus, so those were the only stories I heard. Well, there was a Little Golden Book about puppies and kitties, but that was about it. For some reason I have an unusual and unexplainable attraction towards Japan. I often read articles on their medieval culture, their myths and folklores, their complex religious beliefs and their medieval feudalism (which was even harsher than India and European feudalism). Yeah, but I can understand if you don't know about Japanese folklore because very very few people have exposure to that.
Interesting. I didn't know that Dracula had some relations with Vlad the Impaler. I have seen at least 12 Dracula movies but unfortunately I have never read articles on origins of Dracula. Perhaps now you have ignited my interest in doing that.
Well, I am sorry that you were not given freedom as a child to read these fairy things. Thankfully, my parents never interfered with what films I saw and what stuffs I read. In fact it was my father who got me into habit of reading fairy tales and such books.
Arabian Nights is another folklore (or is not a folklore?) that I am fascinated with. I have always loved to read stories or see movies based on Arabian Nights tales.
Though the book 'Dracula' was kind of based on Vlad Tepes (quite an interesting, not to mention murderous, character himself), the vampire myth has been around a lot longer.
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Post by clusium on Jul 12, 2018 18:23:58 GMT
For some reason I have an unusual and unexplainable attraction towards Japan. I often read articles on their medieval culture, their myths and folklores, their complex religious beliefs and their medieval feudalism (which was even harsher than India and European feudalism). Yeah, but I can understand if you don't know about Japanese folklore because very very few people have exposure to that.
Interesting. I didn't know that Dracula had some relations with Vlad the Impaler. I have seen at least 12 Dracula movies but unfortunately I have never read articles on origins of Dracula. Perhaps now you have ignited my interest in doing that.
Well, I am sorry that you were not given freedom as a child to read these fairy things. Thankfully, my parents never interfered with what films I saw and what stuffs I read. In fact it was my father who got me into habit of reading fairy tales and such books.
Arabian Nights is another folklore (or is not a folklore?) that I am fascinated with. I have always loved to read stories or see movies based on Arabian Nights tales.
Though the book 'Dracula' was kind of based on Vlad Tepes (quite an interesting, not to mention murderous, character himself), the vampire myth has been around a lot longer. The irony is (regarding the fact that Vlad Tepes being a murderous character) is that he highly venerated in Romania as a cultural hero. As for Dracula being based upon him - Bram Stoker only got the NAME from him. Nothing else.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 12, 2018 18:48:48 GMT
Enjoy:
That's a nice pic.
I will post here the youtube link of the movie The Snow Woman (1968) . Youtube has subtitle for the movie so anyone interested in it can watch it. I highly recommend this movie.
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Post by Morgana on Jul 13, 2018 8:57:03 GMT
Though the book 'Dracula' was kind of based on Vlad Tepes (quite an interesting, not to mention murderous, character himself), the vampire myth has been around a lot longer. The irony is (regarding the fact that Vlad Tepes being a murderous character) is that he highly venerated in Romania as a cultural hero. As for Dracula being based upon him - Bram Stoker only got the NAME from him. Nothing else. Well he did defend them from the Turkish invasion.
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Post by clusium on Jul 13, 2018 15:22:01 GMT
The irony is (regarding the fact that Vlad Tepes being a murderous character) is that he highly venerated in Romania as a cultural hero. As for Dracula being based upon him - Bram Stoker only got the NAME from him. Nothing else. Well he did defend them from the Turkish invasion. Very true. I guess it all boiled down to which was the lesser of 2 evils.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jul 13, 2018 15:33:34 GMT
Well he did defend them from the Turkish invasion. Very true. I guess it all boiled down to which was the lesser of 2 evils. From what I have gathered about him, that sick monster was more evil than the Turks ever thought of being. He tortured animals to death for fun. He impaled people on stakes. God damn him to eternal suffering.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 13, 2018 16:14:38 GMT
...how 'bout the Brownie of Blednock???
Or the selkies from Ireland???
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Post by clusium on Jul 13, 2018 18:42:27 GMT
Very true. I guess it all boiled down to which was the lesser of 2 evils. From what I have gathered about him, that sick monster was more evil than the Turks ever thought of being. He tortured animals to death for fun. He impaled people on stakes. God damn him to eternal suffering. Yes, but, as I already mentioned, he revered as a great cultural hero in Romania. I used to be in Toastmasters' International, & one year for Halloween, a woman from Romania did a speech about him.
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 13, 2018 21:23:34 GMT
Japan is definitely one of my top favourite countries and I adore its movies, history and folklore. Yuki-Onna (or the snow witch) is my favourite character from Japanese folklore. I wish I could ever fall in love with an evil witch. I know this is my one desire that will never come true. But movies on Yuki-onna (The snow woman) has always fascinated me. It is a very recurring theme in Japanese folklore that humans fall in love with spirits. I wish there were spirits but there are none. Dracula is probably my favourite character from European folklore. I probably do not want to be Dracula myself but want to be the one living in a place that is fears of Dracula. I will make sure to have some garlic cloves and a cross with me all the time. King Arthur Are Greek myths considered folklore? If so: Hercules Theseus I think there is no real hard rules which would prevent mythology from being a folklore so yeah the characters such as Hercules can be counted as coming from folklore. Most of the folklores are based on some real character though the story gets exaggerated.
When it comes to semi-historical characters or semi-mythical characters I like those from ancient Egypt. Nefertiti is one character I like. But she was real most probably. However, some stories might be exaggerated.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Jul 14, 2018 0:55:55 GMT
The Knights who say Ni
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Post by Lugh on Jul 14, 2018 12:01:20 GMT
Cú Chulainn
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 14, 2018 14:57:34 GMT
Cú Chulainn Just read from wikipedia that your username bears connection with this character. Is also patriotic or has more to do with internal society of Ireland?
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Post by Lugh on Jul 14, 2018 17:31:29 GMT
Cú Chulainn Is also patriotic or has more to do with internal society of Ireland? Huh? I dont understand what you are asking. Is what more patriotic?
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Post by koskiewicz on Jul 14, 2018 19:05:53 GMT
...a few more:
los Concheros
Freya, Freia, Freyja, Fri or Fria - the Teutonic blue eyed goddess of love, beauty and fecundity
the hippocampus - the chariot of Poseidon was drawn by hippocampi
Kutemba - a sorcerer from western Tibet
Ki - in Sumerian mythology, the earth mother
Horus - Egyptian deity, brother of Osiris, Isis and Set
fairy rings...believed to be the dancing places of the fairies often surrounded by a ring of mushrooms
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Post by Aj_June on Jul 14, 2018 19:39:22 GMT
Is also patriotic or has more to do with internal society of Ireland? Huh? I dont understand what you are asking. Is what more patriotic? What I meant to ask was that is this character portrayed as some sort of Irish patriot helping Ireland in its struggles against England. But never mind, I read a bit about him on wiki.
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