Male Fertility Gods
I just finished reading Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett. It is basically a reworking of Midsummer Night's Dream, but set in Discworld. Of course Oberon and Titania are there, though not mentioned...
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hermanthegerm wrote: SiBurning wrote: One thing bothers me throughout, and you hint at it when you say "Maybe this underground aspect of fertility gods has always been there." I'm having a hard time...
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Jojo Lapin X wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: Yet, the Christmas tree is also a druidic influence, it has nothing to do with a Biblical Christ. Yes, but unlike the Christmas tree, the crown of thorns is...
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Jojo Lapin X wrote: hermanthegerm wrote: Yet, the Christmas tree is also a druidic influence, it has nothing to do with a Biblical Christ. Yes, but unlike the Christmas tree, the crown of thorns is...
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SiBurning wrote: ...Sounds like you're talking about any mythic idea, rather than an actual god. I have no problem with that. In fact, your notion may be more relevant than sticking to actual gods......
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hermanthegerm wrote: the Tororo spirit in My Neighbor Totoro The Totoro is in fact a troll, a creature from European folklore. The word "totoro" stems from the mispronunciation of the word "troll" of...
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That is correct.An early storyboard showed Mei and Satsuki reading the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff but was cut. When Mei finds Totoro she identifies him as a tororo (troll.) Totoro is not,...
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I just wanted to mention a point about the Hellboy II half-a-demon. While it is obviously a Bunuelian character (or maybe a reference to Lon Chaney Sr. or maybe Freaks,) it is also impotent, since...
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hermanthegerm wrote:...And while Totoro is probably related to the Mononoke Forest God, at least conceptually, I don't know that Miyazaki consciously intended a connection. OK. I've just thought of...
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The Sankara stones are supposedly lingam shaped, which is why when taken away leave the country in a drought (unfertile.)The stone that was taken by the thughees is the Sivalinga (Shiva-lingam.) Shiva...
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hermanthegerm wrote:The rude giant also gets a mention in Pratchett's I Shall Wear Midnight, which I am currently reading.
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The whole thing is serendipitous synchronicity for me. I know I am coming across as some kind of obsessive nut (since I am posting most of the stuff,) but other than in a general form (I am into myths...
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hermanthegerm wrote:I thought of The Wicker Man, But I couldn't really remember any Male Fertility imagery, it's been a while. There's probably horns in there somewhere...Though the Hand of Glory...
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The Firebird segment has both a green winged female fairy, some sort of forest sprite/goddess, but she is also supported by a hart. So both sexes are represented in the regeneration of the forest...
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Interesting thread herman. Another set of synchronicities pertaining to horned god's :Herne The Hunter - English spirit of the wild hunt predominately localized to Windsor forest and surrounding area...
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Although the druids and other ancient Europeans decorated at holidays with evergreen boughs, apparently the idea of a Christmas TREE dates only from the 1400's or 1500's in Estonia, Latvia, and...
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Oh I too am skexpitcal, that's a healthy trait to have. We are after all as humans destined to search for patterns that may or may not be there. But it cannot be denied that world of myth and religion...
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Skexpitcism is good. But sometimes ideas or images just click. And if they click I will mention them here. Don't need any other justification.
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Actually, I'm not skexptical ... only skeptical. Sorry for starting a trend. The nuns would not have approved of my bad spelling, seeing it as a form of "collective unconscious" only too prevalent...
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