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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 5 months ago

"What else could it be, that Japan has a rich tapestry of folktales featuring all sorts of fantastical creatures?"

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"What else could it be, that Japan has a rich tapestry of folktales featuring all sorts of fantastical creatures?"

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 5 months ago
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  • Tar_Alcaran
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    And medieval European books have knights fighting giant snails. Whatever could it mean?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      The reptilians clearly killed off all the giant snails in Europe after the knights tried to fight them while mounted on them.

      I can’t explain the rabbits though.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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        Can you explain dicks on trees, tho?

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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          Have you never seen a penis willow before? I mean I assume you’ve heard of pussy willows.

        • Tar_Alcaran
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          Ahhh, so that’s the field where upon mine fucks grow! It is no longer baren.

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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          They don’t grow naturally like that. They’re grafted on, like a fruit tree that has apples, pears and plums. Mostly plums.

        • Varcour@lemm.ee
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          Honestly though, what do those pictures mean? Just bored monks or is there a story behind them?

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            Bored monks, most of the time. Just image search “weird medieval illumination” for all sorts of weird shit on books from 1100~1400

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    The actual answer is because Japan has lots of reptile representation among their demons and yokai.

    Japan has lizards and enjoys them as a culture to celebrate. The closest the West has is “salamander = fire”.

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      There’s some others, like sea serpents and the Western concept of dragons as giant flying lizards. A dragon is literally the symbol of Wales (okay, a wyvern if you want to be technical about it, but whatever).

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        (okay, a wyvern if you want to be technical about it, but whatever)

        Nah that’s a dragon. They hadn’t invented D&D yet.

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          For what it’s worth, the word goes back to the 17th century. But Wikipedia also calls them a type of dragon, so 🤷.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern

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        There’s also a Baltic cult of worshipping wood snakes. And a fairy tale about one being the king of the sea.

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    deleted by creator

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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      Not even a maid that polishes spears. Such sad :(

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    It is in fact a reference to the argonian maid but government don’t want you to know!

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    They were so close, but it was actually amphibians.

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    Reptilian? It has clearly visible gills and fins, and looks distinctly like a fish.

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      I see a Sleestak. The slowest, least scary monster in all media. And this one is a monk!

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      not really

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    The Secret of the Ooze

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