An examination of a mummified Japanese mermaid or "ningyo" conducted by a university yielded surprising details about the specimen. Researchers from the Okayama Folklore Society (OFS) [.]
洞天寻隐丨《洞天福地研究》第10辑中文目录及编后语 sina.com.cn - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sina.com.cn Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Feb 20, 2021
A nation is not just a territory. It’s a spirit. It raises and answers fundamental questions. How did the world begin? With divine creation in the Western tradition; with divine birth in Japan’s a god and goddess loved, and the archipelago was born.
Fervor: Inspired by the poets of ages past, peasant-poet and ardent nationalist, Matsuo Taseko made the arduous journey to the capital at age 51. | WIKICOMMONS
Why, then, is there evil? Nativist scholar Motoori Norinaga (1730-1801), ancestor of 19th- and 20th-century nationalism, in a 1771 essay titled “The Spirit of the Gods,” offers this explanation:
“Among the gods there are good ones and bad ones. Their actions are in accordance with their different natures, so they cannot be understood with ordinary reason. … It is entirely due to the august will of these gods” two in particular, born of pollution from the world of the dead “that there is harm in the world, that everything cannot be pro
Matsuo Taseko: It s myth vs reality for Japanese nationalism japantimes.co.jp - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from japantimes.co.jp Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.