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Hey. Let's talk modern occultism in Japan, because anime absolutely does not do it justice. Short 🧵 for #FaustianFriday
August, 1945. Emperor Hirohito announces the surrender of Japan to the Japanese people via radio, also stating he was not divine. Why?
August, 1945. Emperor Hirohito announces the surrender of Japan to the Japanese people via radio, also stating he was not divine. Why?
The misconception given to the US military by anthropologists and scholars was the Japanese people believed the Emperor was divine, due to his descent from the kami Amaterasu, effectively the goddess of heaven.
Problem is, that wasn't true, no one in Japan thought that. And yet.
Problem is, that wasn't true, no one in Japan thought that. And yet.
This had a *resounding* effect on Japanese spirituality in the coming decades. In 1945-1946, State Shinto is abolished. State Shinto, a product of the Meiji Restoration to establish a European-style state religion, took the indigenous beliefs of Japan and centralized them.
The Carpathian Mountains are a European mountain range full of myths and folklore, most notably from Romanians and Hutsul people (between Romania and Ukraine). I'm going to share with you a few of these legends and myths today! #FaustianFriday 1/
A 16th century legend said dwarves in the Carpathian Mountains had cursed the ore to make miners contract a fatal respiratory illness termed "the mountain disease". They discovered later that the culprit was the radioactive pitchblende produced from mining. #FaustianFriday 2/
The Carpathian Mountains are also the home of two Romanian legends of the same name, Baba Dochia, used to explain the Babele rock formation. The legends concern a woman named Baba Dochia who is very different in both stories. #FaustianFriday 3/
The "princess and dragon" trope is a common one in fairytales & folklore. In this trope we see a brave hero who rescues a princess (or noblewoman) from either a real dragon or similar danger. This trope is commonly a feature of folktale type 300, the dragon slayer #FaustianFriday
Some folktales with this trope include the Two Brothers, the Dragon of the North, and Saint George and the Dragon. Descriptions and links below 👇🏼
In "The Two Brothers" a younger brother saves a princess from a dragon. Upon doing so, the king's marshall cut off his head & took credit for slaying the dragon. However, with the help of his animal companions, the younger brother went back & married the princess. #FaustianFriday
