Re: conlang greetings? (was Re: Let me introduce myself)

En réponse à Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:

>
> I don't know if this is an accurate assessment, since i don't get to
> watch as much anime as some friends of mine do, but i get the
> impression
> that it's very common for foreign religious and mythological imagery
> and
> lore to be borrowed and used however the anime-maker feels like,
> whether
> its the least bit faithful to the original source or not.  Is that
> accurate, or do my friends just like the 'weird' anime? :-)
>
No, it's accurate. You can find that very much in Sailor Moon, and I don't
think you can consider that a 'weird' anime. But the Sailor Moon mythology
mixes a lot of Western and Eastern mythological imagery (e.g. the Three
Talismans: the Sword, the Mirror and the Jewel, are typically from the Japanese
mythology, but in Sailor Moon - at least the anime - they serve to make a
sacred cup called the 'Holy Grail' appear :))) ).

I've heard that Devilman could be compared very well to the Bible (strangely
enough, since at the time he created Devilman, Goo nagai had never read the
Bible). Saint Seiya freely adapts the Greek mythology. And of course, NGE is
consciously borrowing from the Christian imagery (calling the ennemies 'Angels'
is not done by chance :)) ).

Christophe.

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