Re: OT: White Goddess

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> En réponse à Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>:
>
> > I think I choked badly at the point where he cites a Japanese myth
> > about
> > poetry involving the sun-*god* and moon-*goddess.*  I sat there
> > thinking,
> > Is this a version of Japanese myth that never makes it into the
> > myth-books?  Or did Amaterasu undergo a sex-change while I wasn't
> > looking?
>
> Amaterasu is a goddess?! Then it gives a very different reading to the name of
> one of the kings of the Five Stars Story: king Amaterasu (yes, king, not queen),
> a man with androgyneous beauty. BTW, do you know the manga Five Stars Story?
> I've only read about it but it sounds so great I really want to get it. Alas,
> it's not that easy in France...
<wry g>  Yeah, the Japanese seem to be into quite androgynous looking
people.  I don't know about the manga, but I did see some anime version
of Five Star Story.  Lovely animation, but the plot left me bewildered.
OTOH people tell me that a lot of anime-fied manga can be
incomprehensible because of the condensation that goes on.

I don't know if they ship internationally, but Sasuga Books does have a
huge selection of manga.  OTOH, it's all in Japanese, but you may be able
to find translations online.  (I just picked up the manga for Tenjou
Kakumei Utena...quite enjoyable.)

http://www.sasugabooks.com/store/

Yoon Ha Lee

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