Creationist2004
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I liked the animation, and the colours but i was uneasy at all the mentions of "gods" etc. But then everything like that worries me....
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Creationist2004 said:
I completely understand how you feel. But the way I look at it is this: Everything (anime included) has something we can learn from it. It can be something like from Princess Mononoke, where everyone saw Iron Town in a different light. Or it can be something like FLCL (there are some crazy people in this world). How we interpret things depends on your beliefs.
I don't believe in gods of the forrest or anything like that, but on the other hand, I believe that Ashitaka represents a far better 'role model' than most pop culture personalities.
Another way to look at this is to look at Ah! My Goddess. Belldandy and her sisters are reffered to as 'goddesses'. That bothered me for a while, till I noticed that the 'goddesses' were far more like angels than anything else. They refer to an Almighty, and their job is to help humans.
I guess my short answer is: If I like the moral of the story, I can overlook a few 'non-Christian' elements.
I hope all that made sense.
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In the early days of the catholic invasion of Japan, the Japanese catholics still beleived in their 'gods.'
They are hardly 'gods,' more just spirits. Kami, actually.
They are hardly 'gods,' more just spirits. Kami, actually.
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Lucent said:
Well, as for Belldandy... she's actually called Verdandi. Urd and Skulld are correct though. They are goddesses from northern mythology...
Personally it doesn't bother me at all. Just thought it was cool that they did some research to use nothern folklore as a reference.
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Yes, according to Norse mythology, the three Norns have domain over the three aspects of time. Past (Urd), present (Verthanthi), and furture (Skuld). Yggdrasil, 'the tree of life', also makes an apperance as the computer system that the Almighty made to control the universe. It was kind of neat how they adapted it.
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