I was wondering if I can keep checking back to see where you get with this? I love "research" related to anime and/or existentialism (and cross-referencing!!) and this sounds fun to me ...lately all my friends are consumed by general world history stuffs, re: hetalia, and I'm just not into it, so I've been wandering LJ looking for interesting people, and I'm totally psyched this is actually defined as a "collection of interesting people", I'd like to stalk you a little if that's OK (I already added as a friend so I didn't loose track of you(s), not to be creepy (^_^)) Btw, my Mom knows lots about Taoism (spelled with a "T" and pronounced as a "D" if there's any contention), Buddhism, Yogic philosophy, various Eastern and Western philosophies/religions, and endless obscure references no one else knows, ...and she'd never heard of a sacred/exorcising sword, grass cutting sword, any manner of "ghost killing sword", or any mythology that might have evolved or been adapted into the recurring sword reference ...BUT I remember that she knows practically nothing about Shintoism, it made me think that if the mythology somewhere that might be where it's hiding. I'd love to know what other symbolisms or recurring concepts you've traced back to their origin or native significance ...I got moderately obsessed with the symbolism of the red balls and red balloons in anime and Japanese films, I eventually surmised the meaning but found nothing concrete to confirm it so I didn't feel satisfied ...also investigated the symbolic implications of having one eye covered (only reference I found was Ossyrus the Egyptian god of the dead) ...the story/reality if any behind red moon/blood moon references ...theoretical and/or neurologic importance of the color purple ...and all permutations of symbolism for white elephants ...so if you know anything on those subjects or interesting stuff in anime/manga that you've looked into I'd love to hear about it!! (SERIOUSLY I thrive on this type of practically unnecessary but totally engrossing intellectual pursuit)
Just curious, was this comment meant for me? It doesn't seem to be me you friended. :)
I found this about exorcism swords (in an ad for one you can buy): Chinese Exorcism is almost as old as the Chinese culture itself. In the ancient time, many different objects were used by exorcists. Eventually, seal and exorcism sword became two standard tools for exorcists after Taoism became popular. Exorcist swords are also often used as a Fengshui tool/decoration item to guard a household from evil spirits. This is a Chinese Exorcist Sword Jian suitable for normal martial arts practice and Fengshui decoration. The 40 sword features a 33 spring steel constructed blade. The blade is flexible, slightly sharpened, and can be easily further sharpened. On the guard and the pommel of the swords are symbols of bats which rhythms to Fortune in Chinese. The wood constructed scabbard features three copper decoration settings with beautiful and detailed symbols and runes for fortune, longevity, and wealth. On the blade are engravings of a dragon on one side, and Exorcist Sword engraving in Chinese on the other.
Btw, my Mom knows lots about Taoism (spelled with a "T" and pronounced as a "D" if there's any contention), Buddhism, Yogic philosophy, various Eastern and Western philosophies/religions, and endless obscure references no one else knows, ...and she'd never heard of a sacred/exorcising sword, grass cutting sword, any manner of "ghost killing sword", or any mythology that might have evolved or been adapted into the recurring sword reference ...BUT I remember that she knows practically nothing about Shintoism, it made me think that if the mythology somewhere that might be where it's hiding.
I'd love to know what other symbolisms or recurring concepts you've traced back to their origin or native significance ...I got moderately obsessed with the symbolism of the red balls and red balloons in anime and Japanese films, I eventually surmised the meaning but found nothing concrete to confirm it so I didn't feel satisfied ...also investigated the symbolic implications of having one eye covered (only reference I found was Ossyrus the Egyptian god of the dead) ...the story/reality if any behind red moon/blood moon references ...theoretical and/or neurologic importance of the color purple ...and all permutations of symbolism for white elephants
...so if you know anything on those subjects or interesting stuff in anime/manga that you've looked into I'd love to hear about it!! (SERIOUSLY I thrive on this type of practically unnecessary but totally engrossing intellectual pursuit)
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I found this about exorcism swords (in an ad for one you can buy):
Chinese Exorcism is almost as old as the Chinese culture itself. In the ancient time, many different objects were used by exorcists. Eventually, seal and exorcism sword became two standard tools for exorcists after Taoism became popular. Exorcist swords are also often used as a Fengshui tool/decoration item to guard a household from evil spirits. This is a Chinese Exorcist Sword Jian suitable for normal martial arts practice and Fengshui decoration. The 40 sword features a 33 spring steel constructed blade. The blade is flexible, slightly sharpened, and can be easily further sharpened. On the guard and the pommel of the swords are symbols of bats which rhythms to Fortune in Chinese. The wood constructed scabbard features three copper decoration settings with beautiful and detailed symbols and runes for fortune, longevity, and wealth. On the blade are engravings of a dragon on one side, and Exorcist Sword engraving in Chinese on the other.
You can read about the Grass-Cutting Sword here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kusanagi
And, white elephants:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant
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