...and The Wizard of Oz is an American religious text

Mar 13, 2010 22:18

I find it completely adorable that the old yuletide archive has a Moomin story archived under "Mythology - Finnish". :-D

It reminds me rather of this cartoon that I have on my refrigerator:


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tove jansson, humour, book talk, moomin

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isagel March 13 2010, 22:03:19 UTC
WTF, Mythology - Finnish? *dies*

I love that cartoon. :D

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kattahj March 14 2010, 07:06:21 UTC
WTF, Mythology - Finnish? *dies*

I don't know if it's meant as a joke. I mean, no one who has read the Moomin books could possibly believe them to be folklore... right?

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kattahj March 14 2010, 07:07:13 UTC
Mmm, det är synd om Mumin, men bilden är kul ändå. :-)

Jag vet inte riktigt vilken monster-Totoro-bild du menar, och jag antar att du inte vill visa.

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kattahj March 14 2010, 20:35:41 UTC
Jag har inget deviant-art-konto så jag kunde inte se bilden. :-(

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therru March 14 2010, 12:44:53 UTC
Ahahahaha, OMG. *headdesk*

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kattahj March 14 2010, 20:35:55 UTC
:-D

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yan_tan_tether March 15 2010, 12:26:03 UTC
Awwww, that cartoon is hilarious! I adore the Moomin books but, yeah, calling them mythology is definitely wtf-y.

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kattahj March 15 2010, 17:08:58 UTC
The Moomin books are awesome.

I have this niggling suspicion that the mythology categorization is some sort of inside joke I just don't get.

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