Reading Notes: Japanese Mythology, Part A
Romance of Old Japan, Part I: Mythology and Legend by E. W. Champney and F. Champney (1917)
Favoritism:
This chapter shows a lot of favoritism by both Izanagi and Izanami. Izanagi shows more love to Amaterasu than any of his other children, including her brother Susa-no-wo. In turn, this makes Susa-no-wo bitter and causes strife for Izanami by riling up the rest of the gods because Izanami is playing favorites with the mortals of Earth. A lot of strife could have been avoided if they were more equal in how they treated their children.
First Story:
This is actually the story that I wrote my first blog post on! It's cool coming back to reread it after reading all of the preceding stories. Now I have a better idea of the world of Japanese mythology, as well as who Susa-no-wo is himself. I went back and looked at my original reading notes on the story which was pretty interesting.
Jump to Conclusions:
This reminds me of the story The Two Brothers about Bata and his brother from the Egypt unit. In that story, his brother immediately jumps to conclusions and tries to kill Bata after he suspects that Bata has made a move n his wife. Why do these characters never just slow down and use reason and immediately go with their gut, instinctual reaction?
How Some of these Characters "Jump" to Conclusions. Source: Flickr
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