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Bedtime Story: The Singing Weathered Skull (Patreon)

Published:
2021-06-20 00:46:02
Edited:
2023-05-25 06:13:54
Imported:
2021-06
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This month's Bedtime Story is a weird one. I was so tempted to work on it, tweak it some, and I will later, but for now, I wanted to read it to you as close to the original as I could. This is one of the local legends from Yakushima/Yaku Island (屋久島) and it's definitely not like any of the other stories I've read so far. What do you think? 

Also, since this one is a little on the short side, and I'm in the States right now without a microphone, I'm going to do two stories for next month. So that will be fun. Maybe one from Hokkaido and one from Okinawa?

XO,

terrie

Comments

Jeffrey

I love the story. I loved your reading of this story. Also, I have thoughts as to what is going on and why it doesn't make obvious sense. The reason is, the story told is of a world which is not our world. Most folktales, even should they involve supernatural creatures, spirits or Gods, tend to be oriented around us humans. My feeling is, this one is not. It is wholly of the world of Gods, spirits, and creation. All actions which occur in such a world are pure acts of creation. There is change but not really consequences. You could argue that the woman suffered consequences but I don't think so. She changed from one form to another and then another but really, there is no real death here. Indeed, she is (perhaps still) the God of Rice. And the man declared she a God of Rice not because one was needed but because the idea arose. Pure creation. By the way, this island you mention, I had heard of it before. It's the island which contains the forests that inspired Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke! So maybe because its such a beautiful place, the merest thought of suffering or consequences is impossible and therefore must be the home of Gods and Spirits. If you like, you could think of Ghibli's story as a kind of point of pivot where the world of creation transforms into the world of consequences. Or maybe more accurately, the point of view pivots from the world of creation to the world of consequences. Okay. I think we are done here. (Mike drop emoji).

LungOx

I ALSO HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

LungOx

Reading the earlier comment about acts of creation and ideas. The female character is so passive - aside from her implied? Suicide - but exists to delight the male characters. Until they tire of her. If I could write another section of the story, I'd add a Wrathful God of Rice section w more agency for the now helplessly? disembodied woman who hopefully becomes a powerful and hopefully capricious angry god. For story balance lol.

Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura

Oh, yes, believe me, I, too, have so many ways I'd like to twist up some of these stories to make them more palatable. I'm glad there is such a thing as 'an interpretation of a tale'. I'm working on one now, which I hope to be more balanced without losing the original intent.