Here is a timeline of the evolution of Dullahan
(aka Headless Horseman) art and aesthetics. For additional context, I’ve
included notes on mythology and folklore. This is not a comprehensive list, but rather a general sampling of changing Dullahan design.
P.S. If anyone has any examples of jhinjhār
art (headless horseman myth from India), please hook me up.
I was going to suggest the girl from TMBG’s “You Probably Get That A Lot,” but the lyrics state she’s a cephalophore: https://youtu.be/anWrcmKsYI8
Me: I hate it when someone starts telling a story and gets
sidetracked by trying to recall what day of the week or in which restaurant
their friend said the amusing thing.
Also me: I cannot write this love scene until I work out
which recording of the New World Symphony the characters would most likely be
listening to in 1958.
the worst thing about the oppressed white christians thing is
that they go over to countries that the western powers have helped destabilize (Uganda and many countries on the continent of Africa as well as central and south america and India is a big hub for this) and say, “no, it’s not colonialism/imperialism making things so bad. it’s because you haven’t accepted jesus christ into your hearts.” it places the blame on the peoples and tells them they (or their culture/race) need to be fixed because they were bad and wrong and made bad and wrong things happen. this is “so you want to start a cult” 101.
worse than reprehensible. in this way, missions only work to further imperialism.
i also can’t imagine jesus would want gay people killed.
I was reading this awful thing last night that was v. much in the same line, RE: children branded ‘witches’ in Nigeria and abused/killed while the preachers extort money from their parents, though…
Firstly, this form of Christianity emphasises success and plenty – if
someone is failing in life then this is a sign that something is
suspiciously awry.
Secondly, Pentecostal churches portray the world as a literal battleground between Godly forces and demonic spirits.
So the new Pentecostal movement has since popularised the notion that
material fortune is universally available, but that access to it can be
blocked by supernatural forces.
But these Nigerian church leaders are not acting out any traditional African religion or superstition.
On the contrary, Nigerian Pentecostal leaders have copied their
American televangelist counterparts whose churches often behave more
like builders of economic empires than religious organisations.
@yungcrybby-anonymousbosch This one or am I confused? It’s not quite missionaries but I mean, it would have started w/ them.
Anarchist tip: if you need some piece of equipment, or anything really, look up if there are any alternatives designed in or otherwise for exploited countries. People have invented many of the necessities for renewable power, medicine, machining, internet – all the comforts of modern life really – in ways that are low-tech, small-scale, often made of recycled or abundant materials, using little to no electricity, and best of all, absurdly cheap
Apparently breastfeeding has offended people at least since 1741.
The book “Niels Klim’s Underground Travels” is a sci-fi/fantasy novel from 1741 by Ludvig Holberg about a man who falls though a hole into a world within our planet. He lands in what the author imagined an utopian society to be like, inhabited by creatures that resemble trees.
Even though the people there believe in a god, there is no real religion because nobody can know god’s will, and anyone can work as anything they desire as long as they are good at it, no matter ethnicity or gender.
Niels is deeply offended by this, especially when he sees that one of the country’s highest positions is taken by a “female palm tree” and he suggest to the king that women should lose all rights like in his world. What’s really offensive to Niels is that the woman breastfeeds her child! On the job!
This suggestion gets Niels kicked out of the country because it would weaken the country to deny half the population the right to work when there are plenty of talented and skilled women who might be better suited for a job than a man, and what the fuck is up with being offended by breastfeeding? Women’s breasts were made for feeding babies! Out!
Niels at one point end up in a province where men are treated like women. They have few rights and have to suffer constant sexual harassment in one form or another, and Niels can not believe how anyone can treat another person like that!
Niels eventually become the king of another country of dark skinned people and totally ruins their society, so you know, Ludvig Holberg was not fucking around and had no time for colonialism either. You can find the story for free on the internet.
Fun fact: Arizona is the only place in the country where the state mine inspector is an elected position
Another fun fact: this is one of my favorite political ads of all time, straight out of 2014
I forgot vampire bats were a thing and thought they were referring to the folklore kind of vampire
the subtle advocation for kids to be playing in the abandoned copper mines is also not great
Okay but vampire bats don’t live in Arizona
This is like a political ad from Night Vale.
ETA – having looked it up, this was a genuine-but-hopefully-satirical write-in candidate’s campaign. Also, I’m not sure he wasn’t referring to the folkloric kind of vampires: https://azatty.wordpress.com/tag/ian-kobe/
My spouse just woke up and recounted a dream he’d had about watching a trailer for a movie starring Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Christina Ricci, Chris Pine, Christopher Lloyd and Chris Pratt. The tag line was “DECEMBER 2019 — CHRISSES MASS.”
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