/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>20336993
These are on Cairo's badge(?). It could actually be a very important clue because, while you have the obvious sun god, it seems there are two or three birds atop the sun. Horus is an avian god of the sky and this iconography (birds in the sky) could refer to him, but it could also be Thoth, instead. Thoth is the avian Egyptian god of writing, which he created, and wisdom, but most interestingly of the moon, the lunar archetype a harbinger of illusion and uncertainty, and of magic, which has axiomatic importanceーI don't have to explain it. He is also always depicted with Ra, who represents the sun. Thoth is credited with writing the eponymous Book of Thoth; it outlines the highest Egyptian understanding and is considered sacred, and it served as a formative text for magic so that Hermeticism and occultism are based majorly upon it. Beyond magic, Thoth is known as the mediator of godly disagreements (meta battles?) and the archiver of history, keeping records of everything that passes including the judgments of those who have died (he wrote the Book of the Dead which is the ancient Egyptian guide to achieving an optimal afterlife and funeral performance, but it's mostly a book of spells).
Thoth was famously turned into Hermes by the Greeks, who represents many of the same things, and, most importantly, storytelling and negotiation. Hermes Trismegistus, one of the main figures in magic, is considered an equivalent to Hermes and Thoth specifically, and they've altogether had immense alchemical influence, being connected to the metal and planet Mercury.

I'll put it forth. I think, by humans, witches will be referred to as Gods in this game. There is no other term so intuitively connected to the highest metaphysical entities that everyone from any country would plausibly use, and witches in WTC are functionally identical to gods to those who exist below them. And that was even a major point of Featherine's comparison to normal witches and voyagers. Comparative religion finds archetypal gods throughout cultures as I've mentioned so that the same God can be worshipped by different people, with only the inessential name tag differing.

>>20335973
It actually is super exciting because this can go over so many incredible literary and mythological stories here will also looking into both macrosocial and microsocial ecosystems in an interesting way. Ryukishi has the potential to do something very very ambitious with this if he takes advantage of the breadth and depth of art and story these cultures have, and comparative anthropology and religion are like my favorite subjects ever which this is ideal for. It can be something really excellent. He's making Wittgenstein proud for flaming Frazer.

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>>20336029
Yeah there's nothing to feel bad about if you don't think you can find anything. Keep in mind I'm studied in this stuff anyway so I'll just notice it wherever I see it while an untrained eye will see mundanity. If you love it then you'll try your best to understand it all and find things and I'll help you along the way in return!