by Erynn | Mar 13, 2023 | Japanese Culture, Mythology
During my last year before I graduated from the University of British Columbia, I had the opportunity to attend a World Mythology class. Although most of the class was dedicated to defining mythology and pre-religious belief systems and classical mythological texts...
by Erynn | Sep 12, 2022 | Japanese Culture, Mythology
Avatar: The Last Airbender is a beloved cartoon to an entire generation of animated film and TV lovers, myself included. I often say that the Yumihari World is, in part, inspired by the ATLA world, in addition to Japanese mythology. ATLA, however, mostly takes...
by Erynn | Aug 1, 2022 | Books, Dragons, Fantasy, Japanese Culture
While there are many amazing dragons yet to be revealed in the Yumihari World, there are only four species that appear in the Yokai Calling series. To some degree, all of them are inspired by facets of mythologies around the world… and adapted to fit the...
by Erynn | Aug 19, 2019 | Dragons, Japanese Culture, Mythology, Storytelling, Yokai
Dragons in Mythology (Part 2 of 3) 19 AUGUST, 2019 Japanese Culture Storytelling Mythology Dragons Yokai This is Part Two of Three of my Dragons in Mythology series. In Part One, I discussed the general roles of dragons in different mythologies around the...
by Erynn | Apr 25, 2019 | Japanese Culture, Mythology, Yokai
What Are Yokai? 25 APRIL, 2019 Yokai Mythology Japanese Culture Yokai (妖怪) are, simply put, supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore. They come in all shapes and sizes from villages, mountains, and forests all across Japan, encircled by rich spiritual...
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