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🕑 Added 2019-07-03 01:08:10 +0000 UTC
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Psi Operator

Anyway it is just a theory. It's possible tiger skin loincloths were invented separately. But I like thinking about how myths evolve and travel from place to place. I have recently learned that the character 妖 in yokai contains the character for woman and young. It seems like monster girls are not a new invention.

Oh, I see. It is the influence that was transmitted from the west side. It is also interesting to say that a lion turns into a tiger, as it looks like a symbol that changes from western culture to oriental culture. Well, my understanding is vague. HAHAHA. Thank you!

Psi Operator

I have heard a theory that Oni wear tiger pattern loincloth because they were partly inspired by depictions of Hercules (who wears Lion skin) which traveled from Greece to Japan along with Buddhism. When Alexander the great reached india, Greek and Buddhist ideas influenced each other. In Greece this gave rise to Epicurean and Stoic Philosophy, and in India this influenced Buddhist Iconography. Hercules (wielding a club and wearing lion skin) became a Wrathful deity, and eventually traveled to Japan where his symbolism mixed with local mythology to create Modern Oni. I apologize if this does not translate well. It's hard to explain even in English.


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