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Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:18:07 2008 No.833473 [Reply] [Original]

What's the distinction between tenshi and megami? Do Japanese people use the word interchangeably?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:19:16 2008 No.833476 tenshi - angel megami - goddess.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:20:42 2008 No.833482 I think he's asking in terms of Shintoist belief. I don't know if there's a distinction but I'm no expert.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:21:58 2008 No.833487 gigami - high goddess

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:23:50 2008 No.833493 File: 75 KB, 397x313, 1213626230562.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Does anyone else think the "goddesses" in Ah! Megami-sama behave more like the western concept of angels?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:23:59 2008 No.833494 My knowledge in Shintoism is limited to Suwako and Hanyuu.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:26:58 2008 No.833504 >>833493 Well, given that western (Read: Christian) mythos has one allmighty male god... Yes.

Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:43:30 2008 No.833568

>>833504
But the mythology being depicted in the series is clearly non-Christian. Three of the female characters are the Norns from Viking mythology. Verdandi (ah, Japanese b/v and l/r ambiguities), Ord and Skuld. Not to mention that Fenrir turns up, I recall.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:45:04 2008 No.833584 >>833568 A single answer: anime.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:45:47 2008 No.833581 >>833568 AMG is all about Norse. Yggsdrasil and all.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 14:52:25 2008 No.833602 >>833581 I managed to erase the events of the series from my mind, just remembering enough to rage at people saying "Belldandy".

>>	None !Nipaa0mi0. Mon Jun 16 16:47:23 2008 No.834027 >>833602 Considering that the character has practically nothing to do with the Norse goddess I don't see why you let the variant spelling concern you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 16:49:32 2008 No.834038 >tenshi - angel "tenshi - heavenly being" is the more accurate term.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 16 16:51:12 2008 No.834045 File: 67 KB, 318x480, 1213635072808.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>834038 >"tenshi - dragon" is the more accurate term Fixed

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