tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post7972689573516301311..comments2024-02-28T02:22:20.886-08:00Comments on homunculus: Folk tales show how culture spreadsPhilip Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986655706443117158noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26741618.post-57105603806088627312013-02-19T09:40:46.287-08:002013-02-19T09:40:46.287-08:00pardon me if am wrong, folktales are specific to r...pardon me if am wrong, folktales are specific to region i.e. geography, hence is directly involved with ones physical experiences and suyzet is more important than the fabula. Actually fabula bears the loose morals (guidlines / laws) ... without justification to ones experiences ... so acceptances become rare ... unless it is infused within ones common and natural experiences ... to bring in reliance and or trust... it is same with a new person before one decide 0 or 1 to sleep with if at least, one knows that one won't get killed or infected ... . In India religions are strong acting force, specially hinduism. Yet, in here the mere concept of heaven could not penetrate into certain regions as it is in "popular" text, Ramayana, the Indian epic. For northern Indians we find Ravana, the villain started building a staircase to reach the heavens gate. northern region is Himalayan, yet when the story or idea of heaven had to penetrate eastern India, specifically Bengal, Now Bangladesh, full of rivers and waterways, we find in a hindu story / folklore, Manosa_mangala that a young bengali lady in order to seek life for her dead newly married husband, reaches Heaven in a canoe through rivers and waterways only. for this bengali lady if she had to reach heaven by staircase or through mountains, the heaven should have rotten into hell already. Yet, later on infused ideas of heaven across mountains were accepted in this part too but the popular heaven is still through waterways ... so much so ... that ... heaven on mountain is either accepted under pressure / fear or through fascination or infatuation or fantasy ... out of which one would get ready to sleep with the new rather unknown, provided no threat is assured ... yet still and always and for most waterways brings the trust and reliability directly from ones most common experiences and hence is easily preferred ... and even when there are folktales available worldwide over net ... one would remember and spread only those tales which are known and seems stable to one's self.PACHAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04547002974501160328noreply@blogger.com