RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Japanese Creation Myth, Blackboard, Androcentrism
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Women speaks first so child born deformed, men speaks first child born beautiful. Creation myth comes to rise with shinto religion (man speaking first) Not about the creation of homosapians: about the creation of human beings who belong to your tribe. Sample texts: god makes man a helper : if not working with original, consider problem of translation, consider multiplicity of meanings, let observations stand at first, do not try to resolve them. Male god marries a female giant and gives birth to babies. Not everything is easy to read for gender. Come at readings from different directions and closely. Not necessarily subordinate or superior (could be either) What"s in the arabic? (look on slide)! Created mates, for you, through your own souls/selves (fem plural), . Azwaj mates is masculine plural not dual. Anfus souls/selves is masculine plural, not dual. In biblical context ezer" means helper", but someone superior to the ones they help.
