Like I said with the first half of the reading, I was really excited to be able to add some Japanese mythology into my portfolio. These are definitely stories that I will want to incorporate into my classroom someday as an English teacher. I really enjoyed how all of these stories strung together as a linear story but also worked as stand-alone stories. I really enjoyed the entire mythology as a whole, and I am glad that I got the opportunity to broaden my horizons with literature, as I do not get much exposure to world literature in my current field of study. I thought it was a nice change from the first half of the readings, and I thoroughly enjoyed the readings. My favorite story from the anthology was
Japan: The Jewel Heart of Desire. This story is connected to the fish hook story from the same anthology and is based around Emperor Chiuai and the Japanese Goddesses as a whole. I really liked how short these stories are, they are super concise but tell a story that packs a punch. I found myself getting absolutely lost in the lore of Japan, and found myself in an endless Wikipedia and Google search trail to answer all of the questions that I had about the readings. It was like a rabbit hole of Google searches, and my thirst for knowledge could not be satiated. As a whole, I was very impressed with these stories, and I think that I have found a new love for Japanese Mythology, a love that I would not have found if not for being enticed by these readings. Like I said, I will be certainly incorporating these readings into my future classroom for cultural context. People need to understand that there is more to literature than the Euro-Centric view of literature. There are more mythologies than just the greek ones that have been white-washed in our culture. Overall, I am really glad that I got to read over the lore, and I am feeling very inspired to write my inspiring story this week over the first half of the readings.
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