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<blockquote data-quote="kunadam" data-source="post: 8969000" data-attributes="member: 57610"><p>I would have liked if you respond to those parts too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Each fantasy representation is a caricature. It is based on our knowledge and how much we want to tailor it to our own need. <strong>Knowledge of resent Asia can be way more accurate</strong> than our knowledge of ancient cultures. If you want to represent Shinto you can talk to people following it, your can read books by Japanese writers, go to Japan and try to experience it. Want to know how a samurai is dressed? There are photographs of them from the 19th c. early 20 c. They might not be the same as 17th c samurais, but there is a continuous, living tradition behind being a samurai.</p><p>Nordic religion, Celtic religion, Polish religion or Hungarian religion (list your favorite European culture here) has no or very few written record, their practice was forcibly eradicated by Christians hundreds of years ago. There is no continuous tradition. And now tell me that if I want to have a depiction of an Asian culture (and admit that, like all fantasy, it will be a caricature) it cannot be way, way more accurate than anything I can come up (after finishing a PhD in the said ancient European culture) with regard to old Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Baltic, Slavic, Finno-Ugric, etc. culture.</p><p>The key is <strong>can,</strong> if I invest the time and effort. I never claimed that if I think up a fantasy empire with yellow skinned orks with devil faced masks wielding halberds that will be called sai, then I have a perfect depiction of Laos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kunadam, post: 8969000, member: 57610"] I would have liked if you respond to those parts too. Each fantasy representation is a caricature. It is based on our knowledge and how much we want to tailor it to our own need. [B]Knowledge of resent Asia can be way more accurate[/B] than our knowledge of ancient cultures. If you want to represent Shinto you can talk to people following it, your can read books by Japanese writers, go to Japan and try to experience it. Want to know how a samurai is dressed? There are photographs of them from the 19th c. early 20 c. They might not be the same as 17th c samurais, but there is a continuous, living tradition behind being a samurai. Nordic religion, Celtic religion, Polish religion or Hungarian religion (list your favorite European culture here) has no or very few written record, their practice was forcibly eradicated by Christians hundreds of years ago. There is no continuous tradition. And now tell me that if I want to have a depiction of an Asian culture (and admit that, like all fantasy, it will be a caricature) it cannot be way, way more accurate than anything I can come up (after finishing a PhD in the said ancient European culture) with regard to old Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Baltic, Slavic, Finno-Ugric, etc. culture. The key is [B]can,[/B] if I invest the time and effort. I never claimed that if I think up a fantasy empire with yellow skinned orks with devil faced masks wielding halberds that will be called sai, then I have a perfect depiction of Laos. [/QUOTE]
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