tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post4650720280491068630..comments2023-10-04T09:13:48.229-07:00Comments on DJINNIA and the ENGLISH LANGUAGE: A TO Z CHALLENGE 2016 -- HONE-ONNAdjinniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552593765592424706noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-79001551324475556632016-04-11T08:01:05.443-07:002016-04-11T08:01:05.443-07:00Two total opposites here! The first story is very ...Two total opposites here! The first story is very sad and actually kind of sweet. The second one, well not so much! I would love to know where that idea came from and how they chose someone to sacrifice<br />DebbieRandom Musingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298522848171348845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-62250131579014797802016-04-11T05:06:45.449-07:002016-04-11T05:06:45.449-07:00Building sacrifices were definitely a thing in oth...Building sacrifices were definitely a thing in other cultures too... I wonder how that idea started. And the ghost lover is very symbolic...<br /><br />@TarkabarkaHolgy from <br /><a href="http://multicoloreddiary.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Multicolored Diary</a> <br /><a href="http://hungarykum.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">MopDog</a><br />A Tarkabarka Hölgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06719668142192116685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-40592786110971198142016-04-10T06:06:51.175-07:002016-04-10T06:06:51.175-07:00She is a sad spirit indeed, not realising why she ...She is a sad spirit indeed, not realising why she can no longer love the one she cares for.<br />You'd think that people would worry that the person sacrificed would come back as a vengeful spirit rather than a protector, wouldn't you? Unless they were a willing sacrifice.<br />Tasha<br /><a href="http://tashasthinkings.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">Tasha's Thinkings</a> | <a href="http://www.wittegenpress.com/wp_main/blog" rel="nofollow">Wittegen Press</a> | <a href="http://fantasyboysxxx.blogspot.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">FB3X (AC)</a>Tasha Duncan-Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591239019422681163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-34281318598896687372016-04-10T05:34:40.172-07:002016-04-10T05:34:40.172-07:00Love and sacrifice goes hand in hand.Love and sacrifice goes hand in hand.kaykaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170678871933017504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-60211892174475853632016-04-09T14:12:49.875-07:002016-04-09T14:12:49.875-07:00Yes. It is sad.Yes. It is sad.djinniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552593765592424706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-47851227868885207412016-04-09T14:12:07.911-07:002016-04-09T14:12:07.911-07:00Thanks. I find it interesting too.Thanks. I find it interesting too.djinniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552593765592424706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-82233900252480345202016-04-09T14:10:57.269-07:002016-04-09T14:10:57.269-07:00Hitobashira scares me more. It was supposedly a re...Hitobashira scares me more. It was supposedly a real practice. <br /> <br />I read of a story of when the Great Wall was built that a prophecy said it would fall if 10,000 wasn't sacrificed. So they found a man that had the name meaning 10,000 instead of 10k people.djinniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552593765592424706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-19623724742636492832016-04-09T14:03:40.291-07:002016-04-09T14:03:40.291-07:00I didn't know about Hawaii! It is sad.I didn't know about Hawaii! It is sad. djinniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552593765592424706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-2898717292218664072016-04-09T13:04:47.895-07:002016-04-09T13:04:47.895-07:00That is a sad one.
~Ninja Minion Patricia Lynne a...That is a sad one.<br /><br />~Ninja Minion Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~<br /><a href="http://storydam.com/" rel="nofollow">Story Dam</a><br /><a href="http://www.patricialynne.com/blog.html" rel="nofollow">Patricia Lynne, Indie Author</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-50114565606138652912016-04-09T12:03:13.161-07:002016-04-09T12:03:13.161-07:00Interesting subject for the A-Z challenge. I know ...Interesting subject for the A-Z challenge. I know nothing about Japanese folklore but I'm glad I'm not a Japanese man!<br /><br />Susan A Eames from<br /><a href="http://susan-a-eamestravelfictionandphotos.blogspot.ie" rel="nofollow">Travel, Fiction and Photos</a><br /><br />Susan A Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06216267529948378488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-33953318792846660682016-04-09T11:30:22.452-07:002016-04-09T11:30:22.452-07:00The hone onna was eerie enough, but the hitobashir...The hone onna was eerie enough, but the hitobashira? What a concept. And in relatively modern times, no less?The Silver Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730805376957629641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5847624623852113837.post-1464435623912692442016-04-09T11:00:55.790-07:002016-04-09T11:00:55.790-07:00That's a really sad and scary legend...and so ...That's a really sad and scary legend...and so Japanese. There's a tone to theirs that is unmistakable.<br /><br />I know human pillar thing was used in Hawaii before the missionaries changed everything. I can't even imagine how terrible that must have been.J.H. Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18045467689291025137noreply@blogger.com