ryujin470 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 15 days agoWhat mythologies have poor representation in media, in your opinion?message-square28fedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareWhat mythologies have poor representation in media, in your opinion?ryujin470 to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • 15 days agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@Ceedoestrees@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink19•edit-215 days agoIndigenous people of north america. Tokenized parts of tales and folklore are often misrepresented and not told by people who grew up learning the stories.
minus-squaresouthsamurailinkfedilink13•15 days agoAnd, they’re treated as a monolithic mythos, as though the myriad peoples all had the same, exact set of beliefs and entities. It’s a mess
minus-square@null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•15 days agoI’m sure this also happens in Australia with our indigenous but I don’t interact with them enough to observe directly.
Indigenous people of north america. Tokenized parts of tales and folklore are often misrepresented and not told by people who grew up learning the stories.
And, they’re treated as a monolithic mythos, as though the myriad peoples all had the same, exact set of beliefs and entities. It’s a mess
I’m sure this also happens in Australia with our indigenous but I don’t interact with them enough to observe directly.