Japan has 800 million 'gods'. Yes, just as my Japanese friend laughed at the notion of a single god, we westerners laugh at 800 million gods. Neither of our cultures allow us to to anything else.
After our discussion, my friend decided to refer to the Japanese gods as 'kami' and not translate the word in her lectures.
Interesting that in french it would be plural. Maybe the translator thinks of the Japanese gods as being part of a pantheon religion, like the Greek or the Norse gods.
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Re: The End
Date: 2010-09-01 10:40 pm (UTC)Yes, just as my Japanese friend laughed at the notion of a single god, we westerners laugh at 800 million gods.
Neither of our cultures allow us to to anything else.
After our discussion, my friend decided to refer to the Japanese gods as 'kami' and not translate the word in her lectures.
Interesting that in french it would be plural. Maybe the translator thinks of the Japanese gods as being part of a pantheon religion, like the Greek or the Norse gods.