sl on Nostr: there is definitely a lot of interesting stuff in that realm regardless of what ...

there is definitely a lot of interesting stuff in that realm regardless of what anyone calls it. one way in is to research yokai and kami in distinct local contexts. pitfall to watch out for: a lot of "traditions" were revived in the last hundred years after an indeterminate period of dormancy but people pretend the lineages are unbroken. it turns out this, too, is a traditional practice dating back thousands of years.