Look at the parts of the world that don’t have empires, don’t have kings. The Native Americans have Coyote. The aboriginal australians have the Rainbow Serpent. The Polynesians have Maui. Not tyrants.

Now look at the parts of the world that do have human tyrants. The Greeks have Zeus. The Egyptians have Ramses. The Mayans had Kukulkan. People worship gods that resemble their own leaders and their own natural environment.

The only exception to drag’s theory is Asia. China had huge empires, but Buddha isn’t a tyrant. Maybe the Jade Emperor is; drag doesn’t know as much about Tao as drag would like. Anyone got reading suggestions for getting into Taoist mythology? (Other than Journey To The West. Already love that story)

    • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Not particularly, no. Coyote isn’t a mono-divinity like they are being characterized here. It’s ok to simply recognize a lack of knowledge about Indigenous cultures. But the fact that the characterizations that are used here clearly come from a western conceptualization of divinity while posturing like it’s criticism of western divinity is fairly ironic.