I'm probably just being muddled, but "Tamayori-hime as something like a voodoo or obeah follower, temporarily possessed by the deity" sounds like Tamayori is the passive possessee, whereas "the person who gets to channel Tamayori becomes her 'bracelet', 'worn' by the goddess" frames Tamayori as the actively possessing goddess?
Just flipped through Blacker again; she cites another scholar's hypothesis that "Tamayori" was simply an ancient synonym for "miko". I'm still kinda fuzzy about the legendarium, but as a mythical figure, she doesn't seem terribly active, no-- when her sister returns to the sea, Tamayori remains behind to nurse and eventually marry her nephew; in that context, it does seem suggestive that she "channels" the love poem to Toyotama's husband.
...so if Leia had learned to use the Force by ROTJ and was the one to supernaturally impress the Ewoks, would that make her the Witch of Endor? (Guess it depends on the witch membership policy on Dathomir, not that I actually read that one.)
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on 2006-12-10 05:34 am (UTC)Just flipped through Blacker again; she cites another scholar's hypothesis that "Tamayori" was simply an ancient synonym for "miko". I'm still kinda fuzzy about the legendarium, but as a mythical figure, she doesn't seem terribly active, no-- when her sister returns to the sea, Tamayori remains behind to nurse and eventually marry her nephew; in that context, it does seem suggestive that she "channels" the love poem to Toyotama's husband.
...so if Leia had learned to use the Force by ROTJ and was the one to supernaturally impress the Ewoks, would that make her the Witch of Endor? (Guess it depends on the witch membership policy on Dathomir, not that I actually read that one.)