tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578998090089869830.post7669180320295575850..comments2024-02-28T11:21:49.275-08:00Comments on Dante's Heart: The Ainu are making a return in JapanDante's Hearthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864843691987800572noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578998090089869830.post-12874625056362871712008-08-29T12:16:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:16:00.000-07:00Terri, thank you for mentioning that essay. I want...Terri, thank you for mentioning that essay. I want to look for that.<BR/><BR/>I ran into a reference to "the bear people" in an old history text about Japan some years ago, and was startled not to have heard of the Ainu before. So I have been fascinated ever since, and am looking forward to reading through more of the collected Ainu folklore that's available on the Web.<BR/><BR/>DanielDante's Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07864843691987800572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7578998090089869830.post-71408953443281688702008-08-29T01:24:00.000-07:002008-08-29T01:24:00.000-07:00Thanks for this. I've long been fascinated by the ...Thanks for this. I've long been fascinated by the Ainu (thanks to an essay by poet/mythologist Gary Snyder in The Practice of the Wild), and it's not easy to find information about them.<BR/><BR/>-- TerriTerri Windlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11738033585506340642noreply@blogger.com