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By Martini Fisher Posted on 7 Aug 202020 Feb 2021

The Kitchen in Asian Mythology

In Asian mythology, just before the Lunar New Year, the kitchen gods would go to Heaven to report to the Heavenly Emperor on his family’s activities during the year. In … Continue reading The Kitchen in Asian Mythology

Categories: mythologyTags: ancient history, asia, asian culture, asian mythology, history, kitchen, kitchen gods, mythology

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Vasantasenā by Raja Ravi Varma.

The very existence of the legend of Nasreddin Hodja is a part of a very long tradition of jokes to impart simple knowledge and philosophy. The translation of a 1,000-year-old ‘Art of Party Crashing’, written by historian al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, whose work is influential in the teachings and interpretation of the Prophet Mohammed, suggests that jokes are the best way to gatecrash a party.

People in Turkey have known the jokes and stories of Nasreddin Hodja, a comedic writer said to have lived in the 13th century, since their childhoods. His stories have traveled over land and sea, making their way into the hearts and minds of tribal members of various cultural backgrounds, from Turkey to the Persian, Arabian and African cultures, even along the Silk Road to China and India. His messages are so universal that every culture seems to claim this man as their own. However, despite his popularity, there are still debates about his very existence. So, who is Nasreddin Hodja and did he really exist?

Researching the koalas prompted me to look at some ancient definition of wisdom. "Wisdom comes from experience", people say. But what kind of experience? We like to applaud people for being wise while rather conveniently forgetting what they needed to go through to get there. Perhaps we got this from the ancient Greeks. In Greek mythology, the literal "birth" of wisdom seems to happen instantly.

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