Darth Maul 是參考中國神話人物??
寅右衛門的口袋
以下的文章很有意思，但我實在是想不出來是中國神話裡的那個人物，鬼神之類
的，大家推想看看，得出的結論還可以Feeback到theforce.net！
1/16/99: AN ODD CONNECTION BETWEEN
CHINA AND DARTH MAUL
8:30 pm PST
Reader Aaron-Wan Kenobi sent us this strange report,
from something he saw in a Chinese exhibit during a visit
to the Denver Museum of Natural History.
I was walking through a museum feature
dedicated to China when I saw this half
man-sized statuette. It was supposed to be a
"Phantom" who was a menace(!) to the living
and brought the souls of the living to Hell in
Chinese mythology. This was June, however,
and though it looked cool, I didn't give it a
second thought.
Then when I started frequenting this page,
something started nagging at my mind, but I
couldn't remember what.
Then I saw an episode of "Charmed," in which
he [the Phantom] was in it, and I saw the
similarities to Darth Maul all to clearly, even
though the "Charmed" rendition was only fair.
The demon rides a black horse, carries a
double bladed-sword(!), has the same horn
shape as Darth Maul, and has a design on his
face. He is said to have special magic powers.
However, three bull-like horns sprout from his
head, and he has no mouth.
So what we've got here is a "phantom
menace," who rides a black mode of
transportation (Sith Speeder), with a
double-bladed sword, with short, bladelike
horns, magic powers, and a design on his face.
(I did a concept drawing, but I can't find a
scanner.) Sound like anyone you know?
If any Chinese scholars reading this page have anything
more to add, we'd love to hear from you!
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飛雅特老鼠
: 以下的文章很有意思，但我實在是想不出來是中國神話裡的那個人物，鬼神之類
The demon showed up in "Charmed" was more like a Japanese samurai than
a Chinese myth character because I saw that episode too...^_^
To me, Darth Maul looks just like a Japanese Oni (God or Demon) in Japanese
myth with a black face and red painting. Try to find some Japanese myth
paintings or rent the some old Japanese comedies...^_^
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The Force is Strong with This One...
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[m※ Origin: 臺大電機 Maxwell 站 ◆ From: modem-0221.rns.tamu.edu
原力大師
: 以下的文章很有意思，但我實在是想不出來是中國神話裡的那個人物，鬼神之類
: 的，大家推想看看，得出的結論還可以Feeback到theforce.net！
: from something he saw in a Chinese exhibit during a visit
: to the Denver Museum of Natural History.
: I was walking through a museum feature
: dedicated to China when I saw this half
: man-sized statuette. It was supposed to be a
: "Phantom" who was a menace(!) to the living
: and brought the souls of the living to Hell in
: Chinese mythology. This was June, however,
^^^^
: and though it looked cool, I didn't give it a
: second thought.
According to some info, there was an exhibit about 'Imperial
Tombs of Ancient China' which started in November '96 but
is seems not in the current exhibits, so at least we could
be sure Mr. Kenobi saw something 'Chinese'
I've sent an email to the DMNH...dunno if they would reply...:P
--
Do, or do not: There is NO try.
--Yoda
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[m※ Origin: 臺大電機 Maxwell 站 ◆ From: ccsun77.cc.ntu.edu.tw