Ancestors

Written by Alexandra on 2024-12-20 at 02:41

we might, or might not, survey King Satto's little brother Kaniman's tomb next February. That's apparently just a problem of budget.

if necessary, i'm perfectly ok to survey it for free on my week-ends 😉

(not sure my company will be happy with that…)

[#]okinawa

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Toot

Written by Alexandra on 2024-12-20 at 02:47

Satto (1321-1395) was the king of Chūzan, one of the three kingdoms in Okinawa Island before the whole island was united into the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He is historical. I mean, he really existed, we're sure of that, even if his life story is full of legends. (I say that because we have several other old kings who are completely "legendary").

I was going to talk about Kaniman but I suppose I should start with Satto...

[#]Okinawa #Ryukyu

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Descendants

Written by Alexandra on 2024-12-20 at 02:50

In the Chūzan Seifu (Genealogy Book of Chūzan), Vol. 2, compiled in 1701 (note the date please, that's 300 and something years after the events) by a group of scholars led by Sai Taku for the Ryūkyū Royal Government, King Satto is described as ‘the first son of Okuma Ufuya of Jana Village in Urasoe Magiri. His mother was a “heavenly maiden”. Yeah "life story full of legends". The “heavenly maiden legend” is described in detail in the Chūzan Seifu.

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Written by Alexandra on 2024-12-20 at 02:52

'Okuma Ufuya was a pure-hearted man by nature, and always devoted himself to farming, but he was poor and unable to marry. One day, on his way home from his fields, he saw a heavenly maiden bathing in Mui-nu-kā, hid her dress of feathers and took her home as his wife.'

This is the moment we are glad the text mentioned at the very beginning that he was a pure-hearted man, because we would probably not have been able to figure it out by ourselves by judging by his actions…

[#]Okinawa #Ryukyu

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Written by Janne Moren on 2024-12-20 at 02:57

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Don't hold back on the snark for our sake :)

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Written by Alexandra on 2024-12-20 at 03:04

@jannem You can note that the mother is said to be "sad to be leaving her children" but she does not seem to hesitate much :)

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Written by Janne Moren on 2024-12-20 at 03:05

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The dad is not the only one in need of some snark...

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