Talk:Myths (memos)

Speculating the Significance of the Serpent and Reed Offerings
Hello, I was wondering two things (the former as a  Silent Hill fan, the latter as an editor of this Wiki):


 * 1) Is it possible that the offerings to the Sun—a serpent by the man, and a reed by the woman—might be a metaphor for (respectively) male and female genitalia, and furthermore for copulation as the production of "God"?  Serpents and phalluses alike are longer than they are wide, are cylindrical, and taper off at the front; whereas reeds and vaginas are both long and hollow.  Could this cosmology myth be a figurative way of stating that "God" was produced via the sexual intercourse of two humans?  (Similar metaphoric cosmologies, especially with a deeper meaning involving sex, are not uncommon in real-life religions.  For example, in the Shintō text, the Kojiki, god Izanagi and goddess Izanami are often said to have stirred Izanagi's 'spear' in a landless 'ocean,' creating the first landmass from the drips of 'water' that fell from the spear into the ocean.)
 * 2) Should this article include more popular speculations as to the meaning of the myth, such as how Valtiel is compared to Xuchilbara, Xuchilpaba, or Lobsel Vith?  (Valtiel's article, for reference, does include these theories.)  If not this article, which related articles might be in need of including such information?

Blue Caper  (talk) 05:40, November 21, 2016 (UTC)


 * 1) It's Silent Hill, anything is possible. That symbolism theory seems fair.


 * 2) Sure, if you want. Just mark it with a speculation template. — Alex Shepherd   ツ