TIL there’s a school of indigenous Korean shamanism wherein the practitioners commune and communicate with the spirit of US general Douglas MacArthur, basically classifying him as one among many protective deities recognized by their religion.
Which makes sense, I guess.
Which makes sense, I guess.
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That's a new one
Mac’s ghost: Nuke the Chinese-North Korea border!
He’s not the only general Korean shamans talk to this way, by the way. They also commune with Guan Yu. You know who that is if you’re familiar with the Three Kingdoms period of Chinese history.
Or play Dynasty Warriors.
(He also spends the first bit of this vid explaining the inherently biased and othering deployment of the exonym "shamanism." Which I appreciate a lot.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYZSdLpgHF4