tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post2723327486235185021..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: EVIL ARTIFACTSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-72644182938199382272011-09-06T12:34:20.658-06:002011-09-06T12:34:20.658-06:00Silko's "Ceremony" talks about evil ...Silko's "Ceremony" talks about evil quite a bit. Young's "Cry of the Eagle" gives insight into Cree concepts of good and evil medicine.<br /><br />I didn't use the word "evil" because it is too pregnant with Christian overtones. In some native languages at least, there is no word for it. There is only "good" or "not good."<br /><br />I use the word "malignant" to escape from the moral judgement of "evil." In old days, killing an enemy was good but killing your own people, what is the word? Disordered? Evil? "Not-good"?<br /><br />Malignant = harmful, baneful. There are some places that are not-good. Whether something happened there, and the act itself soaked in, or if it was just the victims. But what if it is older than humanity? Or is it just a matter of AC vs DC? <br /><br />All I know is that the concept of evil, or not-good, or baneful, or malignant, is in every culture, but it certainly is not the same as in modern day nor Christian ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com