I'd like to see some African gods and goddesses show up in her book...Shango and Oya, for starters.
Shango is the Yoruba god of fire, thunder and lightning, and Oya is the Yoruba warrior goddess connected to wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic.
Oya:
Shango:
In my instructionals, I used these very images to show specifically how the knowledge brought about by our African spiritual practices has the most profound impact on our martial arts arsenal, technique application, tactics, strategies, and much more. Much more. I specifically point out that lack of knowledge of the orixas will wholesale prevent you/us/whoever from practicing African martial arts like Kipura...miscalled Capoeira.
yes, great post, moneyspider. very deep, supreme illuminati. excellent
Zeus= (Greek) god- lightning
Tlaloc= (Aztec) god- lightning/ storms
Leir = (Celtic) god- lightning
Tian-Mu= (Asian) god- lightning
Thor= (Norsemen) god- lightning
Ororo= (African)
not a god- mutant- lightning/ storms
Devalued powers? Of course. She has the capabilities of the gods but not considered a goddess. How is Thor a god but she’s not?
Storm is headed to the Caribbean where Yoruba is still heavily practiced, along with Vudun (Voodoo). She may be viewed as a witch or a sorceress, by the locals.
The X-writers may choose to suppress her character but run into dangerous territory when they suppress an entire cultural belief system. Imagine Storm being worshipped as a black goddess for & by black people. That’s way too much for fan-boys to handle. I never thought it was racism... just culturalism, classism, mutualism. It’s still an “ism” & isms are usually followed by discrimination.
I stated it before I’ll state it again= 1000 times better
Anyone that has any doubts about her “goddess” status obviously enjoys the mutant label she’s been given. Why wouldn’t Ororo have basic knowledge of the pantheon of lightning gods? Because Storm is a fictional
character & the writers did not do their research or do not want to portray/ represent her to the fullest.
Should fans speak-out when they disagree with the way a character is being portrayed? Let’s deal with the elephant in the room. RH (Reginald Hudlin.)! Is it possible that the only reason Storm & Tcallah reached the height of heights is because of his status?
Is RH the “Muhammad Ali” of the comic-book sport? Was the coupling of our beloved characters a form of social black activism? There goes another “ism” followed by discrimination. Let’s face it, the guy has the credentials to do whatever he wanted with BP & Storm.
He single-handedly did what Milestone Comics did. They all promoted black heroes as “pop icons” without the blaxpliotation. Black culture is pop culture. The fan-boy mentality is to make sure it’s not too-black too-strong. BP is the king of a sovereign African Nation. Is BP too black for Storm?
Storm is on her new “Miss Independent Super-Hero (ex)Wife” thing. Zeus earrings in full effect!
