Talk:Kodama (spirit)

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[edit] Bias

I think is article has bias towards western culture. The large majority of the article talks about the place of Kodama in movies & games while very little is devoted to Kodama's place in Shinto (of which series this article is supposidly a part of).

[edit] Myth

Should it not be mentioned in the first sentence that these are mythical creatures? Satchfan 05:39, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why is 90% of this article about anime or video games or whatever

Shouldn't there be some stuff about maybe mythological stuff instead of "In some shitty anime nobody cares about the kodama are portrayed as blah blah blah" --76.176.98.81 22:52, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. What the article needs is for someone to take a little initiative and write up the mythological aspects of the kodama. The popular culture stuff should then be deleted or spun into Kodama in popular culture. -- BrianSmithson 06:10, 12 December 2006 (UTC)