Medjed: From Ancient Egypt to Japanese Pop Culture (2017)

This explanation does a great job of blending pop culture analysis with ancient history. I particularly like the use of primary sources. The author seems to be a biologist and paleontologist[1]; anyone know if he&#x27;s written anything else on history?<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rodrigobsalvador.wordpress.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;rodrigobsalvador.wordpress.com&#x2F;</a>

There are semi-frequent &quot;Japan weird&quot; (and contrasting) articles that show up here, but my impression is that their culture is indeed uniquely different and lends itself to these sorts of phenomenon. The tendency of <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Moe_anthropomorphism" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Moe_anthropomorphism</a> to appear may also be related.<p>I am also tempted to mix in another cultural reference: <i>Prejed! How do you feel about Medjed?</i>

Another oddity is that Medjed isn&#x27;t depicted in profile like other subjects in Ancient Egyptian art.

As always, Nico Nico Encyclopedia[0] and Pixiv Encyclopedia[1] are good entry points for Japanese pop&#x2F;otaku culture (though they tend not to have as many excellent sources as this article does).<p>This entry in the Pixiv Encyclopedia is valuable because it mentions the two most popular Japanese IPs using god Medjed in them and not covered in the article, Fate&#x2F;Grand Order and One Piece.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dic.nicovideo.jp&#x2F;a&#x2F;%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%89" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dic.nicovideo.jp&#x2F;a&#x2F;%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83...</a> [1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dic.pixiv.net&#x2F;a&#x2F;%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%89" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dic.pixiv.net&#x2F;a&#x2F;%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%89</a>

It&#x27;s worth mentioning that Mejed is a boss in Japanese action platformer game &quot;Pharaoh Rebirth+&quot;.

I’m playing persona 5. D spoilers. :(

&gt; revolveth in heaven inside a flame produced by his own mouth, whilst his own form is invisible<p>Such a beautiful hermetic formula. It could totally describe a god in Lovecraftian universe. That, and also the fact that a minor deity was so easily transplanted from an Egyptian myth into a Japanese video game to me illustrates the amazing unity of human culture.<p>I mean, I get that a lot of biblical material was lifted from e.g. the myth of Osiris, but this is on another level.