was thinking the other day about how "qi" / "ki" / "prana" all mean both "breath" and "life / spirit / soul" and how i didn't know a similar word in english
but there *is* a similar word in latin and it's "anima"
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anima#Lat
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"anima" as in "animal" (something with life) but also as in "animated" (endowed with life). i got here from feeling weird about the etymology of "creature" - it literally means "a created thing" so implies the existence of a creator, and i was wondering about other synonyms
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oh, there also is a similar word in english itself and it’s “spirit,” idk why i didn’t check this
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/spirit
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the etymology of “soul” made me laugh like a crazy person for a solid minute it was just so funny to me that it was all just words that mean “soul”
en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/soul
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I remember looking up the etym of anime years ago, and being surprised by the connection to “soul” too. Went down very interesting rabbitholes that led to the history of animatronics, chess-playing automatons, etc
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it’s quite ironic that “animation” now is used to refer to things that are literally dead and only pretend to be alive! otoh, we see a deep kabbalistic connection between “anime” and “ki” which may explain some of the lasting popularity of ki attacks as an anime concept