Talk:Mogwai (Chinese culture)

message: Last I checked, Scotland was part of Britain, but it's always better to be as specific as possible. --Lexor|Talk 22:27, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

message: I added a quote about the band's name, and a link to its source afterwards, although I'm not sure if that's the correct form or whatever, so if anybody takes objection, please go right ahead and modify it.
Also, said source mentions that mogwai means "ghost" in Chinese. I made a quick attempt to validate this, and although I saw some uses of it which seemed fairly consistent with this, I couldn't actually find something which explicitly stated the fact. So if anybody has good knowledge of Chinese, or knows a reliable source for such matters, clarification would be appreciated.
TheJames
:In Chinese, "gwai" is sufficient to mean ghost, devil, demon, etc. I'm not sure what significance "mo" adds to it. Ham Pastrami 12:19, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The name Mogwai 

message: Does anyone know at what time a Mogwai could be fed breakfast?  --Morbid-o 20:13, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: HOW DOES ANY OF THIS MATTER??!! It's not like you guys are helping this article. And don't say "o i gots a mogweye," no one will ever believe you. Ever. The Matyr (converse with the Matyr) 17:43, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gremlins 

message: There's no evidence in the film that, within the context of the films, the 'Gremlin' form of Mogwai is not also properly still called Mogwai, they are the same species after all in both forms. The name 'Gremlins' being applied to the more aggressive form by one of Characters to differentiate the two forms was in the nature of a personal neologism based on the modern folkloric creatures of popular culture rather than an accurate and correct denomination within the context of the film.Number36 (talk) 00:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Mogwai vs Gremlins

message: See Talk:Mogwai#Moves. Black Kite 02:16, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Moved

message: In this article Eliade, M. (1968). Australian Religions. Part V: Death, Eschatology, and Some Conclusions. History of Religions, "mogwoi is a trickster spirit...". It`s one of the three parts of soul.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.239.161.78 (talk) 05:53, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Native Australian`s religion

message: Absolutely nothing in the first sentence of this article is represented in the linked source "Chinese Mythology in the Context of Hydraulic Society" by Qiguang Zhao, the primary source of the claim made by this article. The following is reproduced exactly as it is on Wikipedia's live site: 
"According to Chinese tradition, mogwai are certain demons, which often inflict harm on humans. They are said to reproduce sexually during mating seasons triggered by the coming of rain. Supposedly, they take care to breed at these times because rain signifies rich and full times ahead".
None of this is corroborated in the linked source. Mogwai do not appear, they are not mentioned as inflicting harm upon humans, their mating habits are not referenced. Rain "[signifying] rich and full times ahead" is not even mentioned. 
Even if the source WERE accurately cited and contained any mention at all of mogwai (or "Mo Guai"), the paper was written five years after Gremlins the film was released. If the only source that mogwai exist in Chinese mythology is something written 5 years after mogwai have been introduced into the public consciousness, it's not a real source.
Are you all just getting a movie confused for Yaoguai? 146.115.242.10 (talk) 19:32, 26 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  The single source for this term existing in Chinese myth is not actually a source. Is this page false information?