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When you think about it, the Yokai are very similar to the Jotnar from Norse Myth, coming in all sorts of shapes and sizes, from human-like, to animal to monsters. Some are evil and chaotic while some are worshipped as gods.
Sup brotha' All the gods and demons across our cultures are the same beings simply called different things by different peoples. Even YHWH isn't an original and has his story borrowed by Judaism from a more ancient god of the true plurality of Elohim, one of the Anunnaki. Alas, Nanna is Aphrodite, who is Venus, who is Ishtar, who is Inanna, and surely many others. All floods myths describe the same event. All apocalypses are a vision of the future. Unify all and you will see all.
@@DjRjSolarStarthe way I had it explained to me once is that gods/deities/spirits are made up of layers of aspects which are basically interchangeable in that the different pantheons will cover all of the aspects but they will be combined in different ways making up their respective deities.
They are nephilims offspring of fallen angels they are all over the world, they are cursed they have no body because their body is dead but they will continue to live her on earth as evil spirits so they wonder on earth until the end of earth but they won't belong to the new earth or paradise on judgement day their faith is already decided. They have different forms and live in elemental places they can even make their own community but we will not see them unless they want to be seen. They can even disguise their true form to humans. It's in the book of enoch, they dont look good in true form because they are evil
Kami are not necessarily gods nor are they monsters, they are more like nature given form. There are gods sure, but they are described as beings of pure form in the older ones and natural phenomena given form of later iterations
I’ve watched all the videos of the Yōkais and they are great. I was hoping you make more. I am also a fan of Japanese culture, truly fascinating. Thanks for the reminder of the cherry blossom season.
2:43 My favorite yokai will always be The Tengu or also known as The Daitengu or Konoha Tengu and as well The Karasutengu which are represented more in a bird-like appearance with the head of a raven, with claw-like hands and feet, and with sharp teeth. Although I do like as well The Oni as my second favorite yokai in Japanese Mythology.
There are a lot of shounen manga revolved around youkai. Too bad some of them don't go into detail about the really horrifying ones. Only the famous ones like the kappa or Nine tailed
I LOVE your videos so much, i like when someone talks about mythology with drawings, and this channel is exactly what i needed. P.S i think you should do a video about norse monsters since you already did japanese and egyptian ones
Tengu and kappa are considered as many kami of Japanese beliefs especially in Shinto. Item and equipment able to gain a soul aka alive if its reach 100years. That's why katana both sacred and being fear especially that had claim a lot of life's. Kirin are common beliefs in Asia especially had common similarities with Chinese and Korean due to trades and religion.
the Kitsune and Oni used to be the only Japanese folklore i knew about until i watched this video, its interests me to learn about different folklores from around the world. i admire the stories so much, but i have to say that the Kitsune is my favorite folklore so far.
I've frequently wondered about the pair of lions; I always thought it was a Greek thing, since the first time I noticed the guardians was in front of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house in my college town. Thank you for helping me understand the symbolism of the Komainu!
I've read the best way to deal with a hostile kappa is simply bow to it. Kappas are said to be very polite, and they will return the favor and bow as well. When it does, it will spill the water from the depression on it's head and left in a relatively helpless state
The yokai of Japan that I like is the kitsune: the nine- tailed fox...I'm impressed because of their abilities...they're immortal and their powers tend to grow due to the number of tails they grow every 100 years and after a 1000 years of age, they become ultra powerful....
3:43 There is an old horror movie from the '70s called "The Car". For some reason that is the first thing that popped into my head when this yokai was mentioned in the video
That's still more demented than what Japan has. The only difference being that most of Japan's mythology I know from anime. Don't know much about Brazilian mythology, but I am interested.
I always thought the right komainu had its mouth open because he’s saying あ“Ah” the first character of the Japanese alphabet and the left inu is saying ん“n” the last character of the Japanese alphabet, and symbolizes that the contents within are the beginning and end of all things; alpha and omega.
@@atsukorichards1675 I know the kana were organized the same way as Sanskrit because the writing system was developed to help the Japanese recite scripture, but I think the characters themselves are derived from Chinese. あcame from the character 安. Or at least that’s what I’ve been taught.
In fact, the monsters of Kimetsu no yaiba (demon slayer) are Oni, but for some reason, in the english translation, it became in Demon, that are totally different!
Some other famous ones are: Chochin-Obake (Lantern shaped yokai) Ittanmomen (A long piece of sentient white cloth) Nurikabe (A living wall) Tanuki (mischievous raccoon dogs) Umibozu (round giant sea monsters) Gashadokuro (giant skeleton)
The sword master who trains Tanjoro in Demon Slayer wears a Tengu mask. Learning the history behind it makes sense now. Tengu are masters with the sword, so a sword master wearing a mask that looks like a Tengu makes sense.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEE WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG THAT PLAYED DURING YUKI ONNA’S PART??? i was literally entranced by that instrument!! anyone, help me find it!!
A lot of Japanese mythology borrows from Chinese mythology. Japanese mythology and ancient literature. Many of them are re -content of ancient Chinese literature books. It was created and re -prepared by ancient Chinese people who moved to Japan 東瀛 / 倭 in ancient times. They were written with a lot of reference to ancient Chinese books and historical content. And all of them were written by ancient Chinese文言文 (pronounced in Chinese dialect). So the content of Japanese mythology is similar to Chinese classics and mythology. Including gods and monsters. For more than 2,000 years, some ancient Chinese nobles escape to Japan 東瀛 / 倭 because of the war. After that, a large number of Chinese elites were sent to Japan by the Emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty. These Chinese in Japan東瀛 / 倭. They are elites responsible for establishing the Chinese regime. * At that time. Ancient Japanese region was one of the ancient Chinese cities (especially before the 13th century). It was called "東瀛 / 倭". In addition to the "Chinese regime area" established by the Chinese. At that time, there were more than 100 other indigenous countries on the island (the ancestors of the Japanese today).
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I'm Japanese. Regarding Oni demons in Japan, we do a bean-throwing ceremony on February 3rd to ward off demons. 「鬼は外、福は内」 "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi'' means that Oni demons should get out of the house!😛, and that the happy gods of Yaoyorozu please come in.🤗
you are close on the knabo (k'nabo) it's an 8-sided, hardwood war club with lines of steel bosses on the sides (1 line/side). in the hands of a samurai, it can shatter the legbones of most livestock. a very deadly weapon.
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Chinese Gods and Goddesses
What Do You Think Guys
That art is professional comic book tier.
Can you give information about Kame hime and her sister, please🙏?
Kitsune : 🇯🇵 japan forest fox woman human animal six tail pranks or evil
Tengu : 🇯🇵 japan
japanese mythology is absolutely fascinating
It’s cool How Kishimoto wanted to throw in some Japanese mythology in his manga/anime
Do you mean Kishimoto Masashi or Kishimoto Seishi?
When you think about it, the Yokai are very similar to the Jotnar from Norse Myth, coming in all sorts of shapes and sizes, from human-like, to animal to monsters. Some are evil and chaotic while some are worshipped as gods.
Youkai are more comparable to the fae
Sup brotha' All the gods and demons across our cultures are the same beings simply called different things by different peoples. Even YHWH isn't an original and has his story borrowed by Judaism from a more ancient god of the true plurality of Elohim, one of the Anunnaki. Alas, Nanna is Aphrodite, who is Venus, who is Ishtar, who is Inanna, and surely many others. All floods myths describe the same event. All apocalypses are a vision of the future. Unify all and you will see all.
@@DjRjSolarStarBeautiful and fascinating. 🧐
@@DjRjSolarStarthe way I had it explained to me once is that gods/deities/spirits are made up of layers of aspects which are basically interchangeable in that the different pantheons will cover all of the aspects but they will be combined in different ways making up their respective deities.
Japanese mythologies has so many beautiful and wonder gods. Goddesses creatures and spirits they are all awosme I loev it
I think the beauty is the stories around the world are all but confirmed by their similarity. Japanese have some curious ones for sure
They are nephilims offspring of fallen angels they are all over the world, they are cursed they have no body because their body is dead but they will continue to live her on earth as evil spirits so they wonder on earth until the end of earth but they won't belong to the new earth or paradise on judgement day their faith is already decided. They have different forms and live in elemental places they can even make their own community but we will not see them unless they want to be seen. They can even disguise their true form to humans. It's in the book of enoch, they dont look good in true form because they are evil
Why do the people in the Japanese mythology look Caucasian?
Kami are not necessarily gods nor are they monsters, they are more like nature given form. There are gods sure, but they are described as beings of pure form in the older ones and natural phenomena given form of later iterations
The shirime 🙈
I’ve watched all the videos of the Yōkais and they are great. I was hoping you make more.
I am also a fan of Japanese culture, truly fascinating.
Thanks for the reminder of the cherry blossom season.
2:43 My favorite yokai will always be The Tengu or also known as The Daitengu or Konoha Tengu and as well The Karasutengu which are represented more in a bird-like appearance with the head of a raven, with claw-like hands and feet, and with sharp teeth. Although I do like as well The Oni as my second favorite yokai in Japanese Mythology.
There are a lot of shounen manga revolved around youkai. Too bad some of them don't go into detail about the really horrifying ones. Only the famous ones like the kappa or Nine tailed
The Oni ogres lived alone on an island. Aki Onna is a shape-shifting beast demon which breathes fire 🔥.
ikr I would have loved to see more scary yokai like the Karakase obake
鬼をdemonと訳しちゃうから気づいてないだけかも
@@duncancurtis1758 remember oni aren't ogres they are simply oni
Really interesting video I didn't know a lot of this information - as always thanks for sharing it with us
I LOVE your videos so much, i like when someone talks about mythology with drawings, and this channel is exactly what i needed. P.S i think you should do a video about norse monsters since you already did japanese and egyptian ones
Tengu and kappa are considered as many kami of Japanese beliefs especially in Shinto.
Item and equipment able to gain a soul aka alive if its reach 100years. That's why katana both sacred and being fear especially that had claim a lot of life's.
Kirin are common beliefs in Asia especially had common similarities with Chinese and Korean due to trades and religion.
Tengu is Tien Kou in China.
the Kitsune and Oni used to be the only Japanese folklore i knew about until i watched this video, its interests me to learn about different folklores from around the world. i admire the stories so much, but i have to say that the Kitsune is my favorite folklore so far.
Who attempted to attempt to draw one of these and failed
kitsune are my favorite as well ♥
Same.@@juniper2788
It's wonderful to learn the mythology and folklore from other countries than the ones we already know. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah totally incredible creatures of Japanese Mythology great story!
I always love how your videos use American Comci styled art. It's my favorite as it's very reminiscent of some of my favorite artists
I just can't get enough of your videos my man ❤️👍
This has become my comfort channel
I watched Naruto. Now I see where all the names (Konoha, Amaterasu, etc...) come from. Thanks.
I've frequently wondered about the pair of lions; I always thought it was a Greek thing, since the first time I noticed the guardians was in front of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house in my college town. Thank you for helping me understand the symbolism of the Komainu!
It’s interesting.
I enjoy watching your video.
Please keep uploading !!!
Thank you for the Story of Each Yokai.
0:00 Intro
0:25 Sponser
1:50 Kitsune
2:45 Tengu
3:45 Wanyūdo
4:30 Kappa
5:25 Komainu
6:15 Karakasa obake
6:45 Bakezori
7:10 Oni
8:00 Yuki onna
8:55 Kirin
9:48 Outro
My middle school showed me this and now I’m here. 10/10 very educational
W middle school
Kitsune & Kappa are my favorite Japanese Monster Mythology of all time....
A other good vidoe dude keep it up you rock love japanese mythology
This yokais also appear in the novel kyokou suiri(in/spectre)and season 2 is just around the corner.
A Sasosho is a one eyed hopping boot with a black wig.
Beautiful art and great storytelling! Thank you!
Stan Sakai includes a lot of old Japanese mythology good and evil in Usagi Yojimbo, the fearless white samurai 🐰 bunny.
Myths in Japan are the most underrated myths in the world!
I love the artwork you use and how it depicts the Kamii accurately
Thank you for the video.
I love mythology. The stories and monsters are awesome.😁😊
Beautiful mythology
The kitsune is a really pretty creature
Ty for posting this. Ive been playing a lot of Nioh 1-2 and ive no idea what these Yokais
One of my fav mythologies
Make one video about the mythology of Brazil please, Brazil have the most incredible creatures.
This is very helpful I liked learning about all of these the Kirin and the Komainu were the most interesting to me.
This guy has such a relaxing voice.
I've read the best way to deal with a hostile kappa is simply bow to it. Kappas are said to be very polite, and they will return the favor and bow as well. When it does, it will spill the water from the depression on it's head and left in a relatively helpless state
❤ all your video's mate 👍.
Japanese monsters and creatures from their mythology and folklore is terrifying enough
The yokai of Japan that I like is the kitsune: the nine- tailed fox...I'm impressed because of their abilities...they're immortal and their powers tend to grow due to the number of tails they grow every 100 years and after a 1000 years of age, they become ultra powerful....
....and the 9 tailed fox just escaped in Japan around the time you made this comment...
@@9751matt dang...that was rude...😐😑
@@jordanyoung1836 Correlation does not imply causation.
But it does imply irony.
@@9751matt ok, but tbh...it did sound a lil harsh
@@jordanyoung1836 No harshness intended.
3:43 There is an old horror movie from the '70s called "The Car". For some reason that is the first thing that popped into my head when this yokai was mentioned in the video
Most of these Yokais are in Onmyoji RPG. That game base on Japanese mythology. Recommend to those who like to know more about yokai😀
Came to see the goodest good boy Kurama.
The beautifull Chanel of history /mythology of RUclips ♥️♥️
I was really hoping you'd mention how the kappa try to steal power from their victim's anus.
...not lying.
It's impressive...🙂😊
Ireland or Korean next?
I just ALWAYSED had a love for Kitsunes
Meanwhile brazilian mythology:
A pink dolphin can talk and a homeless boy with one leg can spin into a tornado.
That's still more demented than what Japan has. The only difference being that most of Japan's mythology I know from anime. Don't know much about Brazilian mythology, but I am interested.
@@canaisyoung3601 U are only half correct.
Japan mythology got some cool stuff like Susanoo
Then unhinged stuff like the BOOT yokai
Love your videos bro ❤
from this video i recognised persona has many references from japanese mythology, so cool
I always thought the right komainu had its mouth open because he’s saying あ“Ah” the first character of the Japanese alphabet and the left inu is saying ん“n” the last character of the Japanese alphabet, and symbolizes that the contents within are the beginning and end of all things; alpha and omega.
There is another, older, Japanese pronunciation set called "I Ro Ha (いろは). " And I heard that "A/あ" and "N/ん" came from Sanskrit.
@@atsukorichards1675 I know the kana were organized the same way as Sanskrit because the writing system was developed to help the Japanese recite scripture, but I think the characters themselves are derived from Chinese. あcame from the character 安. Or at least that’s what I’ve been taught.
Seing some of theese youkai in genshin impact inazuma region is really intresting
And i love japanese mythology
I am Japanese and I love the beautiful woman and the kitsune
In fact, the monsters of Kimetsu no yaiba (demon slayer) are Oni, but for some reason, in the english translation, it became in Demon, that are totally different!
Really?
@@jjk5693 Really
Onís are like demonic ogres, so it is an easy way to translate them
The name, "Ki-metsu (鬼滅)," itself means "destroy(ing) Oni."
Interesting and exciting. Awesome.
Some other famous ones are:
Chochin-Obake (Lantern shaped yokai)
Ittanmomen (A long piece of sentient white cloth)
Nurikabe (A living wall)
Tanuki (mischievous raccoon dogs)
Umibozu (round giant sea monsters)
Gashadokuro (giant skeleton)
What's the source for the artwork? Whatever comic it is, is about to hit the top of my reading list
Covering more obscure youkai would be more interesting.
I’m already in love the 1st one! I love the other Gods too dont say that I only love one.
The sword master who trains Tanjoro in Demon Slayer wears a Tengu mask. Learning the history behind it makes sense now. Tengu are masters with the sword, so a sword master wearing a mask that looks like a Tengu makes sense.
So what does the breaking of the Japan's "Killing stone" mean for Tamamo-no-Mae, If she was said to be trapped within?
A lot of people joked that she's probably free now.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEE
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SONG THAT PLAYED DURING YUKI ONNA’S PART??? i was literally entranced by that instrument!!
anyone, help me find it!!
I have seen every japanese reference in the latest One Piece Arc, "Wano"....except for the kappa
Kawamatsu, the fish man samurai, told everyone he was a kappa to avoid fish man discrimination.
A lot of Japanese mythology borrows from Chinese mythology.
Japanese mythology and ancient literature. Many of them are re -content of ancient Chinese literature books. It was created and re -prepared by ancient Chinese people who moved to Japan 東瀛 / 倭 in ancient times.
They were written with a lot of reference to ancient Chinese books and historical content. And all of them were written by ancient Chinese文言文 (pronounced in Chinese dialect).
So the content of Japanese mythology is similar to Chinese classics and mythology. Including gods and monsters.
For more than 2,000 years, some ancient Chinese nobles escape to Japan 東瀛 / 倭 because of the war. After that, a large number of Chinese elites were sent to Japan by the Emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty.
These Chinese in Japan東瀛 / 倭. They are elites responsible for establishing the Chinese regime.
* At that time. Ancient Japanese region was one of the ancient Chinese cities (especially before the 13th century). It was called "東瀛 / 倭".
In addition to the "Chinese regime area" established by the Chinese. At that time, there were more than 100 other indigenous countries on the island (the ancestors of the Japanese today).
the sandal ghost and the umbrella ghost are kinda cute, ngl.
My favorite japanese creatures are kirin, tengu, Raijin and kamaitachi but I also like tanuki, bakeneko and yukiona
Strangely enough I have lost a sandal, I've checked all around the house, it's nowhere to be seen
What comics were used in this video?
One of my interesting stories is kitsune (The Nine Tailed Fox)
@SeeUinhistory what about the Monkey King (Sun Wukong)
manga writers: note that down note that down ✍️
I love the video it’s really good but do hope for more Troy videos.
First time i heard of the tengu was from the ps2 fighting game dead or alive 2 hardcore.the final boss is a tengu
Can you do "The Incredible Creatures of Brazilian Mythology " ??
Some pokemon are based on yokai
do you draw the pictures , they look amazing
Naruto fans bouta love this first one
The portal fantasy anime Inuyasha by Rumiko Takahashi introduced to this kind of mythology.
Hey, your Wanyudo part is missing the label, it just says Yokai on it. Thought you should know.
Time to rewatch Natsume's book of friends
Wow its so cool
Kitsune are my favorite
Fun fact, Kami are just worshipped Yōkai, and Yōkai are none worshipped Kami, also Yūrei are not Yōkai but are ghosts, think the grudge.
Should’ve done the Yuki Ona story of her and the man
there is no "Shinto temple". It is called "shrine" instead. Also, in this video all "temple" you mentioned, is Buddhism temple.
I love the kitsune
Out of all the yokais here i think my faves are the Kitsune and Yuki onna😍😍
I'm writing a novel about Yōkai
Japanese culture is really amazing 😍🤩
I wouldn't mind a Kitsune wife maybe I get a powerful son that will become a mage 🧙 🤷🏾♂️
Hi... I'm a fan of your channel... I love your mythology stories. I saw an advert of bokksu and I'm interested... unfortunately I can't get it cuz they don't deliver their packages to Africa which is a disappointing fact for me...plus I'm a Nigerian. So is there a way I can have it delivered to my location without having to go through countries? Can you make that possible? Is there a way?🙂 if you can I would really appreciate that💕🌺
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That's cool all I could take some little snacks
Tysm i was looking for this, cause I love the Japanese 🖤
I'm Japanese. Regarding Oni demons in Japan, we do a bean-throwing ceremony on February 3rd to ward off demons.
「鬼は外、福は内」
"Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi'' means that Oni demons should get out of the house!😛, and that the happy gods of Yaoyorozu please come in.🤗
you are close on the knabo (k'nabo) it's an 8-sided, hardwood war club with lines of steel bosses on the sides (1 line/side).
in the hands of a samurai, it can shatter the legbones of most livestock.
a very deadly weapon.
It is called Kana-bou (金棒).
Interesting creaters but many scary drawings!😨😨😨
Hellboy once fought that turtle demon with the hole in his head in one of his animated movies.