Sekiro Environments - Fountainhead Palace [Japanese in Sekiro]
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Discussing original Japanese names of Sekiro areas and environmental details.
I am a curious linguist, English and Japanese are my second and third languages respectively.
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Sources:
Sekiro Shadows Die Twice Official Artworks
English wiki - sekiro-shadows...
Read more (there is a lot):
Imperial palace
Heijō Palace - en.wikipedia.o...
Heian Palace - en.wikipedia.o...
Suzaku Gate - en.wikipedia.o...
Zuijin - en.wikipedia.o...
Tō-ji - en.wikipedia.o...
Oxcart - ja.wikipedia.o...
Kemari - en.wikipedia.o...
Gagaku - en.wikipedia.o...
More on gagaku - www.kunaicho.g...
Daigokuden - www.japanesewi...
Dairi - www.japanesewi...
Okami and Kuraokami
Headspring God - kifunejinja.jp...
Kuraokami - en.wikipedia.o...
Ō-yoroi - en.wikipedia.o...
Dō-maru - en.wikipedia.o...
Eboshi - www.japanesewi...
Kenugata tachi - ja.wikipedia.o...
Ikenie - ja.wikipedia.o...
Female Warriors
Naginata - en.wikipedia.o...
Onna-musha - en.wikipedia.o...
Tomoe Gozen - en.wikipedia.o...
Hangaku Gozen - en.wikipedia.o...
Tokoyo
Tokoyo - www.japanesewi...
Tokoyo no Mushi cult - academic.oup.c...
Sanctuary
Miko - en.wikipedia.o..., ja.wikipedia.o...
Iwakura rock - kotobank.jp/wo...
Sanbo - www.japanesewi...
Shinsen - www.japanesewi...
Other curious things
Kadomori - kotobank.jp/wo...
Sōhei monks - en.wikipedia.o...
Kanmuri - en.wikipedia.o...)
Sokutai - en.wikipedia.o...
Fue - en.wikipedia.o...
Divination Board - ja.wikipedia.o...
Onmyōdō - en.wikipedia.o...
Onmyoji - www.japanesewi...
Gohei - en.wikipedia.o...
Great Sakura trees - hanami.walkerp...
... and more in the blogpost (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:39 - Disclaimers
1:44 - Fountainhead Palace VS Divine Realm
6:05 - Okami's Ancient Text
7:32 - Fountainhead Palace
8:24 - Corrupted Monk of the Palace
12:01 - Vermilion Bridge
16:16 - Okami Clan
20:12 - Residential Area
27:14 - Mibu Manor
33:00 - Sakura Bull
33:37 - Mibu Priest
34:42 - Flower Viewing Stage
38:53 - Okami Leader Shizu
39:26 - Underwater
46:32 - Feeding Grounds
47:25 - Near Pot Noble
51:01 - Palace Grounds
53:37 - Sanctuary
54:28 - Miko
1:00:00 - Sakura Dragon
1:07:50 - Conclusion 
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I find your videos so entertaining and calming. One of the best fromsoft oriented channels on RUclips which has to have much more people to be subscribed by. This video is great, too. Wish you strength and passion to go on
Thank you (っ˘ω˘ς )
You are never a bore. In fact, you are the most amazing and in-depth analysis of this game I have ever seen! These videos are literally a highlight of my day, and I hope you find more projects like this to do I will absolutely listen!
Your videos are honestly some of my favourite on RUclips!
They're in-depth and super well researched too.
I'm a bit biased though because I really love languages...
I also noticed some interesting connections I saw to some Elden Ring theories of Tarnished Archaeologist's:
1. Around 15:00 you talk about how there may have been some seismic shifts that changed the landscape of Ashina. Tarnished Archaeologist had some similar suspicions about the landscape of the Lands Between. Except his theory focused on the idea that the landscape changed because of falling meteorites...
2. Which you talk about at 39:40 as well! This is such a cool idea and I can definitely see your point.
Thanks again for your awesome content! ^^
your videos are so good, its criminal that you aren't more known
Whyyyyy do you not have more views?? Your content is superb, and you are clearly an extremely smart person.
I'm very jealous of all your languages btw, I would like to become a polyglot one day :D
Excellent video in a wonderful lore series! I really appreciate the info about the Sakura Bull whose cart I had never even recognized as such. Its existence had always bugged me, so thanks for that overdue revelation 🙏🏻 Also your detailed analysis of the shrine maiden was very insightful and helped to round out my understanding of her role and relation to the Divine Dragon 🐉
I knew about the Miko's magatama necklace in her art but I never in a million years would have found a connection between that and a specific necklace in the real world. The research and work you do is incredible, I can't stress how impressed I am
I needed something to listen to while doing a quilting project, and I remembered you had a bunch of Sekiro videos I hadn't caught up with.
Really excellent theory crafting here! The part about the caterpillars being possibly inspired by an old cult is something I never would have learned. I even learned a new tool to play a game with.
Wow, that was probably your best video so far... left me speechless countless times!!! :o
Before today the Fountainhead Palace was an indecipherable place full of secrets for me, but after listening to your elocubrations I must say that it all makes sense!
I particularly enjoyed the summary you gave at the end, it flows perfectly and is on poin with what i consider the central theme and moral of the game: stagnation leading to decay, immortality and perpetual maintenance of the status quo only leads to inevitable corruption so cutting the chains of immortality is the only solution to restore balance to the world.
I would love it if in the future I decided to revisit everything we've discovered in these videos and put each event within a complete timeline, to make the point and refine some theories in light of what could (or couldn't) have happened before this or that event!
I'm kinda sad only an episode remains :c I would listen to you for hours and hours so I welcome any excuse to learn more about sekiro, especially from someone as knowledgeable and passionate about it like yourself :3
Thank you so so much!!!
Thank you for your kind words (っ˘ω˘ς )
I'm always researching about japanese myths, legends and culture in general for my work and even though I haven't played Sekiro i was always very interested in what it had to say, in terms of aesthetic, where i know the most, it did an amazing job at mixing elements from as early as the heian to as late as around mid edo period, that much i was aware of but watching your videos i've found out about so many things i could never have hoped to find for myself since my japanese is quite bare bones, what a blessing it is to find someone that can shed some more light into a history and culture that can be so obscure at times, specially without being proficient in the language, a fountainhead of knowledge if you'd excuse the pun.
Thanks you so much for going so detailed about all the lore in this game! I really enjoy to know all the hard work and world building behind games development, and your videos trully shows so many things that, by just playing the game, most players wouldnt notice at all
This video could not have been uploaded at a better time, seriously!!! I just started binging your environmental exploration videos at work as a sort of "podcast" on Sekiro and finished up the other vids yesterday. Lo and behold I open RUclips first thing at work and I have a meaty, hour+ long video and I'm so thankful!!! Eager to listen, thank you Shetani 🙏
Thank you so much for this. Absolutely brilliant video, and the catharsis I felt from hearing you lay out your idea of Ashina's entire history in such a crystal clear way really put my soul at ease. Excited to check out the endings video!
Dude this is amazingly research. Thanks so much for the sources so we can reference for more!
Please make up some other Sekiro topic, I don't want this series to end!
When I played the game, my interpretation was that the Shrine Maiden was the uncorrupted corpse of the original person who brought the dragon to Japan. After all, the dragon only exists in the realm of the mind and not in the physical realm, and we see in the "return" ending an example of a divine child acting as a vessel to move the dragon elsewhere. I don't think the dragon would "wash up" in Japan as an actual physical being. The maiden "sleeping peacefully" at the end could easily be interpreted as an euphemism.
Thank you for the absolute dedication and passion in the series. Been following a long time now and love each upload 🙏
About the plausible meteor that struck the Palace… it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen them in FromSoftware’s games.
In Bloodborne, the Living Failures summon meteors from the sky to attack you. So does the Celestial Centipede from his own body.
In Elden Ring, meteors takes up a HUGE part of the lore: Starscourge Radahn, Fallingstar Beasts, Gravity magic and incantations like Metorite of Astel. How about the giant meteorite that strucks Limgrave after Radahn’s fight and takes you to Nokron? Or the fact that it is said that Farum Azula has been struck by a meteorite?
[Also, if lapis lazuli are said to have come from the sky, hence to be divine, why shouldn’t they have come from a meteorite? After all, they are only found from the Pot Nobles, the Shicimen Warrior in the Palace and Demon of Hatred (why from him though?)]
(There are a few typos, oh well nvm 🤷♂️)
Best Sekiro lore videos in the net!
you definitely did not bore me, great video as always!
Your Channel is Amazing. Thank you for All this
If I remember correctly, Vaati or someone else has already speculated that the Palace was struck by a meteor.
Amazing video. Addressed pretty much everything in a cohesive way.
the series' almost over 🥲🥲
Wonderfull :D
love it
YEEEEEEES
I've just read your lore post from 2021 3 minutes ago ... what are the chances ...
Oh btw I wanted to ask, at 1:05 you say the okami ascended to the divine realm with the help of an unnamed dragon heir.
That seems like an interesting theory, I always assumed they came to ashina after hearing tales of a dragon deity of rejuvenating water, which very well suits their clan name, but I never thought they received help from a dragon heir.
Is there a paricular phrase or description in the game that sparked in you the idea that the Okami in fact received help from a dragon heir? I would like to know more!
This theory stems purely from the fact that they had to create the aroma to ascend, and one of the ingredients of that aroma is Dragon Heir's blood. Wolf couldn't have done it without Kuro so I assume Okami also had a Dragon Heir on their side and also a mortal blade to draw the blood for the aroma.
@@shetanislair Oh right, that seems likely now that I think about it! Guess it was easier back in the day lol.
This makes me :D
Your videos are up there with the very best explorations of FromSoft's works that I've ever found, THANK YOU! So much delicious information.
Thank you!