Most myths have some kind of purpose and direction. The Australian Aboriginals have myths that serve as geographical guides. Myths from Western culture often serve as moral life guides. (Looking at you, Brothers Grimm...) Is it just me or does this Japanese myth seem to serve as a shaggy dog story? I seem to be missing something...
Well, I almost had a house centipede (the kind with really long legs) drop on my head while I was sitting on the toilet. Then, he scrambled away like an assassin that miscalculated an air-sassination.
Well, I almost had a house centipede (the kind with really long legs) drop on my head while I was sitting on the toilet. Then, he scrambled away like an assassin that miscalculated an air-sassination.
Is it just me, or does the Storm God kinda come across as a tsundere at the end there? "You and my daughter better have a long and happy marrige, b-baka!"
More of standard angry father, once they get out of the underworld, where he can't follow them, he just yells, "If you don't take care of my daughter I swear to me that I'm going to make you pay."
"look at the centipedes on your head!" Says the guy who owns a snake room and other weird insect room, who probably doesn't even know anything about beekeeping.
I fully understand the "because myths" nature of tales and legends and the sense they may or not make, but this one truly was a roller-coaster ride of plot-holes and "wut?" moments. Still, as ever and always, entertaining.
probably because its a mix bag of different variations on a older myth written by different people. that happens a lot with myths in general. also it does sound a lot like the kinda of story someone would tell around a fire to entertain children, something that is very common with a lot of Japanese myths.
The instantly fall in love with stuff isn't so much "because myths" as it is because charismatic lechery. In The longer version its kind of a running theme that Okuninushi seduces and beds girls and then usually steals their fathers wealth and power. Some versions even has him turning into objects and animals in order to impregnate resistant targets.
The sudden change of setting and romantic interest definitely sounds like two stories cobbled together , like someone just wanted to add the 80 murderous brothers to a story that started with someone going to the underworld for no given reason.
So...the story forgets about the hare...the princess whom wanted to marry him and...his new father-in-law gives him great advice despite the fact that the guy caused his whole house to come down... Huh...neat.
I love how much continuity could be saved if like... The first princess was the daughter of the Storm King, and the storm King invited his 80 brothers in the hopes his daughter would marry one of them, and he only invited the 81st and last brother as a courtesy to said brother's mum
Finally! These myths are truly a real eccentric and uniqe pieces of this channel, providing so many information, knowledge and fun facts about a culture's demographics and lives. Thank y'all for making these masterpieces! BRO
The guy literally survived a burning marsh, and the Stormgod was like "Sorry not good enough"? But seeing him killing centipedes with his mouth was Stormgod worthy?
Jorge Myles - interesting nite on Aztec mythology: If you die in battle, childbirth or as a sacrifice, you go to warrior-paradise with the Hummingbird Warrior god. If you die of anything else, you have to make a long dangerous journey to get reborn and try again. That shows why they were so OK with sacrifice.
@@Ajehy Thank you ^^ While i love the stories myths tell, their cultural function is what interests me most about them. Regarding "ok with sacrifice": Christians are ok with the sacrifice of Jesus, because we're the benefitiaries. The ends justify the means so much that stopping that vile act would have condemned the conscionable person responsible for the rescue along with all of humankind. A doctrinal detail rarely mentioned in church, because it's so counter to modern moral understanding. Cherry-picking for the win, i guess.
Awwww. This episode is brought to you by unquenchable sibling jealousy, helpful goddesses, magic scarves, and sleepy snakes. And that Susano-o... what a dude; typical man, covering up their elation with trying to act strong and stoic/threatening death if their daughters aren't treated right.
"They heated up a bolder until it was red hot, then they rolled it down the hill shouting all kinds of gifts for all kinds of people, Etsy has it." Sometimes commercials come up at just the right time.
i just imagine the etherial construction company going over the blue plants with him "sooo you want a room designated for snakes? and not as in like pets but just kinda hanging out?" storm god: "yep" "annnd a wasp/centipede house?" "100% on board with that." "sir you do realize as a god you dont have to go through the sufferings of the underworld right?" "yeah totally, still want these rooms though."
Dude, I JUST found your channel and have watched like 8 vids in a row lmao. Lovin' the content man. You're super funny and the videos are really well done.
You know, I would have loved, and died laughing if, rather than the storm god saying "thats so bad...", he instead said "That's metal." That would have....just been perfect.
As a sequel to the story, Yagamihime (the one the hare predicted) was brought back to Izumo. But Susanoo's daughter got jealous, Yagamihime scared, she leave her baby behind and run haha. And Okuninushi went to Koshi to court some princess. Susanoo's daughter get even more jealous. Izumo dislike and left for trip across Yamato (or simply, the rest of Japan). They reconcile and.... I'm lazy to type more haha
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The mascot and flag at the end of the story is for the current day Izumo City in Shimane Prefecture. The City's main claim to fame is Izumo Taisha, a shrine that used to be the tallest structure in ancient Japan and is dedicated to Okuninushi. People go here to pray for en-musubi, fateful encounters, and every fall it's said that all of the gods and goddesses in Japan with leave their shrines throughout the country and gather here to eat, drink, and decide what kinds of connections people will make in the next year. Izumo and Shimane Prefecture as a whole is an awesome place where you can explore sights related to mythology! (It's estimated that about one thrid of Japan's founding mythology take place in Shimane and neighboring Tottori Prefecture)
4:35 Mickey Mouse: "And that is how I saved a guy that was tricked by his father-in-law." Sora: "Where does that story fit with your black and white adventure, your Three Musketeers adventure and your training to be a Keyblade Master?" Mickey: "I had many adventures over more than half a century, Sora."
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Japanese myths are pretty weird in general xD
4:35 Just to check, did this mouse get burned by the flames and go on to wield a keyblade ?
@@KaiserAfini Mickey had many adventures before being a Keyblade Master.
Most myths have some kind of purpose and direction. The Australian Aboriginals have myths that serve as geographical guides. Myths from Western culture often serve as moral life guides. (Looking at you, Brothers Grimm...)
Is it just me or does this Japanese myth seem to serve as a shaggy dog story? I seem to be missing something...
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well let's be honest, if your dad has a snake-room, you might aswell have an anti-snake-scarf
She probably made it after her first wouldbe lover got thrown into it..
True! You only need to lose your keys in that room once to learn that lesson.
lol!
Now I just imagine a creepy crawlies arms race between her and her dad every time he add more rooms to fuck with her boyfriends
You might as well eat them like snake.
Man, storm god was literally telling him ‘if you’re gonna steal my crap and my daughter, you better take good care of it, dammit!’
True dad
Fun fact, that storm god's name is Susanoo, the only one with the gall to throw a horse at the head god
@@ZenoDLC Linfamy?? 😅😅
@@fumetsu4701 No, unfortunately, just general myth knowledge
@@ZenoDLC Oh I see
Ōkuninushi: >gets killed by his brothers a second time
His mom: "Aw shit, here we go again."
*”ALRIGHT! CENTIPEDE AND WASP HOUSE TIME!”*
I lost it at that. Also “well-meaning advice threats” is totally something I need to use somehow.
Well, I almost had a house centipede (the kind with really long legs)
drop on my head while I was sitting on the toilet. Then, he scrambled
away like an assassin that miscalculated an air-sassination.
Well, I almost had a house centipede (the kind with really long legs)
drop on my head while I was sitting on the toilet. Then, he scrambled
away like an assassin that miscalculated an air-sassination.
@@exumbra1399 ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!ABORT!
@@exumbra1399.
Dang.
@ShinigamiSparda Yeah, I think that's a good idea
this myth went places, none of the places I was expecting it to go mind you, but still
._.
“Well-meaning advicethreats”
sounds about right for Susanoo
Is it just me, or does the Storm God kinda come across as a tsundere at the end there?
"You and my daughter better have a long and happy marrige, b-baka!"
More of standard angry father, once they get out of the underworld, where he can't follow them, he just yells, "If you don't take care of my daughter I swear to me that I'm going to make you pay."
It's not like I respect you as a son in law or anything... Baka...
@@herman1francis father-in-law.... i ....
if you wanted me to die you could have just said so.
Storm God sees son-in-law eating centipedes
Storm God : Ah I see, you’re a man of culture
"look at the centipedes on your head!"
Says the guy who owns a snake room and other weird insect room, who probably doesn't even know anything about beekeeping.
They're wasps.
There's a difference between centipedes being on your head and (barf!) in your mouth!
I fully understand the "because myths" nature of tales and legends and the sense they may or not make, but this one truly was a roller-coaster ride of plot-holes and "wut?" moments.
Still, as ever and always, entertaining.
probably because its a mix bag of different variations on a older myth written by different people. that happens a lot with myths in general. also it does sound a lot like the kinda of story someone would tell around a fire to entertain children, something that is very common with a lot of Japanese myths.
Chekhov's Gun hadn't been invented yet, I suppose. :D
The instantly fall in love with stuff isn't so much "because myths" as it is because charismatic lechery. In The longer version its kind of a running theme that Okuninushi seduces and beds girls and then usually steals their fathers wealth and power. Some versions even has him turning into objects and animals in order to impregnate resistant targets.
I think the original myth was two different but similar myths that got put together or parts got left out over time
The sudden change of setting and romantic interest definitely sounds like two stories cobbled together , like someone just wanted to add the 80 murderous brothers to a story that started with someone going to the underworld for no given reason.
Oddly, this myth is STILL more believable than the idea that it might be in any way possible to shout instructions at a cat and have them obey.
I have a cat and this is true
Storm God: “ Hello MTV, welcome to my crib. This is the the snake room, where I keep my slivery bois”
The princess literally vanished from the story :/
Suddenly, I now realise where that disposition for plot holes in manga comes from.
Like when Misa Amane vanished from Death Note.
Okuninushi: "80 brothers, I've come to bargain."
Okuninushi: Storm god...i have come to bargon
Bargain?
barge in
@@OzzieTheHead No.
Heckin sleepy Snek house is so cute
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This myth is more random and confused than the balancing team of world of tanks.
Well, not quite, but close.
Whoever invented this fable conjured it up as he was talking.
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So...the story forgets about the hare...the princess whom wanted to marry him and...his new father-in-law gives him great advice despite the fact that the guy caused his whole house to come down...
Huh...neat.
To be fair he still has the snake house and wasp and centipede so he'll probably be fine.
Holy Maple Syrup Man /Jack Lol
Oddly, Mythical gods seem to respect when someone outwits them, and rewards them for literally beating a god.
True Flameslinger Tell that to the Greek gods
@@maxthecharacter1296 The Greek gods are weird sometimes.
*“GO SLEEP IN THE SNAKE ROOM.”*
*”ALRIGHT. CENTIPEDE AND WASP HOUSE TIME.”*
*”GOOD RIDDANCE”*
"Advice threats." The true weapons of a tsundere God.
2:08 “His mother was a Goddess”
WELL THEN
This entire story is actually about divine curling parenting.
That is some Wile E. Coyote shiz that Okuninushi had to deal with.
"GO SLEEP IN THE SNAKE ROOM!"
Dream come true
Japanese Mythology is world renowned for its intense descriptions of Tank warfare.
My favourite part was "his brothers were trying to kill him.... So he ran away and hid in the land of the dead"
Like, good job buddy x
I love how much continuity could be saved if like... The first princess was the daughter of the Storm King, and the storm King invited his 80 brothers in the hopes his daughter would marry one of them, and he only invited the 81st and last brother as a courtesy to said brother's mum
Yeah that would solve the continuity isu
"He lights the marsh on fire"
Me: That sounds very insufficient, but y'know myths.🤷♀️
Marshes can have layers of peat, that do burn like hell and leave holes in the ground, so this part sounds pretty realistic to me
One more case of "WTF, Japan?" 💕
Finally! These myths are truly a real eccentric and uniqe pieces of this channel, providing so many information, knowledge and fun facts about a culture's demographics and lives. Thank y'all for making these masterpieces!
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Honestly I think Lord Susanoo would own a few tanks and probably plays WoT.
Curse you gold spammers!- Susanoo, probably
4:40
A Skaven Mickey? What kind of Chaos spawned horror is this!?!
Okuninushi: *Gets tricked into the marsh*
Storm god: Yare yare daze...
I'm a teacher and I regularly make use of advise-threats.
The guy literally survived a burning marsh, and the Stormgod was like "Sorry not good enough"? But seeing him killing centipedes with his mouth was Stormgod worthy?
Aztec or Mayan mythology is definitely interesting and very bloody
Jorge Myles - interesting nite on Aztec mythology:
If you die in battle, childbirth or as a sacrifice, you go to warrior-paradise with the Hummingbird Warrior god.
If you die of anything else, you have to make a long dangerous journey to get reborn and try again. That shows why they were so OK with sacrifice.
@@Ajehy Thank you ^^ While i love the stories myths tell, their cultural function is what interests me most about them.
Regarding "ok with sacrifice": Christians are ok with the sacrifice of Jesus, because we're the benefitiaries. The ends justify the means so much that stopping that vile act would have condemned the conscionable person responsible for the rescue along with all of humankind. A doctrinal detail rarely mentioned in church, because it's so counter to modern moral understanding. Cherry-picking for the win, i guess.
Awwww. This episode is brought to you by unquenchable sibling jealousy, helpful goddesses, magic scarves, and sleepy snakes. And that Susano-o... what a dude; typical man, covering up their elation with trying to act strong and stoic/threatening death if their daughters aren't treated right.
I know myths tend to be rather contrived, but this one seems particularly contrived.
two versions pushed together.
Side note, Ookuninushi ended up having six wives and 180 children by those wives
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"They heated up a bolder until it was red hot, then they rolled it down the hill shouting all kinds of gifts for all kinds of people, Etsy has it." Sometimes commercials come up at just the right time.
I love when that happens 🤣🤣. One of the few times I'm not gonna be mad at them for disturbing the video 👌😄.
*Oh look*
It's that traveling merchant from the Legend of Zelda
*"Wow"*
I feel like my dad would yell the same advice-threats but without being mad just whenever...MY DAD IS A STORM GOD
The fact that the mouse had a Mickey mouse voice just makes this better
"WOW... who knew motivational screaming was helpful!" My favorite sentence ever.
Advice-threats is my new favorite motivational speaking technique.
The silliness of these myths is so incredible
im surprised nobody mentioned that your Storm God voice sounds like the Floating Heads from Rick & Morty 😂😂😂
He probably married both princesses in the original. Used to be pretty common in Japan (and many many other cultures)
So Harem genre existed in Myths too huh?
@@codysonic1 the word harem describes a real thing that happened irl. Why won't it be in myths?
Advice Threats! 😂 Copyright that posthaste!
i just imagine the etherial construction company going over the blue plants with him
"sooo you want a room designated for snakes? and not as in like pets but just kinda hanging out?"
storm god: "yep"
"annnd a wasp/centipede house?"
"100% on board with that."
"sir you do realize as a god you dont have to go through the sufferings of the underworld right?"
"yeah totally, still want these rooms though."
The sass and sarcasm in this video is wonderful. 😂
Me and the boys excitedly watching Extra Credits:
[Insert image of Spiderman villians]
Paulfuss Entertainment me and the 81 gods arriving at the princesses
Best meme of 2019. And we just at the first half of the year.
Even though its mythology, theres no hiding the fact that the World of Tanks sponsor is a reminder for you to Extra History.
Dude, I JUST found your channel and have watched like 8 vids in a row lmao. Lovin' the content man. You're super funny and the videos are really well done.
That Mickey Mouse style voice-over...
I'm dead 😂😂
Edit: Wow apparently that's not even the wildest part of this story. This myth is super interesting.
This makes me feel like a lil kid and my dad reading me stories again lol I love it
I loved this motivational screaming
It almost sounds like a story someone smoking crack, who havent slept for 5 days, wouldve wrote.
That just about sums up all of mythology.
@@Colopty No.
So the moral of the story is... you don't need to be strong or cunning to be a hero, you just need to have others do everything for you?
Hmm, that mouse sounds familiar.
I love how it sounds like the writer just didn't know where to take it so he's like "uhhhhh now THIS happens!"
Hercules: I wish some gods had made special problem-solving scarves for me.
You better keep producing high quality educational videos, you smartasses!!!
You know, I would have loved, and died laughing if, rather than the storm god saying "thats so bad...", he instead said "That's metal." That would have....just been perfect.
I’ve waited for this for so long thank you so much
The princess had 4 fingers on one hand and 3 on the other. Okayyyy
So basically, Susanoo gave his seal of approval... Nice!
Oki: eats centipedes
Susanoo: so metal
As a sequel to the story, Yagamihime (the one the hare predicted) was brought back to Izumo. But Susanoo's daughter got jealous, Yagamihime scared, she leave her baby behind and run haha. And Okuninushi went to Koshi to court some princess. Susanoo's daughter get even more jealous. Izumo dislike and left for trip across Yamato (or simply, the rest of Japan). They reconcile and.... I'm lazy to type more haha
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zoey's always my favorite part in your stories.
I've never laughed so much at a still frame, text-less image as I had at 5:41
YEEEESHHH! I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS-
*Sees world of tanks logo*
Omg.....*Internal screaming*
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I read that as “goulash war”. And now I want to see that
The mascot and flag at the end of the story is for the current day Izumo City in Shimane Prefecture. The City's main claim to fame is Izumo Taisha, a shrine that used to be the tallest structure in ancient Japan and is dedicated to Okuninushi. People go here to pray for en-musubi, fateful encounters, and every fall it's said that all of the gods and goddesses in Japan with leave their shrines throughout the country and gather here to eat, drink, and decide what kinds of connections people will make in the next year.
Izumo and Shimane Prefecture as a whole is an awesome place where you can explore sights related to mythology! (It's estimated that about one thrid of Japan's founding mythology take place in Shimane and neighboring Tottori Prefecture)
You can almost see the seams where some madman just stitched three unrelated stories together.
4:35 Mickey Mouse: "And that is how I saved a guy that was tricked by his father-in-law." Sora: "Where does that story fit with your black and white adventure, your Three Musketeers adventure and your training to be a Keyblade Master?" Mickey: "I had many adventures over more than half a century, Sora."
I adore the setting of this series being Matthew telling everyone these stories around a campfire (and I adore Zoey btw)
Me n' the boys sleeping in the snake room
Me n' the boys sleeping in the centipede room
Me n' the boys sleeping in the wasp room
The comments underneath are gold. This video is gold. All gold!
Is that Reptile Care book supposed to have a deeper meaning?
Love your contents
This feels like a narration of a dream
I LOVE THIS YT CHANEL AND THE INTRO AND OUTROOOOOOOOOO
I burst out laughing when the mouse started talking. Great impersonation! 😂
4:38 I think I've heard that voice somewhere else. 😉😉
Love it!
Let's avoid copy right!
This has some bizarrely specific parallels to the story of Hunahpu and Xbalanque.
Thanks a lot, you are making my Japanese studies so much easier to understand.
this video was awesome. love your sense of humor XD
Those deaths are even crazier than all those hundred of ways to die games on the internet...
"{LE THUNDER}" Had me rolling on the floor
WOW! I love the Storm god's voice SO MUCH!!
Love your channel
And the moral of this story is, if you're popular with the divine ladies, they'll solve all of your problems for you.
THE MOUSE PART KILLED ME
I swear,okuninushi is the luckiest person in mythology. I also don't like how much inconsistency there is in this tale.
Okuninushi's face at 4:42 😂
every time you do your storm god voice I cant help but think of the death of the disk
Oh finally the new episode