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@helloiamenergyman

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty late Christmas innit

@shivamthapa7303

3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas to you too lord Lin.

@ehehehehlolll325

3 жыл бұрын

I really like being called "Asshole" lol

@fetijajasari6624

3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas!🎄

@heatedpants8437

3 жыл бұрын

@@ehehehehlolll325 lol

Isn't it strange that every culture has a system of magic and indigenous magic users

@aishamohammed9743

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's so beautiful how cultures differ

@ghostsinthegraveyard5766

2 жыл бұрын

There is no such thing as coincidences~

@Scipionyxsam

2 жыл бұрын

Magic is just janky science. It gave birth to alchemy and finally chemistry.

@raisedbybears1991

2 жыл бұрын

Not really

@aleckcain4142

2 жыл бұрын

@@Scipionyxsam that's a very simplistic view on the wide variety and vastness of the subject

Acknowledgement of Abe Lincoln Vampire Slayer was a must. Well done, sir.

@grnamin

5 ай бұрын

Abe no Rinkon

Ah,so this is the meaning of the paperdolls in “Spirited away“!💡Got it-better late than never!

@BlackSakura33

3 жыл бұрын

Shikigami

@tycholarsen9306

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, that makes so much sense. Like the ones that Ubaba’s sister sends.

@cakertaker_1013

3 жыл бұрын

​@@BlackSakura33 yea XD

2:50 "People were like hypocondriacs but fir spiritual health" I love how you say it so casually as if people were no longer in that situation.

@velvety2006

Жыл бұрын

this reminded me of Miroku from Inuyasha, he always found evil spirits in the best houses in the villages lol . i think Inuyasha called him out on that once lol

ABE NO SEIMEI!!! ✌ And according to legend he was the son of a human father and a Kitsune mother. Her name was Kuzunoha or the White Fox of Shinoda. A fun little trivia for all.

Onmyoji and mailman, huh? Anime idea : A courier company specializing in delivering magical items and must constantly protect the cargo from evil spirits.

@shinycharazardstudios1015

2 жыл бұрын

Yep I can I see that

@Rinetto

2 жыл бұрын

There's already an anime called Letter Bee

@MrLaz0rz

2 жыл бұрын

sounds like the plot of mushishi.

@Dablooner

2 жыл бұрын

That's a anime called letter bee

@Tokito935

2 жыл бұрын

Death stranding lmao

The fact that you used Shiro seimei from Onmyoji to describe Abe no seimei. I’m not mad at all 😂❤️

@KitsuneSpirit82825

3 жыл бұрын

Neither am I since I played the game 😂

@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag

3 жыл бұрын

His pronunciation is more disturbing than anything else; especially since he probably knows how to pronounce Japanese.

@KitsuneSpirit82825

3 жыл бұрын

@@SUpersaiyajinjerkbag umm who are you talking about???

and the magic of friendship, don't forget that magic - it's real, right? Skipadoo says so.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

True, that's real too.

@taloralexanderwilliams1477

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy SCORE!

Oy asian santa, i want a whole rice cooker filled with rice, I'm hungry :(

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Look in your stockings..

@ryeryeryerye

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy ................................... *ew*

@Seri-tt3tf

3 жыл бұрын

How about a ballistic version of ricecooker that is nemesis riffle from cybernetik that can turn your wimpy simp ass into 11th century giga chad that juice on hash and drink peasant's blood after beheading a merchant that told you that you owe him.

@troublewakingup

3 жыл бұрын

@@Seri-tt3tf ???

@Adam-js6mi

2 жыл бұрын

@@Seri-tt3tf this is the best thing I have ever read

I promised myself I wouldn't wake my neighbours again by laughing like a maniac at 4 in the morning but here we are.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

:D

@thatarkkid

3 ай бұрын

:O

Another interesting video! It's curious to consider the fact that regardless of the different cultures in the world, some "rituals" are very similiar, such as the association between 'geographical location-magic powers' (ex. people making rituals at crossroads) and 'animal sacrifice-magic powers' (ex. also people making rituals at crossroads).

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr? Seems like humans are wired the same around the world.

@tatianasilva7133

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Indeed!

@raphaelalexandreyensen6291

3 жыл бұрын

It's funny the more one studies religion particularly mysticism of different religions the more similarities one can find, Example total Solar Eclipses being bad signs, actually thinking about it the last one to cross most mainland America was 2017 months 3 years before the epidemic, and the one before that to cross the USA was during world war 1 a few years before the Spanish flu broke out and killed millions. oh hey, we're due for another total Solar Eclipse April 8, 2024

@tatianasilva7133

3 жыл бұрын

@@raphaelalexandreyensen6291 Yes, that's another good example. Even nowadays that we understand the actual functioning of the solar eclipses, we find it intriguing, let alone, back in the day.

Random funfact Asakura Hao the main villian of Shaman King(which will get a remake in the coming year) is an Omnyoji

@aya-chan4784

3 жыл бұрын

Why there is not more comment mentionning it?!😄

@kazuhachi952

2 жыл бұрын

He is litterly based on Abe No Seimei. They also interpent the Senji Ryakketsu to the series.

Just FYI modern Japanese still invite these " Priest " to go in and say a few prayers before they moved in. Was in Japan and a co-worker invited me to his house warming and I saw it being done.

@shanedoesyoutube8001

3 жыл бұрын

is it the shinto priest or the buddhist one???

@ualuuanie

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanedoesyoutube8001 Not sure. The 1 with the white robes and a black hat. Carries a small chime and chimes as he enters each room.

@hermeticbear

3 жыл бұрын

HAUTE

@mcfarofinha134

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty rare in big cities now, but the countryside still does it sometimes

@florencedoucet4974

2 жыл бұрын

It is a Shinto priest who comes and does the purification ritual. They will also bless your new car for you.

I want a helpful Kitsune as my servant. She can even eat my noisy neighbors if she wants.

@TopHatFox

3 жыл бұрын

Senko-san but she eats people

@kenjijohnsonsanzenin3388

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@edi9892

2 жыл бұрын

@@kenjijohnsonsanzenin3388 it's a win win. She can replenish herself and I get some peace and quiet neighborhood...

@randomkrieger2625

2 жыл бұрын

What if they get a Kappa for a servant?? It'll be Pokemon but with sentient Youkai having a free for all to the death where the losers are eaten.

@edi9892

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomkrieger2625 LOL. I like the idea...

There are 2 Onmyōji 陰陽師 movie from the early 2000s focusing on Abe no Seimei and Minamoto no Hiromasa. I wouldn't say they are great movies, but they are entertaining imo. The mythology and superstitions of this period are extremely rich and complex, and there are people who spend their whole lives studying just this stuff.

@growaplant7444

2 жыл бұрын

china produce the movie of Seimei last year, the movie not bad especially the cg .The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

Ah yes *Ancient Japanese Hogwarts Potter!*

@jacobshore5115

3 жыл бұрын

Japan actually does have a magic school in the Harry Potter world. It’s called Mahoutokoro. Perhaps they trained Onmyoji before they were given the title wizard or witch by the wider magical community. www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/mahoutokoro

@optimusprime4542

3 жыл бұрын

They’re better than Harry Potter wizards

@grimmseti

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't Japanese Hogwarts called the Mahoutokoro

@walterbrown2425

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

How to say Hogwarts in Japanese: *Hogwartsu.*

@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842

3 жыл бұрын

Not Hoguwarutsu? How does that determined? Legit curious.

@ShinFahima

3 жыл бұрын

@@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842 Comedy is how that's determined. Simplifying it like Hogwartsu is visibly simpler and easier for more people to understand, thus funnier for a one-off joke. Like, a lot of people wouldn't really understand it if he wrote Haaguwatsu.

@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShinFahima I think they would understand, because context is right there in a sentence. =) I was asking, whether's there's some kind of rule about it...

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there are some rules of thumb when converting English to katakana. But a lot of it is just... the Japanese are used to it. www.learn-japanese.info/writing/kwriting_rules.html

@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Thanks!

When it comes to the four cardinal directions and corresponding Beast everyone keeps forgetting about the one in the center Ouryu the Golden Dragon

@adamdamiri4823

3 жыл бұрын

Or Kirin!

@TeaSerpent

3 жыл бұрын

People don't forget about it, They are called Si Xiang "Four Images" for a reason. Huang Long ("Ouryu") is a much later addition and was only included in specific circumstances. The Four Images are the gods of the four quarters of the sky. There was no center god, the center of the sky was the pole star and the Northern Bushel (ie Big Dipper) (ie inside of Xuan Wu / Genbu). A couple thousand years after the Si Xiang appear, Huang Long was created to bring the Si Xiang in line with Wuxing theory. The Four Images are probably the oldest still worshipped and identifiable Chinese gods. Huang Long / Ouryu has existed for substantially less than half as long (possibly less than 1/3rd as long) as the other four and remains an optional addition. For that matter the inclusion of Huang Long / Ouryu seems to be even less common in Japan than in China. Either way when talking about house location in Fengshui the house is in the central position so there is no reason to mention in it.

lmao this is how I became a Yuzuru Hanyu fan, I was searching for an informative video on Onmyoji when I accidentally found Yuzuru Hanyu's Onmyoji/Seimei Olympic performance and I was like "holy fuck this is so great" Finally found the informative video (which is also fun) I was looking for :D thank you!

I'm glad you write in your subtitles (CC) Makes it easier to google things you talk about after.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

😄👍

So the onmyoji being busy was like that fortune teller from Avatar the last airbender. Katara went to her to ask for the most mundane pieces of advice at some point 🤣

4:50 I think they put Kyoto between these four features because it is strategically, agriculturally and economically the best location you can build a city on. Mountain is a defensive position, complex food-production chains require both running and still water and road is essential for trade. The exact same theory you can find in Sun Tzu's Art of War or Machiavelli's Prince. These wizards were knowledgeable on that principle and so were advising nobles on where to build their castles and homes so that they can thrive. Everything in culture has a purpose.

Those 4 guardians, about which you had talking about were known as the Shijin. To each of them were scribed planets, seasons, minerals, world's courses, atmospheric occurences, colors and behavioural abilities

I cannot stop binge watching your videos. Please make a million more by tomorrow and a magical spirit world door will open up for you.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Ok, I'm on it!

As one who plays Onmyoji rpg, I am very pleased that your picture of Seimei was Rpg's Seimei 🤣👍

I think abe no seimei deserves a video of his own.

Imagine seeing a dark silhouette in the night and being like ah yes that’s either a fox in disguise orrrrr-just hear me out. It could be a demon

Dear Santa, I've been a good little buddhist. All I want for Christmas is some boba.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Look in your stockings.

@ryeryeryerye

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy .......it’s empty, did you drink it? -_-

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryeryeryerye 😏

Asian Santa, I want my waifu to be re- ..yeah, the gift of knowledge will do

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

XD

@gabrielandradeferraz386

3 жыл бұрын

I wanted my knowledge delivered inside a real waifu's very living, and not at all detatched from her body, head

@orangejuice9102

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy -Can you make my waifu real?-

@japanfanatic1415

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheBloodGamePL have you ever heard of love dolls

Dude, you’re too late. Christmas was 8 hours ago.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Late Christmas.

@Jobe-13

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Should be a new holiday.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jobe-13 I'm down for it ✊

@Jobe-13

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy 👍

@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was you, who were 8 hours early

Linfamy’s lap, the greatest christmas gift

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@orangejuice9102

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed it is

1:24 I don't know if this is a mistake or not but, are the characters got Abe and Kamo just the same ?

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Nooooo, copy-paste error 😭

@idraote

3 жыл бұрын

Did notice it too...

@GKS225

3 жыл бұрын

@@idraote it should be 加茂 for Kamo.

@petergriffin9902

3 жыл бұрын

Rip

@tasse0599

3 жыл бұрын

lol, I thought the two clans were just an inside joke like the mention of Lincoln directly after

You crack me up! It's so unexpected at times. Thank you for making your videos so informative with a touch of humor!!! ❤️

Thank you so much she loved it 💕💕 thank you Linfamy

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

😁👍

Asian santa, I want that rare mythical artifact from the land of Amaterasu known as the PS5.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Check your stockings.

Dear Asian Santa, make my wish come true, all I want for Christmas is for my notificatioms for Linfamy videos to come earlier😢

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Lol curse you youtube!

@Pollicina_db

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Damn right Asian Santa

@brokoblin6284

3 жыл бұрын

I want better animation in hentioi but yeah.

@8thousevirgin

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy asian santa, I'm curious if you are ethnically Japanese??

In really curious on how their actual service was embedded into the more mystical practices. For example, omnyoji probably took up the role as surveyors, fire/crime forensic analysts, crime analysts, behavioral psychologists, and probably geospatial-temporal analysis via cartography and timekeeping. Something that ancient mystics had was an inclination towards observation (aka, super high Perception checks). So, they probably noticed things whenever they arrived on site and had a mixture of theoretical superstitious solutions on top of any actual real advice. Even the famed duel between Seimei and Doman sounds like a duel based on theory hidden in esotericism. For example, it’s normally framed as Doman cheating and Seimei supernaturally countering him. Or it could’ve been Seimei knowing what kind of person Doman is, knowing he would pull a trick, and then making a prank out of it. Or, he probably he knew about issues of rat infestations and knew that no matter what Doman did, rats would eventually get inside it. It’s one of the fun things of looking back in time in addition to reading fiction/fantasy. Getting an idea of the “realness” of things that is no longer applicable to our lives now. (Like how kids probably think of us and cassette tapes) Edit: Holy crap, I just realized they also tried to figure out the gender during pregnancies. I demand every parent planning a gender reveal party consult an omnyoji before you blow up a whole forest!

“Linfamy” “Scarlett j” Aight we get it bruh..

Linfamy I love your channel! Little things in anime make more sense now. Please keep pumping out the knowledge

I got to admit that first I find this channel because I was searching info about The three Onryo of Japan, mentioned in Jjk (jujutsu kaisen) and I finish seeing all the videos of the Heian period and yokais

@Linfamy

Жыл бұрын

😂

Everytime someone mentions the Guardians of North, East, South and West I go all "Fushigi Yuugi".

@BenetteG

3 жыл бұрын

Early 2000 where you can watch Fushigi Yuugi and Pokemon back to back.

I love ❤️ this , I giggle and binge on this show , great work

3:42 well now I know where Yu Yu Hakusho got those characters from

@AdiiraKuro

3 жыл бұрын

Greetings, fellow man of culture.

Thank you for all these amazing videos! You’re helping me create something special to me :)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Oh? What are you creating?

@ILLTAKEAPIKACHU

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy It’s a secret ;) Let’s just say I’ve been looking into all of the Pantheons I can find, and reading all the myths and folklore I can get my hands on. I’ve got a whole list of your videos I need to go through and you’ve already helped so much. Can I ask if you’d consider making a video better highlighting the lesser known gods of the Japanese Shinto Pantheon? I would find it very useful :)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

I'll keep it in mind. Good luck with your project :)

Not gonna lie, I'm a little disappointed that Linfamy isn't a Star Wars geek and let pass a "High Ground" joke

Well. 30 seconds. New record for me. Merry Christmas, Linfamy.🤗

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats ;). Merry Christmas 🎄

WOW ..... Cool ... Another AWESOME video ! Merry Christmas hope you got everything on your list :)

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Merry Christmas! Hope yours was good this year. Mine was alright, despite the global situation =)

Your sense of humor is magical in nature. Love it! If I was ScarJo I'd marry ya hahaha

Kamo no Yasunori: Picture of some old dude Abe no seimei: That figure looks like its worth more than my life

Genbu is my favorite they just seem like they are the most unlikely of best buddies

I've recently started listening to the audiobook of The Tale of Genji. This actually explains a lot of the weirdness of the novel...

Pretty happy that I recognized the paper dolls are referenced in spirited away, before you actually showed the picture of them from the movie

Thanks for the spell ideas fam.

Abe and Kamp used the same Kanji? 👹👺 Thank you once again for the great content! Speaking on sacrifices wasn't there a set of nursery rhymes from Japan that pointed out also towards the performance of human sacrifices in the ancient past of Japan? Plenty of anime like Dusk Maiden and Amnesia as well as Jigoku Shoujo use this quite vividly so I wonder what the historical sources have to say of that Sorry this got dark really suddenly! 😝

Made my Christmas break. ♥️♥️♥️

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

❤

Great video :D

Thanks Lin 🙏

This is amazing!!! This is so helpful for my story!!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh what story

@Mariramuki

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy oh! Well its about the Taira clan and the Tenka Goken swords. Im still researching them, but my favorite for now is Tenka Goken Onimaru!

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Good luck with your story :)

@Mariramuki

3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy thanks, will take me a good while the onmyojis and all TvT

The more I watch this channel the more I understand and appreciate anime.

I adore how you use Seimei from the Onmyoji RPG as your photo of him!! Quite funny actually.

SUDDENLY "Abe no seimei" makes so much more sense, I couldnt figure out why they kept saying that title or honorific. Ilu ty

Love your content bro

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Love your comment ;)

Lmao i burst up when abe no seimei avatar u use from game appear. As i played the game lol.

"wrong you stupid shoe" cracks me up so much and I've no idea why :)

Linfamy is so underated

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say I really enjoy your videos! I love history and I've been living in Japan for some while now, so it's great to know more history and Japanese folktales in the country I've made my second home. Ok, weird thing but as I went to look for any Patreon links on your profile, your address for fans to send you things is in my hometown. I'm also a SJ native LOL...

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Heyyyy fellow SJ native :D

@kitsmits

2 жыл бұрын

Omg another SJ person? Sweet!

People are complicated with everything. Great video

Thx it’s been a while

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

👍

It's just the laws of zen. I would honestly follow it when building a house partially because it's cool and partially because I'm superstitious and who knows maybe it works.

im from manipur. some practices are so similar to ours. im surprised. we also have belief that abandoned house gets resided by spirits. and we also ask maibas/maibi/physics to know where to build house or if that place is ok to build. we also have this direction rules as we visit to places. we also have rules to visit directions depending on the days such as not visiting a direction on wednesday or something like that.

So funny. I love it !

Love your metaphor

Kyoto should dig a new pond to it's south in order to stay safe.

3;48 so it is like the constellations, Sazuku's slope of his beak is the belt of Orion, the phoenix that rises in summer Seiryu the storm of the ocean east, byakku of of the land west, genbu of the north sheltering for winter, and the snake is on the side. also seen in ancient egypt constellations, there is a display in the Louver in Paris.

Hey Linfamy did the Onmyoji and Shinto Priests share any types of rituals? Or were they completely different?

Knowledge is cool!

0:38 - Okay dropping the *Black Pill* immediately :D

That is one badass thumbnail

Live to hear about Abe no Semei

Nice where late for Christmas again

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

😭

With this Onmyoji series, you can setup your own skillshare course. 💰💰💰

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

How To Do Silly Walks.

I first heard of Abe no Seimei in the manga Drifters

Oh damn, The four saint beast from yuyu hakusho was based off of the four guardians.

@DBT1007

3 жыл бұрын

Every old action anime based on Chinese culture and in this case it became part of Japanese culture too. They're Chinese that migrated to Japan archipelago after all. You can see things like.. Feng Shui, journey to the west, etc in the old anime that not about the future.

@elijahdavila3684

3 жыл бұрын

I just realized the four main characters' beyblades from the original anime were too

So Onmyoji is basically Feng Shui masters of Japan?

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of feng shui similarities. Makes sense, considering onmyodo's origin.

9:36 - I have to admit the thumbnail cartoon makes these guys look like badasses.

4:01 i have to admit, my first thought here was, "hmm, i wonder if there's an interesting board game that could come out of that concept" XD;;

(4:43) Someone mentioned it... I have no choice. "Hey Bim, guess what? Shijo-Ohashi is a bridge representative of Kyoto that crosses the Kamo River over Shijo Street. It is also called Gion Bashi."

Abe no Lincoln is often overlooked.

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

True. He doesn't get enough recognition.

So glad I've found your channel! Also, why didn't you even mentionned Abe no Seimei?? (haha. Wait, someone already made the joke here?)

ASIAN SANTA ASIAN SANTA I WANT THE POWER OF *GOD AND ANIME*

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Well, look in your stockings. It's... COAL. COAL, I SAY.

@papiwulfe8485

3 жыл бұрын

Just practice mantras and meditate young one. Jutsus can help you out but it keeps constant practice to get the energies honed in and executive properly

This culture is reflected in so many ways. A lot of entertainment is just dripping with this stuff

I watched the series omnyoji and I frigging LOVE Abe no Seimei

"Magic the Gathering is just arguing but with paper" every TCG ever 🤣

Very fascinating. On the subject about Abe No Semi, is it true that he never has a date where he vanished but not an actual date of death or even grave, and to this day it's believed he never really died? And that his home is now a shinto shrine?

I believe you were going for a magic protection racket analogy.

The doll part sounds like nobara's straw doll technique. EDIT: oh wait this all sounds like jujitsu kaisen

I stumbled upon this video, but subscribed instantly based on the Abe Lincoln joke.

God Taka o kami no kami please come forth and bless this young onmyoji Linfamy 🙏

@Linfamy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

im kinda put in mind of a diner ive seen on an episode of supernatural the animation that was built right in the middle of fields of yellow flowers/where people would sometimes make wishes in exchange that in a few years, they would get mauled by helhounds