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Happy Halloween! In today's video, we explore the Japanese Underworld Yomi, the residents of that world, and Izanami the Queen of the Underworld! But where do Shinigami fit into this? Find out today!
0:00- Introduction
1:01- The Divine Worlds of Shinto
2:17- Yomi the Japanese Underworld
5:14- Izanami the Queen of Yomi
6:32- What are Shinigami?
My sources are here-
Shinto: The Kami Way by Dr. Sokyo Ono
sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj016.htm
worldhistory.org/Yomi
www-jstor-org.ezproxy.bpl.org/stable/30233312
https://www.academia.edu/69032427/Grim_Reapers_and_Shinigami_Article
jstor.org/stable/41146250
“The Hell of It” panel hosted by Lex aka Charles Dunbar M.A. at Anime Boston 2022, I attended this panel and took vigorous notes for the purpose of making a video on the subject later on (animeboston.com/coninfo/schedule_panel/3670)
d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8646
books.google.com/books?id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=ne+no+kuni&source=bl&ots=SeZrwysvkl&sig=ACfU3U1sec1zgTeCLYW4dmNXBTxY5W5NpA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXrsHC2pD_AhUdh-4BHdp1BYMQ6AF6BAhLEAM#v=onepage&q=ne%20no%20kuni&f=false
https://cache.kzoo.edu/handle/10920/9681
kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A0%B9%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD-595461
yokai.com/gaki
www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/bts_y.html#yomi
Music from here-
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
"Leaving Home" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Intro music-
"Intrepid" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Intro made by Al Muqaddimah- youtube.com/c/AlMuqaddimah
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Happy Halloween! In today's video, we explore the Japanese Underworld Yomi, the residents of that world, and Izanami the Queen of the Underworld! But where do Shinigami fit into this? Find out today!
0:00- Introduction
1:01- The Divine Worlds of Shinto
2:17- Yomi the Japanese Underworld
5:14- Izanami the Queen of Yomi
6:32- What are Shinigami?
My sources are here-
Shinto: The Kami Way by Dr. Sokyo Ono
sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj016.htm
worldhistory.org/Yomi
www-jstor-org.ezproxy.bpl.org/stable/30233312
https://www.academia.edu/69032427/Grim_Reapers_and_Shinigami_Article
jstor.org/stable/41146250
“The Hell of It” panel hosted by Lex aka Charles Dunbar M.A. at Anime Boston 2022, I attended this panel and took vigorous notes for the purpose of making a video on the subject later on (animeboston.com/coninfo/schedule_panel/3670)
d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=8646
books.google.com/books?id=r4I-FsZCzJEC&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=ne+no+kuni&source=bl&ots=SeZrwysvkl&sig=ACfU3U1sec1zgTeCLYW4dmNXBTxY5W5NpA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjXrsHC2pD_AhUdh-4BHdp1BYMQ6AF6BAhLEAM#v=onepage&q=ne%20no%20kuni&f=false
https://cache.kzoo.edu/handle/10920/9681
kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A0%B9%E3%81%AE%E5%9B%BD-595461
yokai.com/gaki
www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/bts_y.html#yomi
Music from here-
incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html
"Leaving Home" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Intro music-
"Intrepid" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Intro made by Al Muqaddimah- youtube.com/c/AlMuqaddimah
How you can support me-
Support me on Patreon- patreon.com/MythologywithMike
Tip me on Kofi- ko-fi.com/mythologywithmike
Super Thanks & becoming a YouTube Member are also available methods too!
Follow me on Twitter- twitter.com/MythswithMike
Join my Discord- discord.gg/AyyAFKx
