Japanese Mythology: The Essential - The Story of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, Izanagi and Izanami 

Naruto fans realizing something now

Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi: *Born of the tears wept for the wife of a god* Susanoo: *Snot*

Since the gods are not perfect, I feel that "there is no perfect thing in the world" and "to tolerate and love imperfect things" are placed in the depths of Japanese values.

•NARUTO SPOILER• That moment when Susanoo cut off the dragon’s heads. Did it remind anyone else of Itachi cutting off all of the snake heads from Orochimaru’s snake form? To seal Orochimaru, Itachi also used the Totsuka blade.

Susanoo looks like a main character of a comedic shonen anime where he's a trouble maker and becomes super badass powerful in the end.

Susanoo takes "snot-nosed little brother" to a whole new level.

Kishimoto really is a genius incorporating Japanese mythology into his creation

5:03 The artist deserves some mad respect; he knows his humor well.

You left out a key bit about the story of Kagosuchi's birth. Izanagi was so enraged that this child's birth had caused the death of his wife, that he took his weapon and chopped Kagosuchi into pieces, and those pieces fell to Earth and became the volcanoes that Japan has today.

“And other unworthy holes also produced food” Oh dear

This story is so good, I am currently having a course about this mythology and this video really helped me to understand the whole plot and remember the character( their name is really hard to remember..) I really appreciate your hard work and would like to say "thank you!"

Itachi was an Izanagi reference this whole time. Down to the eyes that held each visual prowess.

When you realise Itatchi has all these abilities

I didn't realize naruto was giving me a crash course in japanese mythology.

Kushina marries Susanoo. Meanwhile Minato : This world shall know PAIN 😂😂

It's funny when you think about it, while the whole part 3 was happening, Tsukkuyomi is probably just chilling and enjoying life since he's almost never been mentioned again.

Susanoo, my man, is the real protagonist of the Japanese Myths in my eyes

So here's where the Uchiha Clan got the names for their Mangekyō Sharingan techniques.

I've always liked the stories of myths about gods and goddesses around the world. It's so fascinating to learn that our world was created by these beings with human like personalities. Imagine all that drama just to explain the origins of a place or an event, like how winter started: Amaterasu got depressed and locked herself in a cave, taking all the warmth and the light in the world with her. Fortunately, she had god friends to cheer her up and helped her realize how valuable she really is. And all that took her was to see her own reflection through a mirror. I wished Amaterasu tried to understand his brother Tsukuyomi first. He just acted out of reflex upon seeing something so nasty. But then, if she had not banished him, there wouldn't be a beautiful moon in the evening sky and there wouldn't be different kinds of vegetables growing from the earth. 😅 Also, I wonder who are the descendants of Susanoo in modern Japan.

This makes NARUTO even more significant and real. Kishimoto truly did his research. This is what makes the manga SOOOO AMAZING. How it incorporates Japanese culture.

When Izanagi wept, anime was born.

Me a weab: *Amaterasu on the left bleeding eye, Tsukuyomi on the other... And finally, the third power... The Susano'o... This can only be activated once you awaken the Manegkyo Sharingan*

日本人ですが長くて読むのが大変な日本神話を外国人でも子供でもわかるようによく編集しましたね。 イラストいりでとても面白かったです

okami is a beautiful game that uses japanese mythology to create an absolute informative masterpiece that’s beyond enjoyable

Loki: so you’re from Japan and like playing pranks. Susanoo: yeah, let’s go for some sake

It’s cool how Susanoo is both the trickster and the hero that fights the dragon in this myth

Take hindu , Greek , Japanese or any mythology , these are so awesome , even if they are myths, just imagine the writer of these stories come up with unique and crazy idea's thousands of years ago ,amazing

Wow what a great video i loved it!!! the story telling 10/10 and the visuals so nice to watch 1000/1000

Uchiha's powers inspired by Japanese methodology while narutos powers inspired by Hinduism

I feel like tsukoyomj is the most sane Deity,like he really did nothing wrong and I mean the goddess of fruit was disgusting and everyone understands

This is why the Uchihas are the strongest clan. Their abilities are named after gods which also inflict powerful damages as to a god. And out of all these abilities, only Itachi was able to use it all, until Sasuke who then used his brother's eyes.

5:11 the goddes of food... Is so unexpected...

we studied izanagi and izanami in japanese mythology when I was in college . its really fun to study the myths of other countries

Japanese Mythology Is Just Pure Fire💯

Thanks so much, I love this masterpiece!!!

Loved this! the quality was high. Subbed!

Uchihas got some GODLY powers eh.

Didn't realize how much influence the mythology would have on anime and games i recognize all these names but didnt know they originated from mythology until now

tThis was Great to hear the Full Story of Japan Mythology/ Hope you do More?

I actually knew half of this thanks to the game Nioh. It’s an rpg based on the clan wars and ancient war of yokai. Izanagi and tsukyomi and other gods were brought up a lot

Funny how in Greek, Egytian, Norse and even Hindu myths everything rises from the void, called Chaos in all those cultures. Huh

When Izanami got locked in the cave with the impure, Noragami flash back.

10:58 I find that story so cute, there's a vocaloid song about it, "At gods mercy - by Miku, Rin and Gumi" thanks for this video 🥰

I love how those gods are depicted correctly as figures Japanese imagine, in this video.

12:27 imagine being so beautiful that you can't recognise yourself..

This deserves an anime

watched this unwaveringly; absolutely beautiful.

Pretty sure Izanami told Izanagi not to look at her until she talked to the rulers of Yomi to allow her to go back but Izanagi was impatient and looked anyway which insigated Izanami's wrath.

tsukuyomi's reason was kinda almost is valid but he killed the god of food

The comment section talking about Naruto's use of mythology while here I am, a noragami fan who read up Japanese mythology to understand the "Yato is Tsukuyomi" theory.....

after you told the story of Izanami's death, i started crying. and every time Izanagi showed up again, i started crying. well, not crying, but teared up.

This is awesome! 😱 Thank you!

am i the only one who keeps getting mad how the narrator keeps saying 'her sister' when talking about susanoo (who is male) and saying 'his brother' when talking about amaterasu (female)? xDD

I mean, by Amaterasu's logic, the "kids" they created would be both her kids and Susanoo's kids because they both created them using eachothers items, so tecnically they would have created the same amount of gods.

I will admit, my whole life ambition revolves around Japanese mythology with a side of history. I'm working on both animations and a few game series heavily based around it. I am so dedicated to make it the fullest experience for me and the participants that I am saving up to learn the language and visit Japan in these specific areas. I don't care about money or anything shallow like that. This is something I genuinely love and I want to share it

Awesome video! Thanks so much.

They skipped Kagutsuchi beyond killing his mom with his fiery birth. His father Izanagi, in his grief, beheaded Kagu-tsuchi with his sword, Ame no Ohabari, and cut his body into eight pieces, which became eight volcanoes. Kagutsuchi’s corpse created numerous deities, which typically includes Watatsumi, Kuraokami, Takemikazuchi, Futsunushi, Amatsumikaboshi, and Ōyamatsumi. Watatsumi and Kuraokami are Dragon Gods, and Ama-tsu-mika-boshi ("Dread Star of Heaven", "August Star of Heaven"), is a malevolent Shinto god. (sometimes considered a Devil Figure)

Many people understand this because of NARUTO

I am literally in love with Japanese mythology!

7:50 is it just me, or does Amaterasu look pretty in this shot? I think she's pretty.

To all Naruto fans The susanoo fight with the dragon is referenced in the fight of Itachi and Orochimaru when he got it out of Sasuke.

And unworthy holes also produced food...And I thought Japan couldn't get any weirder.

Thanks for sharing

Big fan of Moonlit Fantasy, and seeing Tsukuyomi was a treat.

Tsukoyomi never came back after his fight with Amaterasu that’s crazy like did he really have nothing left to contribute to the story

In the whole story Tsukuyomi was forgotten after slicing food goddess

Japanese mythology is truly amazing ✨

All 3 are in Smite now, Tsukoyomi being one of my mains

i love the Japanese culture , everyones like naruto this an that but almost every anime has their gods referenced.

i love the animation of this video. japanese mythology is so interesting

Yamaha No Orochi was actually a snake with 8 heads and 8 tails- not a dragon, it is kind of important to differentiate because of the context and symbolism surrounding stories with dragons and snakes and even centipedes are very different.

Awesome mythologies!!!! What soundtrack did you use for this video?

I see Itachi's Susanoo and orochimaru's fight in here. Even the sword inside his body kusanagi.

Amaterasu : typical big onee chan Tsukoyomi : chill guy but grts into trouble sometimes Susanoo : hyperactive af little brother

Thank you for being you ❣️

The art style is stunning

I learned in one of my history classes that the one sacred rule that all Japanese abided by was to never overthrow the Emperor. Sure, you could make him your puppet, as with the Shoguns, but you must *NEVER* him. For, as direct descendants of Amaterasu, overthrowing the Emperor would be considered an affront to the entire Japanese pantheon. The crazy thing is, if this rule was indeed followed throughout the whole of Japanese civilization, then that means the same family has been "ruling" Japan for at least a thousand years.

Izanagi looks like Samurai Jack when he had the beard and longer hair in season 5

The animation is so beautiful ! :)

The rock that blocks the entrance to the underworld even has a name that roughly translates to "Great Deity of the Dead End". Amaterasu's name means "She Who Illuminates the Heavens".

Alternate title "The Story of the Uchihas and Their OP AF Jutsus"

Beautiful illustrations, clear voice and storytelling. I'm definitely subbing to this channel

This is a very beautiful way to think about the way our world was created

I read this in a book called myth and legends from Japan..watching this I understood the mythology better now.

And that's why I tell people there is a lot to learn from Naruto

I love to learn about mythology from everywhere but Japanese mythology was always more beautiful to me :)

The first part of this story reminds me of an episode in noragami, when 2 gods went to the underworld to collect some paint brushes where they met the godesses of the underworld

This video was fantastic.

That's it I'm convinced there has to be a Loki in every mythology Pantheon out there in the world. LOL

Don’t get me wrong I love Naruto, and how they sort of incorporate these characters as powers into the story , but I actually first learned of this mythology from the game Smite, Susano is my favorite character and I love all of lore and other characters as well. The only one of the gods not in smite is Izinagi so far, where my smite fans at?! Still love Naruto tho 👀

Amazing video ❤️

Thanks

9:20 Susano really made a mess pooping all around in Amaterasu's palace

When I was like 6 years old I remember our whole village hitting the drum as loud as they can during solar eclipse. And I live in Malaysia not Japan..I gotta dig my own myth here , thanks for the video

The art is so beautiful

Susanoo trolling amaterasu was hilarious 😆😆. Susanoo defeating orochimaru was funny aswell .

The beauty of the comics almost made me cry

this was so beautiful, entertaining and informative! if you watch anime, you already know almost half of this stuff😆 if only schools were like this...

susanoo: *brutally having his nails pulled out* the music: 🕺💃

Okami did a good job with these stories!