Yokai Explained: Ubume, Women Who Died in Childbirth
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All about the ubume, a yokai that forms from women who died in childbirth or in late-stage pregnancy.
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0:00 Ubume 101
1:33 Bloody way to prevent ubume
2:49 Grave stories
4:20 Death ritual
5:38 Evil babies
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🔸 Prostak, Michaela Leah. Monstrous Maternity: Folkloric Expressions of the Feminine in Images of the Ubume
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@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
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@oriricha 3 жыл бұрын
Love your vids!! Keep up the work. You are appreciated
@annna-2103 3 жыл бұрын
Scary 🥺
@peaceofserenity1387 3 жыл бұрын
Time to go dig up graves for babies
@annna-2103 3 жыл бұрын
@@peaceofserenity1387 😂😂
@imaginextramusic5530 2 жыл бұрын
I'll stand beside you for more ❤️
@murder7415 3 жыл бұрын
Out of all the yokai, this is rather wholesome.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
It's not the worse :p
@Nikku4211 3 жыл бұрын
Wholesome baby biting time!
@ikustaa 3 жыл бұрын
@@Nikku4211 bebe*
@ivanfugas7582 3 жыл бұрын
When a unborn baby dies in balkan i think? some of them called it "drekavac" they also announce bad things like diseases and fires. apparently it was somewhere in serbia in 2019 (i am not sure) also it is funny to me that the name roughly translates to "shitter" edit: apparently their names mean "dreka" like noise wich will make it a "noise-er" or something like that
@murder7415 3 жыл бұрын
@@ivanfugas7582 interesting...
@kshaw2307 3 жыл бұрын
The ubume doesn't sound like a monster, just a mother trying to look after her child (or punish her husband if he beat them to death). But mostly just a mother who loves her child.
@amyrat151 2 жыл бұрын
It's all way more sad than scary.
@Rhylieluvsyou 2 жыл бұрын
Ikrr
@faristasairuv5143 2 жыл бұрын
This is so sweet. The mother that wouldn’t let go of the child until she was sure they had milk was just so so wholesome.
@beanutbutter2977 3 жыл бұрын
I could see this being turned into an anime. Protagonist has a ghost mom who protects them and brings snacks.
@legendaryfails7529 2 жыл бұрын
Mmm. Sounds close to gegege no kitaro.
@D3arD8ughter 2 жыл бұрын
Yessss
@RutraNickers 2 жыл бұрын
well, we sorta kinda have one this season: Faraway Paladin. But instead of being raised by a ghost mom, it is being raised by a mummy mom, a skelly dad and a wraith grandpa
@lyndsaybrown8471 2 жыл бұрын
I think in Berserk there's supposedly a curse on the protag because he was born from a dead woman.
@Baladwitya 2 жыл бұрын
What about ghost waifu?
@pigcatapult 3 жыл бұрын
“Coffin birth” is kind of a misleading term, although it’s certainly more poetic than the technical “postmortem fetal extrusion”
@Haley_777.14 2 жыл бұрын
@he4rtMich which one
@redacted6169 2 жыл бұрын
@@Haley_777.14 both
@Steve.A.O 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry for what I'm going to say, but"coffin birth" remind me astronomía
@MagicianFairy 3 жыл бұрын
"Will make you pregnant.. with possibility"... that just sounds lime normal pregnancy.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
true 🤔
@proactiveomnipresentvessel6569 3 жыл бұрын
like*
@thetowerstillstands 3 жыл бұрын
As a mother whose son started teething at TWO MONTHS, I promise you, a baby with TEETH is NOT FUN.
@noursama_the_old 2 жыл бұрын
Wait hol on at what month do they usually start to teeth
@Sinappisoppa482 2 жыл бұрын
Remove the teeth its gonna get new ones
@Break-the-glass-and-kill Жыл бұрын
@@Sinappisoppa482 Dude wtf
@Sinappisoppa482 Жыл бұрын
@@Break-the-glass-and-kill What?
@Break-the-glass-and-kill Жыл бұрын
@@Sinappisoppa482 Why would you remove a two month old's teeth?
@Saitaina 3 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Childbirth, while having ba loer mortality rate in the modern age, is still one of the deadliest things a woman can do.
@jashardwallington 3 жыл бұрын
Wait what
@KLT-id9nm 3 жыл бұрын
You'd think there would be fewer childbirth related deaths these days than there are given modern science. But unfortunately maternal mortality rates are still surprisingly high in many countries, including the US.
@frillylily8005 3 жыл бұрын
@@KLT-id9nm Ya unfortunately Medical malpractice and lack of health before pregnancy can really do a number.
@songpoetry1 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the death rate is super-low nowadays! Shoot, this might not have been the best topic for me to explore mere weeks before giving birth.
@frillylily8005 3 жыл бұрын
@@songpoetry1 It's much lower in First world countries than poor ones I think but contrary to the modern world the Amish are better at birthing health.
@theweditor3612 3 жыл бұрын
“You no longer have to cut mama open…” Because we here buddhist monks will do it for you for only the low price of 10,000 yen!”
@blume0121 Ай бұрын
A real buddhist would not take money for that
@thedoruk6324 3 жыл бұрын
Nippon where every horrifying absolutely terrifying entity has a highly depressive story
@MrKIMBO345 3 жыл бұрын
I agree
@Gorette66 3 жыл бұрын
Good point, OP. Japanese folklore & religion can be so morbid at times.☠
@travisoliver6741 2 жыл бұрын
Shinto Monsters is truly the Dark Souls of mythology.
@Solqueen86 3 жыл бұрын
Casuals making rituals without paying royalties Japanese Monks: Hippity Hoppity, this Ubume ritual is now our copyrighted property!
@pineapplepearjuice6717 3 жыл бұрын
Woah the thumbnail looked menacing but its such a wholesome Yokai.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm you're right 🤔
@edi9892 3 жыл бұрын
_getting rewarded_ Ask my mother! She nearly died giving life to me and I was her third and last attempt. I have two older sisters, but none lived long enough to make it to their first scream. BTW: my mother is a bit superstitious about her two unnamed children. She honestly fears that they may be ghosts.
@Uhlersoth77 3 жыл бұрын
That's kind of understandable, considering.
@lyndsaybrown8471 2 жыл бұрын
Oh man, that's rough. Guess you are very lucky!
@annna-2103 3 жыл бұрын
In India there are lots of folklores about the ghost of the pregnant women who died while going birth . The Ubame and the Indian Ghost (I don't know what do we call it here ) are so similar . I guess Ubame had a twin sistaarrrrrr 😂
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Ah interesting!
@stevengreen9536 3 жыл бұрын
@Anamika Mukhi It might be the creature that inspired the Ubume. Some japanese deities are copies of hindu gods. So it would not surprise me if tales and legends of ghosts and creatures were transmitted to the isle of Japan as well.
@quadeevans6484 3 жыл бұрын
@@stevengreen9536 not suprising if it is. South asian philosophies and religions have had a big impact on eastern worldviews and culture
@stevengreen9536 3 жыл бұрын
@@quadeevans6484 Indeed they have
@nahidsadique8403 3 жыл бұрын
yo i think the name is churel
@aolanikunisan 3 жыл бұрын
There’s also an old folklore story in Japan about a mother who died and gave birth. She then becomes a ghost to buy candy for the baby to eat.
@edi9892 3 жыл бұрын
The heavy baby reminds me of Germanic ghosts. There's one that is created when a mother does mabiki and puts the baby in an unmarked grave and does probably even more to anger the spirit. These spirits are babies that will attach themselves to unfortunate wanderers and get heavier with every step, maybe crushing you, or make you sink into the ground... If you manage to carry it to holy ground, you're saved and the spirit can finally find peace...
@anastasiap6253 3 жыл бұрын
Muling? Or something like that. It’s a Scandinavian legend too.
@edi9892 3 жыл бұрын
@@anastasiap6253 also Slavic AFAIK.
@tareag993 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a botchling
@edi9892 3 жыл бұрын
@@tareag993 I don't know if the creature in-game was inspired by Slavic folklore or Germanic.
@praise_kek340 3 жыл бұрын
@@edi9892 expect a mix
@star7communicator434 2 жыл бұрын
Funny thing about the "stone baby" part? That's rare but can actually happen in nature. Fetuses can calcify in the womb and was known about in humans as far back as 1100 AD, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was in Japanese folklore.
@Linfamy 2 жыл бұрын
O_O
@damedesuka77 3 жыл бұрын
0:45 Uhh thanks for the mini jump scare mate... Seriously I didn't expect to see something that's actually scary here 😱
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Haha that wasn't even intended
@user-dx5fq1pp1w 3 жыл бұрын
Same and I'm watching this at night 😭
@Juusokakku 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah jesus christ that was messed up. I'm a grown man but that image will haunt me, and I've seen some stuff
@Alex-wf6zd 3 жыл бұрын
It kinda remind oh wait its whats started the momo thing-
@rabiulalamador5506 3 жыл бұрын
@@Alex-wf6zd it is that thing
@pomnorl1653 3 жыл бұрын
".. the farting boyfriend hell, where your boyfriend farts like an elephant every 2 minutes, then laugh like a hyenas" I died XD
@olgamedina5104 3 жыл бұрын
The fact that a legend like that of La Llorona (the weeping woman) can be found all around the world!!
@legendaryfails7529 2 жыл бұрын
Um. La llorona killed her kids and is punished to roam the earth forever until she finds them again. Ubume is different.
@Panchouliii 2 жыл бұрын
La Llorona is very different from Ubume. Ubume is a ghost that died from childbirth, La Llorona is a woman who killed herself after killing her own children. Ubume usually have their babies with them, while La Llorona is searching for her child.
@edorasmarauder5761 2 жыл бұрын
But La Llorona killed her children.
@Jobe-13 3 жыл бұрын
Aw. They’re like spirit foster mothers.
@UltimateCheetah-zs2iw 3 жыл бұрын
This might have been a problem in the Fijuwara clan, who famously married their daughters into the Imperial Family.
@no-name9916 3 жыл бұрын
0:46 my heart dropped cold from that jumpscare
@SplendidFactor 3 жыл бұрын
Well then, I'm definetely not sleeping well tonight.
@treblebat 3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad i'm not the only one whose skin jolted. * shutters *
@mcostagirl123 3 жыл бұрын
“These Ubume babies are different from regular babies, one is evil and wants to bite you, the other is an Ubume baby”.
@Darcnhife 2 жыл бұрын
Lol, thank you. I didn't quite process that until I read it here.
@mcostagirl123 Жыл бұрын
@@Darcnhife You're welcome! lol
@ladyofavalon 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I'm studying mortuary science soon going to school to get my license. I found out that when a pregnant woman dies sometimes the gases in her body expell the fetus. I'm sure you have heard that before, but I thought I would mention it. *shrug * I love your videos by the way and listen to them when I am painting.
@barbieblues7639 2 жыл бұрын
What makes someone want to study that of all things?
@enriquekahn9405 3 жыл бұрын
There's a Japanese novel called The Summer of the Ubume in English translation. It's really good.
@cassiadsouza709 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! I'll see if i can find
@m.m.4423 3 жыл бұрын
@@cassiadsouza709 DM me for scans
@liliumkuronatasa3690 3 жыл бұрын
I now really want to read it
@cassiadsouza709 3 жыл бұрын
@@m.m.4423 you have the book already? I'd love to get the scans of it!
@m.m.4423 3 жыл бұрын
@@cassiadsouza709 I do. Its out of print and almost impossible to get, but a local library had it. There's also a manga adaptation you can find online and a movie. If you give me your email I'll send it to you.
@noobrat 3 жыл бұрын
The part with the Ubune's baby turning to stone reminds me of a different yokai, the Nure-onna who sometimes tries to trick people into holding a baby that sticks to you and turns to stone (or was a disguised stone all along). After which she drinks your blood.
@ticklemeelmo73 2 жыл бұрын
"Stealing candy from a baby is bad...unless the baby is dead." Words to live by.
@Takayama-sama 2 жыл бұрын
That Ubume statue at the beginning of the video was the scariest thing I’ve seen in a while! It gave me chills… Chills right down my spine and in my chest. I don’t know if anything has creeped me out so much before. I hope I never meet anything like that, EVER!
@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 2 жыл бұрын
That's momo
@mangoandlolbit 2 жыл бұрын
@@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 yup its Momo it also scares me
@JariDawnchild 3 жыл бұрын
I've always been fascinated with death and the dead, and how Japanese culture and myth depict their dead, to me, make the most sense. As a mother (a living one, my child's living too), I get the concept of an ubume. As a person who has at least semi-regular sort-of contact with the non-physical, I get it from that angle, too. My maternal grandmother birthed one of her children dead, and my mother has told me stories of how she would pray over food and burn it for the child, and do the same with a winter coat at the start of each one; she was very Christian, but she felt it was the mother thing to do. In her time, it was common for doctors to incinerate a body without asking for the mother's consent, or allowing the mother to see it, and I was told that was why my grandmother handled those...offerings the way she did. Sorry if what I said or how I said it upset anyone with more personal experience with the subject matter than I.
@yesthatmousyiris4887 3 жыл бұрын
God I feel bad for your Grandmother.
@jeffwolcott7815 3 жыл бұрын
In a creepy way, an ubume was almost like a fairy godmother to a surviving child.
@ghoulchan7525 3 жыл бұрын
i have been playing the mobile game Onmyoji for a while now, and there is a Shikigami in there named Ubume. guess this is what she is based on, only in the game she takes babies from people that can't or won't care for it, and raises them instead. guess in the game she does the reverse compared to the myth. people call her Birdmom.
@illyasvielemiya9059 3 жыл бұрын
this kind of ghost seem to be common thing in Asia. We have one called Kuntilanak in my country.
@vyrious7029 3 жыл бұрын
You had to bring in the picture of Momo, had you?... Welp... My nightmares have returned...
@obicodanvincent2051 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, almost made me throw my phone
@obicodanvincent2051 3 жыл бұрын
Just a twitch
@blueanimegirl07 3 жыл бұрын
I died when he said "Bebe" 😹😹😹😹 love the wit
@claudy_sky 3 жыл бұрын
I loved this concept in Death Stranding but didn't know it was related to Japanese folklore! I find it very wholesome. :')
@gateauxq4604 3 жыл бұрын
There is so much Japanese folklore mixed with everything in Death Stranding. It was so good.
@claudy_sky 3 жыл бұрын
@@gateauxq4604 Yeah, and despite what people think about the game, I really enjoyed it. I had to get a platinum. 💙
@jinxingxuelang 3 жыл бұрын
0:46 😱 Lin, I trusted you, why scare me like this?
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Sorry 😅. Didn't know people would have such a strong reaction.
@krealyesitisbeta5642 3 жыл бұрын
@@Linfamy people are still traumatized by “Momo” I see:
@snev5188 3 жыл бұрын
What my mom wanted when she gave birth to me:
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
o.o
@willywilly7832 3 жыл бұрын
Its pretty interesting how they make tales about pregnant woman. Tuff times back then, huh.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Very tuff times.
@thesamuraix881 3 жыл бұрын
By the way, the infamous Momo is actually a sculpture of the Ubume
@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 2 жыл бұрын
Mono is a cool statue
@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 2 жыл бұрын
Momo
@thischanneldoesntexist6132 2 жыл бұрын
Unsettling fact: This inspired the internationally known statue of the “mother of birds” sculpture It’s interesting how many things we get inspired by
@jinxingxuelang Жыл бұрын
you'd think that seeing the "bird ubume" gets less scary the more you rewatch this, or little predictable but no, it doesn't (but now i know not to watch it at night, so there is that)
@Linfamy Жыл бұрын
💀
@ElhPudding 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder about the "till the age of 7" thing that you also pointed out in that video about a tale of a boy being spirit away with a Tengu. I also heard that in old times Japan had this weird age thing where you born with 1 year instead of 0 years, so I do wonder if would mean "till the age of 6" if we would put the age system of today/west. And yeah I kept thinking just bc I did tried to think in an idea for a story related to that topic XD
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Correct. Traditionally, newborns start at 1 year old, so using the modern counting system, it would mean "til the age of 6." It's a bit more complicated, because your age goes up on New Year's Day, not on your birthday. So if you're born on December 31, on the next day (Jan 1), you would be 2 years old, even though you were just born.
@esincorporated6123 2 жыл бұрын
You really had to put Momo in there. My nightmares manifest 😨
@Ishub 3 жыл бұрын
0:45 Oh no! This is gonna give me nightmares. 😰
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
😅
@kennethwilliams543 3 жыл бұрын
A Wiseman once said "Stealing candy from a baby is bad, unless the baby is dead"... Poetry
@nidohime6233 3 жыл бұрын
That part of hell where mothers where punished for just dying during childbirth sounds something a man would have wrote back then. (-_-)
@adityamohan1773 3 жыл бұрын
Ur sense of humor has only been getting better man
@Brandon-bo2wl 3 жыл бұрын
Ahhh yes my day is always made when Lindaddy releases a video.
@giovanne2143 3 жыл бұрын
Man, congrats, you write very well, your humor is high class. Be bold with It!
@megan1324 3 жыл бұрын
Been binging your content recently on my way to work, thanks for the content dude 👍
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like the vids =)
@kv5917 3 жыл бұрын
Finally, in time for a good, relaxing dramatic horror story....😃 I mean, to learn! Im only here to learn... .╰(°°")～
@akechijubeimitsuhide 3 жыл бұрын
Are there separate baby yokai? Like those who were aborted, mabiki'd or stillborn? I still remember that one quest from The Witcher 3.
@MorganJ 3 жыл бұрын
I love how mabiki'd has turned into an actual verb. It sounds so cheerful if I completely ignore the actual meaning of the word.
@azazel166 3 жыл бұрын
No, but there are Yokai who pretend to be crying babies to lure in unsuspecting people, and as soon as they pick them up, they become heavy and crush them to death. They're called Konaki-jiji, and in some stories they are the spirits of babies who were left to die in the wilderness.
@jameskosusnik1102 3 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking of that baby the first time I played it, I thought you had to kill all the wraiths
@Diyel 2 жыл бұрын
In the Philippines, we have those. But instead of being ghosts, they become ghoul-like or vampire-like monsters which we call "tiyanak". If you've seen one of the episodes of animated series Trese, one of it features a tiyanak.
@telinhajp 3 жыл бұрын
Wishing you a wonderful and relaxing weekend, Linfamy! ❤️
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
You too!
@bigfotpeesonyoutube9647 3 жыл бұрын
3. Getting kicked in the balls. 2. Child Birth. 1. Kidney stones. ...Also, it's very interesting to me how rituals for preventing Ubume may have a parallel in how Eastern Europeans, particularly Romanians, would perform grave rituals to prevent the dead from coming back as Strigoi (Vampires.)
@MetroboomingmakeitBOOM867 3 жыл бұрын
I feel bad for the ubume because they deserve better.
@Sweet.peach21 3 жыл бұрын
I would pay homage to them, they deserve it. And hope they find peace (though idk if that’s possible as a yokai)
@cassiadsouza709 3 жыл бұрын
Love the way you say bébé😂 this was super interesting!
@mangoandlolbit 2 жыл бұрын
Uh are you insulting our spanish language or ur just saying that for fun?
@cassiadsouza709 2 жыл бұрын
@@mangoandlolbit nono i love the accent that's all
@mangoandlolbit 2 жыл бұрын
@@cassiadsouza709 heh lol
@imaginextramusic5530 2 жыл бұрын
I love your stories! UwU too linfamy ...
@Constantin9va 3 жыл бұрын
This is such primo content! Thanks!
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
;)
@Constantin9va 3 жыл бұрын
@@Linfamy 💖
@tsukuyomirai4823 2 жыл бұрын
Brother Linfamy, we almost have the same story. In Nepal, I heard an old story of time when people have to walk miles to buy salts and seasonings. Once a person was returning to his village after all these groceries from low lands. The night was getting darker and he rested for a while and thought he would reach village by this morning. So, he woke up very early and continued. it was still dark. He saw a woman with her baby who asked him to look for her while she would collect some woods. But she didnt returned. He thought that the woman must be a villager so he took the baby. As day was getting closer, the baby would get heavier and heavier. When the daylight shone, he couldnt bear the weight and finally opened the cloth that wrapped the baby. he then found a heavy stone in rags. haha
@emilyspector2728 3 жыл бұрын
Just subbed! And I’ve been reading more about Yurei and Oni…pretty interesting.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
Welcome! First rule of the channel is you must sacrifice a pokemon.
@user-qj7qq6lw2n 3 жыл бұрын
0:45 I'm not one with small heart, but this image is really, REALLY DISTURBING. It's makes me so uneasy. 😳
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
The artist did a good job 😅
@giovanne2143 3 жыл бұрын
Me too bro, I had a full screen on... Very unsettling..
@astrothecutie479 6 ай бұрын
@@giovanne2143 I’m sorry. That sounds awful.
@inactiveaccount7304 3 жыл бұрын
0:46 almost gave me a heart attack
@luna-bs2qt 3 жыл бұрын
wow so brave, because I got a legit heart attack
@StMyles 3 жыл бұрын
😂😂…. As usual very informative and very fun to watch. Thank-you.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
@secretscarlet8249 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting subtitles. I needed to check if I heard it right that ubumes steal Toblerones. 3:04
@Eichhornchen14 3 жыл бұрын
That was fascinating! Thank you! Please consider doing some videos on Japanese hell/afterlife.
@sweetdreaming7104 3 жыл бұрын
I love the way you say Baby 💗 are there any more baby yokai stories?
@jailanitauhid5889 3 жыл бұрын
Linfamy: *shows a picture how the ubume looks like* Me: ew that looks like MoMo but with bird legs
@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 2 жыл бұрын
That is momo
@Raya_Just_Raya 2 жыл бұрын
Liny love the vids and my grand ma died in child birth and well she visits me every april
@jameskosusnik1102 3 жыл бұрын
The yokai videos are my favorite of your videos.
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
@zawawi9913 3 жыл бұрын
Malaysia call it pontianak Indonesia call it kuntilanak
@stevengreen9536 3 жыл бұрын
I think i saw an Ubume in a movie about a legendary japanese sorcerer years ago. It took place in ancient Japan. In the scene the ghost of a woman is offering a nobleman a large egg. The guy is freaking out shouting " i don't want it!!! " Apparently she was the ghost of a woman whom the guy was having an affair with. Who he consequently got pregnant but refused to claim the child. Depressed and heartbroken the woman committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.
@clarejennings5049 11 ай бұрын
This is so wholesome and sweet 🥺
@Bob-bm9lu 3 жыл бұрын
Dude you‘re so funny 🤣 And informing Keep Continue 👌
@jeweltara 2 жыл бұрын
ah yes yet another youkai for my "someone give this poor thing a hug!" list. also now I know where we got the whole "babies come from the stork" myth...man not only did we plagurise the myth from Japan we took out all the edgy stuff
@sussybaka119 3 жыл бұрын
Imagine passing hours of tears and pain in childbirth only for your child to become a tiktoker
@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 жыл бұрын
Would you be so impatient for time travel to be practical so you could change the past for this existential crime???
@Uhlersoth77 3 жыл бұрын
So wait, did women go to the blood pool hell just for dying in childbirth?
@emmym9276 3 жыл бұрын
I looked it up and it's because her menstrual/vaginal blood "tainted" the earth and it was disrespectful to deities??? Honestly i don't know how ancient Japanese women put up with men's bullshit at all.
@Residentdummy 3 жыл бұрын
That f***ing statue gave me a heart attack
@Crybabykween 3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the legend of แม่นาคพระคนอง (she also has a small shrine that you can visit and pray to)(you also have to ask permission to make anything related to her like books, shows etc.)
@taitai-bn4fi 3 жыл бұрын
Can you please do a video about Japanese cat yo Kai because I have become interested in them and I was a bit confused about what powers does it have and I can’t seem to found a story about them so please do a cat yo Kai explaining videos please.
@yourlocaltrickstergod 3 жыл бұрын
I'm imagining a gay love story where a farmer discovers a baby and cares for it along with the Yokai, maybe the farmer has some kids of her own, two single moms
@send_itfps1811 3 жыл бұрын
*stares in yaoi*
@mr.monhon5179 3 жыл бұрын
*lesbian
@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 жыл бұрын
@@mr.monhon5179 hold on, is it supposed to be yaoi or yuri???
@lonelyronin2428 3 жыл бұрын
@@shanedoesyoutube8001 yuri. Why do I know tjese things.
@mr.monhon5179 2 жыл бұрын
@@lonelyronin2428 Cuz ur fate was to know them, mate.
@corneliatjandra4500 3 жыл бұрын
There's a similar ghost creature in South East Asia, kuntilanak in Indonesia, Pontianak in Malaysia and Singapore
@katrinalindsey1869 3 жыл бұрын
There's actually a type of banshee from Ireland I believe, also said to be spirits of women who died in childbirth, that also hang around rivers, doing laundry and stuff. Also giving birth in a grave is the origin story of George/Hakaba no Literal, except that he crawled out himself and nobody had to dig him up
@katrinalindsey1869 3 жыл бұрын
Kitaro* thanks autocorrect :/
@delinquentcat3832 3 жыл бұрын
Finally! More yokai!
@qm7568 3 жыл бұрын
GREAT VIDEO! can you also do one about how the Japanese party and socialize back then? thanks!
@shanedoesyoutube8001 3 жыл бұрын
7:00 "Yui Minamoto of the Minamoto clan" B-t-t-t-t-t-*wheeze*
@m.ajiprasetyo7188 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice video. In Indonesia we also have a ghost called "Sundel Bolong", they are the spirit of a woman who died when she is pregnant outside of marriage and gave birth in the grave or a woman who died during childbirth and the baby come out from her back (I literally don't understand why the baby come from her back). Quite a vengeful spirit that stories often depict her as baby kidnapper or castrating men who reject her.
@smithsoniansmith2433 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome and cool!
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
No you are
@smithsoniansmith2433 3 жыл бұрын
@@Linfamy You are!
@smithsoniansmith2433 3 жыл бұрын
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@jeanfalconer6377 3 жыл бұрын
Well, that was not as bad as I thought it might be.
@thefunhauszooscea253 3 жыл бұрын
Why'd you have to use Momo as a description for the Yokai I just forgot about that image you had to bring it up against each but still good video
@mehwishamjad8979 3 жыл бұрын
Never been so early 😆
@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын
@gracegidudu4441 3 жыл бұрын
Me to
@thewispofthenight3878 2 жыл бұрын
I thought I forgot about momo now I remember it NOW ILL BE HIDING IN MY BLANKET
@iglybo 3 жыл бұрын
Oooo ineresting Yokai.
@cosmichand2117 Жыл бұрын
In Hawaii there is two Ghost stories that may concern Ubume. Possibly due to the many Japanese immigrants and roots during the Plantation days. I can’t remember the exact titles but they were in Glenn Grant’s(?) Chicken Skin Tales. One where a woman who died in childbirth haunts a certain hospital bed refusing to relinquish it; desperate to have that happiest moment that was taken from her. One where a pregnant woman who was dead and buried; but her ghost went to a nearby manju store. She implored the person to give her some food and was given steamed manju (steamed rice buns filled with sweet bean paste) when the ghost left; a passerby heard the cries of a newborn and uncovered the grave. the woman had woken up in her coffin; gave birth, died and her ghost brought back the steamed manju for her child to survive until rescued.
@KhmerTarotReading Жыл бұрын
This yokai type made me cry ❤😢
@Linfamy Жыл бұрын
Hugs
@ritasuslonova6550 2 жыл бұрын
"Stealing a candy from a baby is bad, Unless the baby is dead"
@frubbletrouble 2 жыл бұрын
Hey Linfamy, please put a disturbing imagery or body horror warning at the beginning of some of your videos, (including this one) because that first picture of the Ubume really scared me.
@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 2 жыл бұрын
Why tho?
@frubbletrouble 2 жыл бұрын
@@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 watch the vid and maybe you'll understand /nm
@urunderatedpastelcryptid5500 2 жыл бұрын
I watched the vid but I'm not scared of her she can't help how she looks
@lenalove4400 3 жыл бұрын
Next video suggestion- Shrine maidens or Miko