Japanese Mythology | Izanagi and Izanami and the Birth of Gods | LittleArtTalks

The creation story of Japan illustrated with Japanese Art. The birth of the gods Izanagi, Izamani, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Takehaya Susanoo, and why the emperor is divine.

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Welcome to Little Art Talks! I'm Karin and I make short, educational videos on art & art history. I love sharing fun stories and believe art should be accessible to all. If you have a question about art or something you want to learn more about, leave it in a comment below!

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[deproissant]

So she gave birth to islands.
Right.
I'm having scary imagination.

[juliacunningham]

I am doing a presentation on my mythology Lit class and this video was so entertaining and refreshing to watch! Very helpful :D

[n-extrafries-surprise]

How should I defeat Izanami?
Spamming Hassou Tobi?

[jaguarhat]

Really in depth and well delivered :) great video. I like learning about stuff like this, so thanks a lot!

[CinnamonCari]

"THAT must have hurt"
Awesome video, as usual

[michaelsmusicinstruments]

so much information in such a short time and I understood everything, you're a genius. I will watch your whole Japan series, super informative, great job. many thanks

[LiiLPANDA]

As I am not an English speaker I was afraid to not being able to understand but you explain it in such a good and with easy word that it makes it easy ! Such a nice discovery today ! :D Have a nice day ! :D

[citrinnaquartz]

i named my black cat tsukuyomi because he has eyes that shine like the moon :)

[thehorribletruth]

Please never stop making videos. I love your videos.

[MrCharlieDylon]

Amazing channel! Thank you so much for sharing such great videos!!! Awesome content! :D

[polarequatorial]

Regarding Izanagi and Izamani deformed first children. The explanation that Izamani "spoke" first is based on the theory that she actually initiated sexual intercourse first -- which a woman just should not do (in that particular philosophy) .

[sophiearashi]

thanks for the video !!!~~~i barely understand the kojiki book because there is just a lot of difficult word and your videos helps me a lot! subscribed~

[willemvandebeek]

This is great, I love origin stories; they show such creative thought! :)

[sarasato]

You mentioned that the creation story sounds familiar... in particular when Izanagi was searching for his wife in the underworld. What story might that be? Thank you (I'm currently studying world religions in college)

[bennagy]

I know im late but great video im doing research for a book im gonna write 😊

[johannasantana]

What are the names and descriptions of the deities made by Izanagi and Izanami?

[noisetank]

Just sayin, I was here because if Persona 4, and then realized why the story is inspired by the weather of fog. Thank you for tge information in your video! It was fun to learn from!! :)

[oussamamasri]

please make more.... perhaps talk about magatama... If possible

[sphamedia]

Do You have a video on the three precious children? I'd really like to know more about them and I like the way you explained this video :)

[devonnation]

gotta ask do you use three lights or the one photography light? i was lisetening to you and looked in your eyes i saw like 3 lights and found it really cool! sorry thought id ask before sounding stupid haha