The Irresistibly Enchanting World of Princess Mononoke

What does “mononoke” mean? Which parts of Japanese folklore did the film pull from? Which yokai inspired the creations in the film? Princess Mononoke explained.

0:00 "Mononoke" Meaning
2:05 When are we?
3:32 The Boar
5:12 Ashitaka, the Boy
7:05 San and the Wolves
8:55 Lady Eboshi
10:06 Jikobō, the Monk
10:36 Kodama
11:27 Spirit of the Forest

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[Linfamy]

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[Mikeztarp]

Yeah, Ashitaka is neutral. Until he sees a cute wolf-kami-girl.

[seanpoore]

When you said Fujiwara I got a shiver up my spine expecting to hear that they famously wed their daughters into the

[dexterne]

Mononoke was my first Ghibli film, and still a fave, even after seeing most of the catalog. Now my daughter is hooked on anime after seeing Ponyo. Miyazaki is a genius.

[madambutterfly]

Every time he puts out a movie it's because he's had it with people

[Linfamy]

Never trust anyone with that mustache.

[idraote]

My Japanese teacher has taught me how to translate the title track of Princess Mononoke.
It has not much to do with the video but I am proud of my achievement and I wanted to let you know it.

[musicloverization]

This was a very good video. Princess Mononoke is my favorite Ghibli film and it's cool to learn about the folklore it's influenced by.

[hithere]

You get scared taking trash out at night, I get scared when I have to turn off the ground floor lights resulting me dashing up the stairs like an elephant on fifty barrels of sugar.

[theweditor]

Eyo Linfamy I just watched princess mononoke with my girl on friday and was spitting them educated guesses that it was the sengoku era and that ashitaka was emishi. I’m learning and spreading you’re great knowledge. (also decapitating arrows was really funny at first, not often so you see arrows de-limbing people) Thank you for your great knowledge 🙇🏻‍♂️

[MCorpReview]

There’s a low end Japanese restaurants chain in Bangkok called yayoi. Romulus and Remus founders of Rome were also raised by wolves 🐺 pretty cool 😎 how both powers like the same animals

[solfaie]

When he said "director miyazaki finally had it, with people"

I felt that, you felt that, the whole world felt that

[gibranhenriquedesouza]

Yamato Takeru: the two brothers from Digimon who have the crests of friendship and hope.

[yordanoslegesse]

Never thought this movie had a strong connection with Japanese folklores. This video made me to appreciate the movie even more. Thanks!

[madambutterfly]

My student debt would most likely turn into a tatarigami

[blaqueup]

I actually had been to Gifu to see those deer. They're indeed cute. But I also found out I'm allergic to them in that trip. =_=

[edi]

Eboshi is one of my favorite characters: badass, but flawed and while she has some claim to be the hero, her actions could also be considered villainy. Despite having little screen time, she's a surprisingly complex character.

[TheModernGhost]

I searched a lot about Mononoke's costume design but couldn't find anything really accurate because in my language there aren't many articles about it so it was really nice to know! What I do found was that the inverted triangles are usually used to represent the feminine and in occultism they are a symbol for summoning spirits as well, what may be related to her face paint. Also many characters wolf/nature related have now the same facepaint as her like Rayla from The Dragon Prince or Red from Tangled the Series (that's actually a werewolf) what I think it's obviously a reference to her. What I found that related the most to the use of facepaint in Japan was about the Kabuki theater, but then despites the use of red paint it all looked more like Kyoshi from Avatar then like San so it makes much more sense what you said. Thank you for the awesome video! :)

[LuinTathren]

I'd like to know more about the god with a human face, linfamy. Is everything but his face godlike? Asking for a friend.

[Jobe-]

The shishigami in the movie looks like something you’d see during a heavy shroom trip.