The 'women turn into serpents' thing immediately reminded me of the story of Kiyohime. She fell in love with a monk, who pretended to return her affections and then dumped her. She then turned into a snake and pursued him, and even when he took refuge in a Buddhist temple, she still managed to kill him by ringing the bell he was hiding inside and melting it with fire.
Yeah it's amazing how ready they are for every sin. Like some superstore of hells Step up, step up we've got a hell for everyone. A hell for someone who thinks about grocery shopping while visiting a Buddhist temple? We've got it. A hell for people who do not pet dogs when they pass then? Yep we've got them. A hell for people who play their music though their speakers in public? Yep we've got a special place for them.
You’ll end up in the one where you gotta dig up bamboo with a string- how dare you not.. uhh, continue your bloodline? Your ancestors are waiting for an heir and you’ve STOLEN that! 👌😫👌 _HELL_ *_straight to HELL_*
i hate how they put all the blame on women. Like if my husband cheated on me and I got upset about it I'd turn into a snake and be in hell. That is crazy
Yes, and its completley wrong according to buddhism. Gender is an illusion- this is what the green Tara said. Also Siddartha Gautama said, women can reach enlightment.
The women being associated with snakes, honestly reminds me of how in the middle east, lilith went from describing owls to becoming a demoness, who was once adam's ex wife. Entomology is crazy interesting sometimes.
There was a time where she was once thought to be the serpent that tempted Eve though that's not a popular depiction nowadays. Speaking of popularity, isn't it weird that Japanese Buddhists unintentionally predicted the future where Lilith becomes extremely popular in Japan? I'm not even kidding, between Evangelion, Darkstalkers, One Piece, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh (there are quite a few cards named after her such as the recent Aromalilith cards and Despian Luluwalilith), Monster Girl Encyclopedia, and more recent examples like The Demon Girl Next Door, Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance, and Granblue Fantasy Relink, she's everywhere in Japanese pop culture. Maybe the rampant misogyny of Japan inevitably attracted her like she's the Feminist equivalent of the Scarlet King? Hilariously, it seems that her popularity in Japanese pop culture is now leaking into South Korean pop culture between Goddess of Victory Nikke and Stellar Blade. Though that might also be because South Korea has had problems with sexism in recent times, and I've noticed a pattern where every time we have a country that has a history of misogyny, she eventually becomes popular in those countries.
Lilith was initially a Mesopotamian wind demon who eventually got conflated with Lamashtu the baby killer, and that later influenced the Lilith of the Hebrew Bible.
@@MrGksarathy I'm pretty sure she (her Mesopotamian name was Lilitu) was always a baby killer in Mesopotamian mythology, the only difference is that she drank the blood of babies but that was only a side aspect of her. It's more likely that she was conflated with Lamashtu and was basically flanderised to being primarily a baby eating bogeywoman. Interestingly, Lilith is technically fulfilling her original role as a disease-bearing storm spirit by spreading to multiple cultures and becoming massively popular especially now with the internet. In other words, she fulfills her original purpose by literally going viral.
Notice how the burden of jealousy is placed entirely on women and then sigh in exasperation. Lots of Buddhist ideas are really appealing to me as a whole, but the weird misogyny seems to be a feature, not a bug. Also, if some dudebro samurai acted on his jealousy in an acceptably masculine way, did he avoid this hell?
Buddhism in Japan is different from Buddhism in Thailand. They are both Buddhism but it is very different just like how different religion who believe in god almighty have different branch. Honestly Theravada buddhism is the Buddhism where you want to ascend by being kind and sacrificing earthly desire.
@@heavenseeker2320 Hate to burst your bubble, but the weird misogyny stems all the way back from the earliest days of Indian Buddhism. Also, Theravada is boring as hell.
@@MrGksarathyNot really. While misogynistic elements are all over the world, most important Indian Buddhist Masters criticised such people. Infact, Asvaghosa in his Saundarananda dedicates a chapter to mock the critiques of women such people promoted
Speaking of women and snakes, that reminds me of the grossest story I've put up here so far where a young woman is. . . *Ahem* assaulted, by a snake and gives birth to a bunch of abominations. It's a really messed up story. But then, despite me loving it, a lot of ancient Japan was messed up.
Yeah, women were linked to snakes in many cultures. I guess that is because they never had real power and were, thus forced to beg, manipulate, seduce and wind like eels. And men didn't quite understand that the position they had reduced women to in society was the reason for that. Talking about confusing cause and effect and falling into the hole you dug.. Despite drastic changes in Western societies (which aren't all as good as they seem at first glance) not that much has changed. At least not for the better.
Women:um.... awesome ohhhhh yeahhhhhh am a bad girl mmm😩😩😩 Monk: I'm going to have to find you a big strong man that can discipline you and get you onto the road of enlightenment 🗿🚬
@@briskettacos Thats completley wrong. Siddartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, because he was the first who reached the highest form of enlightment (there are different stages). He said that women can reach enlightment. Then, in tibetan buddhism is the green Tara one of the most important figures. She was a nepalese woman before. A monk said to her, you are so good, its such a pity that you are a woman, otherwise you would reach enlightment. She said, the body is just an illusion. As a woman, she reached full enlightment and did swear to only get reborn in female form. She is a Buddha (=Tara), but also Bodhisattva, standing for active compassion, protection, enlightment. Famous for helping extremly fast. There are also other Taras, but the green and the white Tara are most famous.
Friend: "You know your husband has been cheating on you right?!" Me: "Yeah." Friend:"You're not mad?!" Me: "Nah, it's all good. I don't want to go to hell." Friend:👀
Lot's pf "Joke's on you I'm into that shit" in this hell... Also makes me think of of the Hannya demon, another possible supernatural fate for jelaous women. I used to wear a Hannya talisman for protection. The fastening to the necklace broke, but then I hung it on the wall, to protect my home instead.
Thank you for another awesome video! Every day I’m getting closer and closer to subscribing to the Japanese snack boxes 😂😂 also I must say those old hell paintings are so creative I love it lol
In a way probably, or at the least unclean since it was thought many disabilities were punishment for a past life or something earlier in the same life
This is confusing. These men went to prostitutes all the time. How is that not cheating? Did prostitutes not count? I get that they wanted for wives to not interfere with whatever he wanted to do- but how is sleeping with a prostitute not going to get a man into the cheating man hell?
It’s shocking that Buddhism has managed to last for thousands of years bc if these writings are anything to go by you’d think the clergy members would be passing away from misogyny-induced stress every time they so much as see the female end of a seatbelt
@@karoshi2two mothers in law, but don't forget twice the ammount of time spend shopping for clothes etc. In stores without seats, twice the nagging, twice the ammount of stories about what Janice said etc.
Reminds me of the story of Adam and Eve in the Holy Bible, where the snake in the Garden Of Eden peer pressures Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. Then again, Lilith was Adam’s first wife in the Old Testament.
Cherry Blossoms are my favorite flower. The name Sakura is a good name for a daughter because the name Sakura is a name that literally means: Cherry Blossom
I choose to believe there were at least a few marriages where the the wives were attracted to each other and the man was either a formality or also cool with it.
Funnily enough, dragons in asian culture are closely related to snakes. In china, snakes ascending into dragon(hood?) are/is called Tengshe (螣蛇). So, jealous women are dragons in the making :P
Who's going to this hell?
Gourmet sounds nice
Yum
Yummerz
I agree
eso explica lo de YOKO ONO/that explains YOKO ONO
The 'women turn into serpents' thing immediately reminded me of the story of Kiyohime. She fell in love with a monk, who pretended to return her affections and then dumped her. She then turned into a snake and pursued him, and even when he took refuge in a Buddhist temple, she still managed to kill him by ringing the bell he was hiding inside and melting it with fire.
Yes! A famous story. It was part of a whole story trope of a woman being spurned and turning into a snake to pursue the object of her desire.
The famous Kabuki dance "Kyōganoko Musume Dōjō-ji" is based on that story. It's very beautiful and i'd recommend checking it out.
@@LinfamySounds like a subgenre of the “magical wife is actually an animal/spirit I saved years ago” trope.
And y'all say YOUR exes were crazy
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Those Buddhists just liked making different hells for every little thing
Yeah it's amazing how ready they are for every sin. Like some superstore of hells
Step up, step up we've got a hell for everyone.
A hell for someone who thinks about grocery shopping while visiting a Buddhist temple? We've got it.
A hell for people who do not pet dogs when they pass then? Yep we've got them.
A hell for people who play their music though their speakers in public? Yep we've got a special place for them.
"Hell of being what?" "Chinese have a lot of hells."
@@BelgandBig Trouble in Little China.
"And THIS is the Hell for Baristas Who Give Monks the Wrong Order!"
Ah finally a hell i am actually safe from. The man unwed does not stumble into futame jigoku
Ditto. Wait.. does it count when she isnt YOUR wife?
But do you have children? If yes I am sure there is a hell for lose women. If not... watch Lin's previous video.
@@saymyname2417 wouldnt worry about them, there's definitely a hell for judgmental pricks, cowards, and gossipers. nobody asked you.
You’ll end up in the one where you gotta dig up bamboo with a string- how dare you not.. uhh, continue your bloodline? Your ancestors are waiting for an heir and you’ve STOLEN that! 👌😫👌 _HELL_ *_straight to HELL_*
Alternatively, what do your ancestors have to do with anything if they’re *all in hell* no matter what? I mean, sounds like everyone goes to hell
"They thought of lust and jealousy as women's emotions"
Literally no one who has ever dated a man will cosign that statement
I have a feeling the attitude mentioned in the video contributed to why people who date men would never cosign that statement.
Shows that our cultural norms and stereotypes are sorta random
"They wanted to reduce suffering so the invented more hells" 😂
Lol Hell wasn't invented tho is was created by karma
Okay but like how awkward was it when you were picking out a mistress for your husband
Unless the wife was secretly bisexual and was also picking her own future mistress lol
@@Cuban20 lol good thought
@@Cuban20that’s the best case scenario and yet highly unlikely.
I feel like there would be some secretly whispered advice on not picking a woman who can “outdo” you.
@@chandranapier2259 Yh, like even if she was bi or gae, she'll still be chosing her competition for resources.
1:50 so thats how Viper came to be...those damn plum flowers
The attachment to the sponsored snacks turns both the mom & daughter into snakes.
😱
i hate how they put all the blame on women. Like if my husband cheated on me and I got upset about it I'd turn into a snake and be in hell. That is crazy
Dude same I swear it’s like the world had something against women for no reason not just japan!
Remember, he would be there too and you would get to squeeze him.
Is it just me or does the drawing of that guy wrapped up by the two snake women look like he is doing the opposite of suffering?
The snake ladies don't look too upset either.
@@_______________2192 🥵 now we know why that Hell is so hot
"Enlightenment was the door and gender reassignment was the key" - that had me rolling 😂
Yes, and its completley wrong according to buddhism. Gender is an illusion- this is what the green Tara said.
Also Siddartha Gautama said, women can reach enlightment.
The women being associated with snakes, honestly reminds me of how in the middle east, lilith went from describing owls to becoming a demoness, who was once adam's ex wife. Entomology is crazy interesting sometimes.
There was a time where she was once thought to be the serpent that tempted Eve though that's not a popular depiction nowadays. Speaking of popularity, isn't it weird that Japanese Buddhists unintentionally predicted the future where Lilith becomes extremely popular in Japan? I'm not even kidding, between Evangelion, Darkstalkers, One Piece, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh (there are quite a few cards named after her such as the recent Aromalilith cards and Despian Luluwalilith), Monster Girl Encyclopedia, and more recent examples like The Demon Girl Next Door, Shin Megami Tensei V Vengeance, and Granblue Fantasy Relink, she's everywhere in Japanese pop culture.
Maybe the rampant misogyny of Japan inevitably attracted her like she's the Feminist equivalent of the Scarlet King? Hilariously, it seems that her popularity in Japanese pop culture is now leaking into South Korean pop culture between Goddess of Victory Nikke and Stellar Blade. Though that might also be because South Korea has had problems with sexism in recent times, and I've noticed a pattern where every time we have a country that has a history of misogyny, she eventually becomes popular in those countries.
They are snakes
Lilith was initially a Mesopotamian wind demon who eventually got conflated with Lamashtu the baby killer, and that later influenced the Lilith of the Hebrew Bible.
@@MrGksarathy I'm pretty sure she (her Mesopotamian name was Lilitu) was always a baby killer in Mesopotamian mythology, the only difference is that she drank the blood of babies but that was only a side aspect of her. It's more likely that she was conflated with Lamashtu and was basically flanderised to being primarily a baby eating bogeywoman. Interestingly, Lilith is technically fulfilling her original role as a disease-bearing storm spirit by spreading to multiple cultures and becoming massively popular especially now with the internet. In other words, she fulfills her original purpose by literally going viral.
@@TheCrimsonElite666 You might be right. It's been a few months since I saw that Esoterica video.
'but were in no way attached' loved that line and what you do
Notice how the burden of jealousy is placed entirely on women and then sigh in exasperation. Lots of Buddhist ideas are really appealing to me as a whole, but the weird misogyny seems to be a feature, not a bug.
Also, if some dudebro samurai acted on his jealousy in an acceptably masculine way, did he avoid this hell?
If some dudebro samourai acted on his jealousy, the hell for him was the murderer one.
Buddhism in Japan is different from Buddhism in Thailand. They are both Buddhism but it is very different just like how different religion who believe in god almighty have different branch.
Honestly Theravada buddhism is the Buddhism where you want to ascend by being kind and sacrificing earthly desire.
@@heavenseeker2320 Hate to burst your bubble, but the weird misogyny stems all the way back from the earliest days of Indian Buddhism.
Also, Theravada is boring as hell.
@@MrGksarathyNot really. While misogynistic elements are all over the world, most important Indian Buddhist Masters criticised such people. Infact, Asvaghosa in his Saundarananda dedicates a chapter to mock the critiques of women such people promoted
@@MrGksarathy Infact, Devi Prajnaparamita is all about the personification of the mother goddess who is also the mother of all Buddhas
Linfamy is the GOAT of UA-cam sponshorship ads. 😂
Speaking of women and snakes, that reminds me of the grossest story I've put up here so far where a young woman is. . . *Ahem* assaulted, by a snake and gives birth to a bunch of abominations. It's a really messed up story. But then, despite me loving it, a lot of ancient Japan was messed up.
Ooh, sounds like a nice gross one
@@Linfamy That's one way of putting it. Lol
Norse mythology: First time?
Greek mythology looking away lmao
I get it
Yeah, women were linked to snakes in many cultures. I guess that is because they never had real power and were, thus forced to beg, manipulate, seduce and wind like eels. And men didn't quite understand that the position they had reduced women to in society was the reason for that. Talking about confusing cause and effect and falling into the hole you dug..
Despite drastic changes in Western societies (which aren't all as good as they seem at first glance) not that much has changed. At least not for the better.
They didn't teach me in school how weird buddhism really is, so thanks for teaching me linfamy.
It was their interpretation of Buddhism I think , convenient .😊
Okay. That transition to the ad was great. 10/10.
That betterhelp reference was sneaky
0:32 he looks like he's completely on board with what's going on
😂
Woman: *Is upset her husband cheated*
Japanese Buddhists: HOW DARE YOU BE JEALOUS!?
Woman:
Those are not real buddhists
Yay new video lol I been rewatching so many old ones
🎉🎉🎉
Me too my nightly bedtime story 😂
No wonder lamia became so popular as monster girls in modern day Japan.
I remember back in the day when I came across your new channel and now you have almost half a million subscribers 😊👍
Women minding their own business*
Japanese Buddhists: Snake! Deceiver! Dirty shape Shifter!
Women: Um...
Women: 😶🌫️ nani
Based buddgist
Women:um.... awesome ohhhhh yeahhhhhh am a bad girl mmm😩😩😩
Monk: I'm going to have to find you a big strong man that can discipline you and get you onto the road of enlightenment 🗿🚬
@@TheEverFreeKing honestly I would ask bad girl for date
I mean, they are not that far of. Just look at what snakes represent and how women (generalized) act. Pretty much exactly the same.
I was drinking coffee when you started talking about your "attachment". Now it's all over my tablet😂 Your sense of humor is Buddha-tier.
LOL I love this channel. The subtle humor and sharp critiques delivered in short, awesome, Burns 🔥 Amazing
I was so relieved that the advertisement wasn't Better Help.
Women: Exist
Japanese monks: We have 73 different hells for you just for that!
The misogyny was baked right into Buddhism from the start
@@briskettacosI know, right? Depressing as hell.
@@briskettacos Thats completley wrong. Siddartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, because he was the first who reached the highest form of enlightment (there are different stages). He said that women can reach enlightment.
Then, in tibetan buddhism is the green Tara one of the most important figures. She was a nepalese woman before. A monk said to her, you are so good, its such a pity that you are a woman, otherwise you would reach enlightment. She said, the body is just an illusion. As a woman, she reached full enlightment and did swear to only get reborn in female form. She is a Buddha (=Tara), but also Bodhisattva, standing for active compassion, protection, enlightment. Famous for helping extremly fast.
There are also other Taras, but the green and the white Tara are most famous.
Morticia Addams : "Gomez, do you know what the penalty is for bigamy?"
Gomez : "Of course! Two wives."
Two contents in a month !!! Someone is over working 😅 thank you so much for working so hard 😭😭
Friend: "You know your husband has been cheating on you right?!"
Me: "Yeah."
Friend:"You're not mad?!"
Me: "Nah, it's all good. I don't want to go to hell."
Friend:👀
I love that you used trope in a sentence, I'm just weird that way.
its a good day when linfamy uploads
love all your videos and your history delivered with humor
Thanks man :)
Time went on, as time does. No matter what the details are time will go on Lin.
Kind of funny how the idea of a sin that would result in damnation suddenly takes a backseat when fertility issues pop up.
Lot's pf "Joke's on you I'm into that shit" in this hell...
Also makes me think of of the Hannya demon, another possible supernatural fate for jelaous women.
I used to wear a Hannya talisman for protection. The fastening to the necklace broke, but then I hung it on the wall, to protect my home instead.
Tattoo one on your back
That's not a good idea
It's always a pleasure to watch a new Linfamy video 🙏🏾
Thank you for another awesome video! Every day I’m getting closer and closer to subscribing to the Japanese snack boxes 😂😂 also I must say those old hell paintings are so creative I love it lol
I was so scared it was going to be a better help ad-
i swear everytime linfamy posts i instantly smile
7:13 Can't help but notice that the date is the same as the Heian Period...
Yeah that was my mistake 😅
Thank God this came out on a slow day at work.
0:35 all three of them look like they are enjoying it.
😂
Always love seeing these videos drop. As an author the channel has been invaluable as a initial start to research.
Grave of the Fireflies
You'd have to be a monster not to cry at that one °~•.☆.•~°
That sponsor intro was smoooth! The ending was hilarious! 😂
@2:20 Just when you think Linfamy landed a BetterHelp sponsorship...
Love the random ad family drama in the middle 😂
What if you just have scoliosis. Would you still be seen as a snake.
In a way probably, or at the least unclean since it was thought many disabilities were punishment for a past life or something earlier in the same life
2:53
>"They give you stuff made in Japan"
>Product packaging says Ghana
MFW
This is confusing. These men went to prostitutes all the time. How is that not cheating? Did prostitutes not count? I get that they wanted for wives to not interfere with whatever he wanted to do- but how is sleeping with a prostitute not going to get a man into the cheating man hell?
Thank u for posting
Thank you for watching ;)
@@Linfamy 💝
Having a surplus of love is like have a surplus of consciousness, you either have it or you don't.
It's interesting to consider the naming scheme in Kill Bill with this information.
LIKED as always
Grave of the Fireflies, nice reference! Made me cry too.
Hard not to cry
The intro to the sponsorship (why can I see these coming now 😫) had me guessing we were about to hear about the benefits of betterhelp lmao
The girl turned snake because of her flower obsession looks cute. Turn her into a keychain thingy.
It’s shocking that Buddhism has managed to last for thousands of years bc if these writings are anything to go by you’d think the clergy members would be passing away from misogyny-induced stress every time they so much as see the female end of a seatbelt
lol very amusing.... also bravo for bringing back funny ads.
Wow it's crazy how people taught morality in the past 😅. Thanks for sharing 😊
Yay new video 🎉
Joy is seeing one of these videos drop
Gotta say, I've been very jealous & desirous in my life but STILL CAN'T unlock turning into a snake 😭
Keep trying, I believe in you 🙏
Why does every Japanese legend sound like a Junji Ito manga?
You're never gonna believe what country Junji Ito is from
*gasp* XD@@tinyetoile5503
Junji Ito did a lot of studying in Japan in his youth, he eventually left Ghana where he was born and moved to Japan full time
This is a joke
@@tinyetoile5503 he was also a dental assistant so he probably had experience of observing horrified faces
I've been to a few jealousy meetings, it was called work and some of the stuff I heard was crazy.
The hell of two wives must be the hell of the whole harem these days.
Idk what it is but the stress on the SN in snake is sending me
The interesting quasi-paradox is how common cheating is in Japan!
Lotus sutra really was the first display of gender affirming misogyny
0:40 As a Slytherin girl, this speaks to me.
@Linfamy at 7:00 and on - so do those two periods overlap? or is it just a copy/paste?
Yay! Im a snek!!!
Modern guys gonna toss this at women now when they don’t wanna open up the relationship
Open up the relationship ... 😳
And the girl will either dump his worthless ass OR use the opportunity to double team him with the would be mistress to make his life a living hell
The just punishment for bigamy is to have two mothers in law.
@@karoshi2two mothers in law, but don't forget twice the ammount of time spend shopping for clothes etc. In stores without seats, twice the nagging, twice the ammount of stories about what Janice said etc.
@karoshi2
Wouldn't the punishmemt also be, that you have to put ip with your wives husband?
I can summarize Japan in two words: innovative, but weird
Just like porn, there is a hell for everybody in Japan back in those days
this video makes me think of Kaa's trust in me song from Disney's Jungle Book
LMAO that ad transition
Reminds me of the story of Adam and Eve in the Holy Bible, where the snake in the Garden Of Eden peer pressures Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. Then again, Lilith was Adam’s first wife in the Old Testament.
Great work!! Clicked on it as soon as it was uploaded!
Woohoo
my parents would straight go to this hell,the fact that my mother almost made my father blind om their first Argument doesnt help either
In this case, a whole lot of anime/manga characters are going to this Buddhist Hell.
Cherry Blossoms are my favorite flower.
The name Sakura is a good name for a daughter because the name Sakura is a name that literally means:
Cherry Blossom
thought i was getting another better help ad.
Could you give us a rundown on prehistoric Japan, please?
Well you can look up the Jomon and Yayoi videos. They're *somewhere* in the archives :p
@@Linfamy my bad! Will do! Thank you
@@tenebrousoul9368 np!
I choose to believe there were at least a few marriages where the the wives were attracted to each other and the man was either a formality or also cool with it.
Wait but I just realized thet when the woman turned into a snake it was the snake from kun-fu panda1:49
btw the myth about the lady who became a snake from staring at plum blossoms is called "Utsusemi" or "The Hollow Tree"
thankfully,unlike my father,linfamy comes back
Very interesting.
Lol top of the scripture charts for 2000years😂❤
Come for the Japanese history, stay for the sponsor skits.
6:21 Challenge level: impossible.
Funnily enough, dragons in asian culture are closely related to snakes. In china, snakes ascending into dragon(hood?) are/is called Tengshe (螣蛇). So, jealous women are dragons in the making :P
Makes me think of the reddit stories Mark Narrations told on his channel
5:42 that sound like me
A wife and a mistress! I can't even keep up with one woman much less two.