The Japanese myth of the trickster raccoon - Iseult Gillespie

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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  Рік тому +45

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  • @alexandermarsh918
    @alexandermarsh918 3 роки тому +3635

    Tenuki: can shapeshift into a teapot
    Also Tenuki: can't escape a hunting trap
    *visible confusion*

    • @primeroyal7434
      @primeroyal7434 3 роки тому +100

      Maybe it was a test who knows?

    • @tallymark2417
      @tallymark2417 3 роки тому +32

      It couldn’t reach

    • @TotallyNotSena
      @TotallyNotSena 3 роки тому +100

      @@tallymark2417 The thing could literally turn into a metal kettle, so why not turn into a statue made out of rock? He could just break the damn thing. It was probably a test to see how the salesman would react, and after seeing his kindness he tried to repay him. Weird way tho, lmao

    • @biomedcraze
      @biomedcraze 3 роки тому +88

      His hand was stuck so he couldn't pull his... (you know)...

    • @elbowsbuns1896
      @elbowsbuns1896 3 роки тому +15

      @@biomedcraze the tanuki had another hand to grab their balls

  • @ind0266
    @ind0266 3 роки тому +3523

    It seems like Tom nook is back to shenanigans again.

    • @palody_en-ja
      @palody_en-ja 3 роки тому +95

      Bells, balls, it's all the same to the Nook 🔔

    • @ind0266
      @ind0266 3 роки тому +7

      @@kennethsoriano4895 awe thank you

    • @calebmurray4438
      @calebmurray4438 3 роки тому +14

      Oh Tom Nook, always flying with his thicc dump truck and pulling on his balls.

    • @ind0266
      @ind0266 3 роки тому +7

      @@calebmurray4438 that’s where he strokes the bells you give him.

    • @janaikean1028
      @janaikean1028 3 роки тому +8

      Ah yes, Nook the Crook

  • @willo90li
    @willo90li 3 роки тому +2331

    "he heard story of shape shifting tanuki who transformed by puling on their t-"
    NOW HOLD ON A MINUTE!!!!

    • @palody_en-ja
      @palody_en-ja 3 роки тому +72

      IT'S A TRAP!

    • @WeldonSirloin
      @WeldonSirloin 3 роки тому +43

      Very relatable tbh

    • @ap4702
      @ap4702 3 роки тому +33

      @@WeldonSirloin relatable!?

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 3 роки тому +23

      Hold on with BOTH PAWS or it ain't gonna work, yo!

    • @willo90li
      @willo90li 3 роки тому +17

      @@HayTatsuko you aren't speaking from experience...right?

  • @tekuaniaakab2050
    @tekuaniaakab2050 3 роки тому +714

    Rocket Rackoon’s backstory is weirder than I expected

  • @personone1382
    @personone1382 3 роки тому +1027

    This is just one giant ancient wholesome meme.
    i am tanuki
    i get trapped
    salesman got my back
    i become kettle
    and salesman get money
    but i too hot
    and i squirm
    become tanuki
    i tell salesman and monke
    they laugh
    we frens

    • @arielll1161
      @arielll1161 3 роки тому +40

      i like

    • @personone1382
      @personone1382 3 роки тому +63

      @@arielll1161
      me work hard
      make poem
      ariel say like
      me happy
      🧡🥺

    • @priyanshmehta5668
      @priyanshmehta5668 3 роки тому +31

      @@personone1382 me happy bcoz u happy
      We happy, all happy

    • @personone1382
      @personone1382 3 роки тому +18

      @@priyanshmehta5668 happ! :D

    • @eleanorrigby7897
      @eleanorrigby7897 3 роки тому +21

      This made mii happ.
      T H A N N K ❤️🥺

  • @llfn1718
    @llfn1718 3 роки тому +2203

    I always want to know what the animation process is like. The designs are so beautiful 😍

    • @FrostyInUse
      @FrostyInUse 3 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 3 роки тому +5

      I know right?

    • @anadraguleanu8710
      @anadraguleanu8710 3 роки тому +4

      Me too.

    • @Vagolololo
      @Vagolololo 3 роки тому +22

      Yes! I would love a behind the scenes of the animation studio. Although I presume that it is not just one.

    • @guadalupeestrada410
      @guadalupeestrada410 3 роки тому +20

      They have several guest animators I think. So look for them in the credits and search for them as needed and maybe one of them describes their process in their own channel or outside of UA-cam

  • @alejandrapedroza14
    @alejandrapedroza14 3 роки тому +254

    I knew about the shapeshifter tanukis that trick people so I was like "noooo, salesman!" but it ended up being so sweet, the tanuki endured the polishing and the burning just to return the favor, that's so sweet!

  • @SuperSongbird21
    @SuperSongbird21 2 роки тому +219

    According to one version of this story that I read, the tanuki reverted to his kettle form on the day he died and the monks kept the kettle as a relic in their temple in memory of him. Supposedly you can still see it today.

    • @BambinaSaldana
      @BambinaSaldana Рік тому +12

      The specific tanuki is also a really good skateboarder.

    • @dauny08
      @dauny08 8 місяців тому +1

      that's temple is Gunma prefecture

    • @Shghgdhjj
      @Shghgdhjj 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@BambinaSaldana in that Google doodles yea

    • @Comocutiepie
      @Comocutiepie 6 місяців тому +1

      That sounds so sad 😢

    • @Comocutiepie
      @Comocutiepie 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@BambinaSaldana True

  • @EddVCR
    @EddVCR 3 роки тому +53

    Growing up in Japan, I heard and read many stories of the mischievous but endearingly clumsy tanukis. I love them so much!

  • @wot_1505
    @wot_1505 3 роки тому +831

    Doremon: I'm not a Raccoon
    I'm a cat robot

  • @darkhound6461
    @darkhound6461 3 роки тому +321

    Ah that doremon episode, how nostalgic.

    • @june756
      @june756 3 роки тому +16

      Yeaa .. My first thought was about doraemon

    • @foreigner2982
      @foreigner2982 3 роки тому +2

      Prepare for upcoming birrage of likes.

    • @sowmyaroysuroju651
      @sowmyaroysuroju651 3 роки тому +2

      @@june756 same 😄

    • @Manowar458
      @Manowar458 3 роки тому +1

      What episode

    • @shreyasp3287
      @shreyasp3287 3 роки тому +7

      It's not a racoon it's a robot cat

  • @faraz9641
    @faraz9641 3 роки тому +399

    I think that's why those guys in the past were so afraid of doraemon...anyone?no?

    • @hiruzenmonofuke7344
      @hiruzenmonofuke7344 3 роки тому +28

      Yes doreamon the raccoon. Shhhhhhhhhhh
      Is a cat robot.

    • @srijanumesh5355
      @srijanumesh5355 3 роки тому +12

      Ahhh I remember that episode

    • @june756
      @june756 3 роки тому +7

      Yaa now that's make sense

    • @notathletic4171
      @notathletic4171 3 роки тому +3

      @@hiruzenmonofuke7344 curse you.

    • @oishd6077
      @oishd6077 3 роки тому +4

      @@srijanumesh5355 it's a shame that i don't remember which episode you are talking about even when i had 1/2 my childhood meals watching Doraemon 😳😭

  • @mohamedlaqin
    @mohamedlaqin 3 роки тому +109

    2:06 The narrator bursts out there lol

  • @kristopherbruns7674
    @kristopherbruns7674 3 роки тому +135

    Fun fact: Tanuki are a magical version of the real world animal the Jappanese Racoon dog , a canine that has fur similar to Racoon.

    • @elofkjellson3906
      @elofkjellson3906 3 роки тому +20

      Actually, that is just the Japanese word for the animal. It is also the Japanese word for the common raccoon, which is why there is always so much confusion.

    • @Chameleonradio
      @Chameleonradio 2 роки тому +15

      @@popn6189 Really? I've only heard raccoons referred to as "Araiguma" instead. If you see Tanuki, it's pretty hard to mistake them for each other. Tanuki are much much rounder. I got to a see a few at a local zoo once--they even had an albino Tanuki. Pretty rad.

    • @mamihashimoto1429
      @mamihashimoto1429 Місяць тому

      ​@@elofkjellson3906 I am Japanese. We call racoons "Araiguma" and racoon dogs "Tanuki." I hope this clears up the confusion. This story is known as "Bunbuku chagama" (ぶんぶく茶釜).

    • @mamihashimoto1429
      @mamihashimoto1429 Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Chameleonradio I am Japanese. We call racoons "Araiguma" and racoon dogs "Tanuki." I hope this clears up the confusion. This story is known as "Bunbuku chagama" (ぶんぶく茶釜).

  • @MyMooha
    @MyMooha 3 роки тому +54

    "For tales of a trickster you're less likely to want to cuddle-" _I absolutely want to cuddle Loki and he definitely needs a cuddle anyway_

  • @cinnamonxguy
    @cinnamonxguy 3 роки тому +781

    "Shape-shifting Tanuki who transformed by pulling on their testicles"
    Uhmm..💀💀

    • @gumbitoicic9977
      @gumbitoicic9977 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah...

    • @kukothree
      @kukothree 3 роки тому +27

      It can also shape its giant testicles into boats targets, and etc. Sorry I just made it weirder... oops 😅

    • @navedhasan4632
      @navedhasan4632 3 роки тому +6

      @@kukothree you yourself are wierd

    • @kukothree
      @kukothree 3 роки тому +6

      @@navedhasan4632 Thank you :)

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 3 роки тому +6

      Not as painful as it sounds. Apparently every tanuki lad comes with the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit built right in!

  • @reetushree3129
    @reetushree3129 3 роки тому +58

    Its fascinating how TED Ed uses different kinds of animation for different videos. It's rarely the same

  • @veryberry39
    @veryberry39 3 роки тому +16

    I love this narrator's voice. I'm always happy when I find she's narrating one.

  • @nadine.1105
    @nadine.1105 3 роки тому +34

    This is actually really sweet and wholesome!

  • @nabila_tanzim
    @nabila_tanzim 3 роки тому +25

    Amazing. I have heard the name Tanuki in The Google Doodle Champion Island Game for the very first time. How amazingly Google has made that doodle along with Studio 4°C! That's an amazing approach to let the non-Japanese people know about Japanese culture, appreciate it

    • @johnny_boi5456
      @johnny_boi5456 3 роки тому +2

      Yep

    • @harshvardhan4766
      @harshvardhan4766 3 роки тому +3

      actually most of the fiction is from Japanese culture
      those who watch doraemon can understand

    • @saadtanzim9800
      @saadtanzim9800 3 роки тому +1

      @@harshvardhan4766 Umm. I have watched Doraemon(I still do), not all were from Japanese culture. Even I can even remember a Egyptian story (dividing the Neil river, story of Musa(PBUH)/Moses).

  • @macdjord
    @macdjord 3 роки тому +37

    Bold of you to assume I don't want to cuddle Loki.

  • @freyavine6448
    @freyavine6448 3 роки тому +31

    I think some western authors who weren't familiar with tanuki would translate it as "badger". So if you're reading an old translation of a japanese folktale and it's about a badger, especially if it's a trickster or a shape-changing badger, it's probably actually a tanuki.

  • @StarBoundFables
    @StarBoundFables 2 роки тому +6

    Tanuki are so awesome 😃 I have heard of them before Thank you, Ted-Ed, for reminding us of this magical creature 🙏🏽

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko 3 роки тому +9

    I love the animation style used in this, and getting to re-hear one of the nicest tanuki stories around.
    Fun fact: tanukis are canids whose closest living relatives are true foxes. They aren't closely related to raccoons.

  • @Enuvrack
    @Enuvrack 3 роки тому +4

    I love stories about grateful spirits rewarding kind people. They're just as important as the ones about punishing cruel humans.

  • @belle2515
    @belle2515 3 роки тому +53

    fact: tanukis (not raccoons) have really big balls lmao

    • @q-miiproductions878
      @q-miiproductions878 3 роки тому +1

      Their balls aren't even that big in real life.

    • @allstarpterosaur850
      @allstarpterosaur850 3 роки тому +1

      フルーツケーキ and tanukis are actually canines, more often called “raccoon dogs”.

    • @_Sparky144
      @_Sparky144 4 місяці тому

      @@allstarpterosaur850 fruitcakes? i am so confused lmao

  • @いりた-r3i
    @いりた-r3i 3 роки тому +15

    you can see "tanuki" apparing in many anime or japanese games.
    for example "Doraemon", "Mario(tanuki-mario)", "Animal crossing(Tom Nook)", "Demon-slayer(a main character imitates tanuki during the show)" or some Ghibli's movies.

  • @ashenen2278
    @ashenen2278 3 роки тому +143

    And yes.... Tanukis aren't racoons, they're racoon dogs. Those are totally different animals

    • @q-miiproductions878
      @q-miiproductions878 3 роки тому +7

      Hence why they say "raccoon-like creatures".

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko 3 роки тому +14

      Tanukis are most closely related to true foxes; they are canids, not procyonids. There is a relationship, but it's very, very distant. As a set of species, tanukis and other raccoon-dogs broke away from other canids about 9 million years ago. They've seen some things, and done some stuff, y'all.
      Yes, tanukis are even separate from continental raccoon-dogs, as they have different numbers of chromosomes than the others. The Japanese version is _Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus_ -- and it will almost certainly end up becoming a species of its own at some point, once the taxonomists get their ducks in a row.

    • @ashenen2278
      @ashenen2278 3 роки тому

      @@HayTatsuko I'm totally aware of racoon dogs being closely related to true foxes.

    • @ashenen2278
      @ashenen2278 3 роки тому

      @@HayTatsuko And yes, defining a species just for being in some degree genetically different or close is kind of not very plausible. The definition of species is not a simple one, at least to say. Dogs, for example, are considered to be the same species as wolves, but some would say they're different species.
      And yes, taxonomy is really not usable in modern systematics like phylogeny. Defining families and orders helps nothing

    • @kamalindsey
      @kamalindsey 3 роки тому

      And yes, ackshully.

  • @saeyi8961
    @saeyi8961 2 роки тому +3

    The animations are always the main things I enjoy when watching these videos :D

  • @waranontwiwaha9385
    @waranontwiwaha9385 3 роки тому +45

    Fun fact: Tanuki is actually not raccoon at all. It’s actually a type of dog relative called raccoon dog which only looks like a raccoon because it has mask on its face.

  • @harryiguana1761
    @harryiguana1761 3 роки тому +3

    I have to say all Ted-Ed animations are phenomenal

  • @prize5ighter
    @prize5ighter 3 роки тому +28

    As a kid, I became aware of the racoon story while watching Doraemon 😂
    Thank you Ted-Ed for reminding me of my childhood

  • @loliochinchin2158
    @loliochinchin2158 3 роки тому +6

    I don't know why but this scene looks cute 0:47

  • @Elsisalittleconcerned
    @Elsisalittleconcerned 3 роки тому +10

    Imagine you try to make some tea and a raccoon dog starts running around saying he wanted to pay you back but being roasted wasn’t part of the original plan.

  • @WhoisSupernerd
    @WhoisSupernerd 3 роки тому +5

    0:21 The neckline of both layer of his clothes should be 'y' shaped, called 右衽.

  • @skyb994
    @skyb994 3 роки тому +2

    i just finished the whole playlist of myths by ted ed and i enjoyed it so much:D i thought it was only composed of greek mythology but i obviously was wrong. and i enjoyed all of the stories from different parts of the world. it made me fond of the thought of how different everything is yet, so similar. the story, the narration, the animation are just *chef's kiss*. it taught me a lot of things too. i'll always enjoy ted ed no matter what day or time it is. and when i get older, i'll try my best to support you through patreon xd. anyways, good job ted ed:D

  • @pitalovr
    @pitalovr 3 роки тому +45

    Tom Nook: the origin story

  • @captainpalegg2860
    @captainpalegg2860 3 роки тому +2

    Nothing could have possibly prepared me for that opening quote.

  • @hourscience
    @hourscience 3 роки тому +4

    I am impressed with the mythic videos due to their interesting stories.

  • @omarsalem1219
    @omarsalem1219 2 роки тому +5

    When your so used to greek mythology that a wholesome myth about a trickster animal that has a happy ending feels wrong to you

  • @arcie3716
    @arcie3716 2 роки тому +3

    The whole myth is such a beautiful story

  • @riesenflugzeug
    @riesenflugzeug 3 роки тому +6

    2:15 WHAT

  • @shashwatranjan7437
    @shashwatranjan7437 3 роки тому +3

    1:29 did the narrator laughed or giggled ? Anyone noticed, btw love her voice

  • @camiloiribarren1450
    @camiloiribarren1450 3 роки тому +2

    Very wholesome story and great ending. Thank you

  • @huonghayley
    @huonghayley 3 роки тому +2

    The animation is incredible, any frame makes a beautiful picture

  • @もんざえもん-o5x
    @もんざえもん-o5x 3 роки тому +7

    英語は所々しか聞き取れないけど、アニメですぐに話が分かった!
    このお話は分福茶釜(ぶんぷくちゃがま)という日本で古くから伝わるおとぎ話です。
    日本ではタヌキやキツネが化けるお話がいっぱい伝わっています。
    まさかこのお話を世界中の人が聞く時代が来るとはびっくりです。

  • @starcloak
    @starcloak 3 роки тому +3

    Absolutely love the animation. Love Japanese folklore/myths. Keep up the good work ❤

  • @Sanee650
    @Sanee650 3 роки тому +4

    This is soooooo cute such a beautiful wholesome story 🥺🥺

  • @blink-oncefeat.multistan1300
    @blink-oncefeat.multistan1300 3 роки тому +8

    me: *reading the captoion*
    Also me: TONY TONY CHOPPER!!! 🤣

  • @axtapal2503
    @axtapal2503 2 роки тому +1

    We had this story in school, good to see it again :)

  • @gift4413
    @gift4413 3 роки тому +8

    WHEN IT SAID HOW THEY TRANSFORMED I NEARLY SPIT MY DRINK OUT ON MY SCREEN

  • @mryellow4633
    @mryellow4633 3 роки тому +6

    The Japanese tanuki, also known as a raccoon-dog and are not related to the western raccoon. Tanuki are in the canidae family along with foxes, wolves, coyotes, dogs.

  • @amelienguyen253
    @amelienguyen253 3 роки тому +3

    3:20 Hela, is that you?!

  • @guangruixia
    @guangruixia 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful animation and amazing narration!

  • @JulesColour
    @JulesColour 3 роки тому +1

    Bethany's voice is so iconic in TED ed
    I wish she would read all my books to me, I would never get bored

  • @ayak2268
    @ayak2268 3 роки тому +1

    I saw this video randomly. I was so surprised. This is the old tale of my area. I've been to 'Morin-Ji'

  • @arniecalang4583
    @arniecalang4583 3 роки тому +23

    Marvel Origins: Rocket Racoon

  • @Meow_yj
    @Meow_yj 3 роки тому +2

    Animation is so beautiful !

  • @Shreya.21714
    @Shreya.21714 3 роки тому +2

    I love te-ed it is always so fun to learn with these beautiful animations

  • @melissap5418
    @melissap5418 3 роки тому +5

    I finally found this channel! I’ve searched for so long...

    • @oishd6077
      @oishd6077 3 роки тому

      Welcome to this amazing channel!

    • @abthedragon4921
      @abthedragon4921 3 роки тому

      Enjoy the amazing content

    • @ineptireplica1548
      @ineptireplica1548 3 роки тому +1

      Leave while you still can before they trick you to LEARN

  • @kharijordan6426
    @kharijordan6426 8 місяців тому +1

    Ok, this was wholesome. Going to the history of the East iv heard too many horrific true and fake stories... it's kinda refreshing to hear something as nice as this.

  • @namelesssoul104
    @namelesssoul104 3 роки тому +2

    As an anime lover, I was excited seeing this video on my recommendation..... i have heard about the tanuki folklores.....they have such folklores about foxes and tigers and obviously cats.

  • @kuronosan
    @kuronosan 3 роки тому +15

    Will we as a society ever be able to move past calling tanuki raccoons?

    • @turkeybeard2010
      @turkeybeard2010 3 роки тому

      I know right, they are actually a canine.

    • @ultimatebishoujo29
      @ultimatebishoujo29 3 роки тому

      Not sure

    • @nijinoshita3301
      @nijinoshita3301 3 роки тому +1

      that is the first time I see people call an actual canine not dog, while they usually call everything a dog... I am so confused

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever 3 роки тому +5

    Haha, Japanese Loki is really cool!

  • @Reddception
    @Reddception 3 роки тому +1

    Tanuki: You want some Tea?
    Yeah Sure
    Tanuki: **Proceeds to put hand down pants**

  • @manavsaboo9610
    @manavsaboo9610 3 роки тому

    I love how these videos are short and can be watched without guilt :)

  • @violetbaudelaire9604
    @violetbaudelaire9604 3 роки тому +1

    Yes.... I am half Japanese and I know a lot of tales about shape shifting tanukis..... But this was better than any other!

  • @kushagrasaxena601
    @kushagrasaxena601 3 роки тому +3

    The Wonderful Tea Kettle...Here, In India I've read this story when I was in 4th standard, Subject- English. It's wonderful😊

  • @MC_lupin
    @MC_lupin 3 роки тому +1

    That quote at the beginning-

  • @vaishnavaramjass
    @vaishnavaramjass 3 роки тому +2

    Myth are so awesome there like old science. It shows how certain scientific phenomenons were explained by persons who were uneducated. They are culturally important. It shows us about our history and helps us understand ourselves.

  • @meenakshigupta5731
    @meenakshigupta5731 3 роки тому +1

    The starting quote really baffled me......

  • @jessk7333
    @jessk7333 Рік тому +3

    I had a book about this. I like it!❤😊

  • @pseudonymousgirl5452
    @pseudonymousgirl5452 3 роки тому +2

    Wow the animations are totally superb,😊😊😊

  • @foodank_atr817
    @foodank_atr817 3 роки тому +2

    0:01 I don't think that would have gone over well in Super Mario 3.

  • @TomatoSoup007
    @TomatoSoup007 2 роки тому

    This little guy is very cute! I like the drawing and animated style very much too

  • @leonardoantonio216
    @leonardoantonio216 3 роки тому +8

    This is one of the most wholesome tales from the japanese myths
    ~Also 22 second gang~

  • @TBT707
    @TBT707 Рік тому +1

    Im sorry, when it pulled out the fan i was laughing XD

  • @LiquorWithJazz
    @LiquorWithJazz 3 роки тому +1

    I saw one in the wild when I lived in Korea. Such cute little creatures.

  • @nanami_akumudeadchannel7115
    @nanami_akumudeadchannel7115 3 роки тому +3

    “By pulling on its t-”
    *W-wait WHAT?!-*

  • @Mr_Jester980
    @Mr_Jester980 3 роки тому +15

    Ted Ed be like:
    Finally, after all this years...
    *_Loki_*
    *_The Snake Lady_*
    *_Finn McCool's Wife_*
    *_The Monkey King_*
    *_Tanuki_*
    I have them all.

  • @Tsai_tama
    @Tsai_tama 3 роки тому +1

    That half tanuki half tea kettle moment made me remember the kettle that ate the tanuki fruit on the long island.

  • @Tomatotor
    @Tomatotor 3 роки тому +1

    Love this serie it help me learn English ! From 🇫🇷

  • @joryjones6808
    @joryjones6808 3 роки тому +5

    "Thor's annoying little brother who can't keep out of trouble." - script by Thor.

  • @KK-bn9oe
    @KK-bn9oe 3 роки тому +1

    The title in Japanese is BUNBUKU CHAGAMA (分福茶釜).
    In Japanese old stories, Tanuki is usually a shape shifter and fox too.

  • @jon3113
    @jon3113 2 роки тому +1

    Pull on what? That may make me shapeshift too, at least my voice. Lordy.

  • @chelseaajanel8770
    @chelseaajanel8770 3 роки тому +4

    When the add isn’t skip-able 0:35

  • @angrynoodletwentyfive6463
    @angrynoodletwentyfive6463 3 роки тому +3

    to be clear it is the Racoon Dog that the myth is about, a species that isn't even in the same family as a true racoon which are native exclusively to North America and weren't a part of japanese culture until sometime around the 1970's.

  • @004ask
    @004ask 3 роки тому +1

    this story told as BunBuku-Chagama.chagama is tea kettle in japanese.
    But, bunbuku has some theory,
    for example,
    分(separate )福(happiness, or lucky) or sounds of boiling
    water.
    tanukis sometimes appear in Japanese fairy tales, however,
    foxes appear and shape-shift too.
    :-)

  • @foureyes840
    @foureyes840 Рік тому +3

    From the story I grew up, the Tanuki actually have a family and they are starving because failed crops in the village and they can't steal food from the poor. So when he see the traveling merchant, the tanuki's wife turn into a human and the Tanuki turn himself into pot so she can sell it to the merchant for quick money and flee when the night come. The rest is more or less the same

  • @brirzet
    @brirzet 3 роки тому +1

    The last time I was this early to a TED Ed video, the Tanuki was still a kettle

  • @manpreetsharma5695
    @manpreetsharma5695 3 роки тому +1

    So useful 🙏👍

  • @kelly8859
    @kelly8859 3 роки тому +1

    When the tanuki was screaming and running around the monk was like
    :cool

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 3 роки тому +6

    Those Raccoons could be as sneaky as Possums

    • @elofkjellson3906
      @elofkjellson3906 3 роки тому

      Possums, or Opossums? They are completely different animals. And these aren't raccoons haha, they are Japanese raccoon dogs.

  • @thewhovianhippo7103
    @thewhovianhippo7103 3 роки тому +3

    i rember this from when i was younger and doremon it funny when you hear about a myth from your country well my mum's

  • @SM-zw3on
    @SM-zw3on 3 роки тому

    I loved the narrator and the Animation style, so.... Vintage and scribbling. Great choice overall.

  • @AyubuKK
    @AyubuKK 8 місяців тому +1

    What a nice story

  • @JesusMartinez-rr2ry
    @JesusMartinez-rr2ry 3 роки тому

    The Tanuki looks so adorable in the kimono at the end.

  • @b0gdyb0ta
    @b0gdyb0ta 3 роки тому

    Great story, thank you.

  • @mikshinee87
    @mikshinee87 3 роки тому +1

    We do have tanukis (raccoon dogs) in our country as an invasive species. Quite cute if you ask me.