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B1 متوسط الإنجليزية 17:19 Educational

Spirited Away Revealed: The Real Mythology & Folklore Explained!

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Spirited away is one of the best

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animated films ever made.

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Correction, it is one of the best films period.

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Aside from being the highest

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rated studio ghibli film on IMDB.

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Aside from being the first and only Japanese

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film to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

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Aside from still being the

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highest-grossing film in Japan 19 years later,

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Spirited away is simply a beautiful piece of cinema

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Much has been made of director Hayao Miyazaki's

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attention to detail in the visual art or

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movement of his animation but Miyazaki

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also applies this level of detail to the

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fantasy elements in his stories.

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Miyazaki's films have a mythic quality.

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In part because he's an amazing

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storyteller but also because they draw

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from pre-existing mythology folklore and culture.

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Miyazaki is usually careful not

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to reference any of these myths or legends overtly.

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And for this reason, it

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is difficult to uncover his sources.

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In this video however, I'm going to try anyway.

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Just to be clear Miyazaki, has

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given hints here and there but has not

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revealed what specific mythology he was

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inspired by for Spirited Away.

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I will make my best guesses on this based on

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clues I find in the film.

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Also, I will try my best with the pronunciations

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but I'm sure I'll make mistakes.

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Gomennasai!

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Let's get started!

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The film's first little hint that we are

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departing the world we know and entering

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into an Otherworld comes in the form of

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a wooden gate called a Torii.

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Torii gates signify the entrance to a shrine of the

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Shinto religion: One of two major

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spiritual practices in Japan alongside buddhism.

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Shinto however, is indigenous to Japan alone.

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Entering through a Torii signifies

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you are entering into the

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sacred realm of the gods.

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Or "Kami" in Japanese.

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The word Shinto itself means

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"way of the gods".

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Although Chihiro doesn't pass through

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this torii it may be a hint that she

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will pass through another gate soon...

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the train station and enter the realm of the gods.

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In fact, Spirited Away's original title in

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Japanese is "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi".

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That latter word means "hidden by gods",

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a concept in Japanese folklore comparable

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to being taken or "Spirited Away"

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by fairies in European folklore.

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Below the shrine Chihiro notices these

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little stone houses called "Hokora".

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These tiny roadside shrines are meant to

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house minor Kami and guardian spirits called "Dōsojin".

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Another representation of "Dōsojin"

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are roadside statues

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like the one Chihiro notices in the

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forest and this other one that forces

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her dad to abruptly hit the brakes of his Audi.

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Dōsojin statues often mark boundaries,

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for example the one Chihiro

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and her family are about to cross.

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These Kami are also thought to

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protect travelers and those in

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"transitional phases".

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An apt description

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of Chihiro at this point.

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The Aburaya bathhouse or onsen that we see for the

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first time here is said to be loosely

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based on the Dogo onsen in Matsuyama.

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Reputedly the oldest onsen in Japan.

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Onsens are a staple of Japanese culture

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and have been popular for millennia.

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They may also be referred to as Sento when

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