Yokai Explained: Ubume, Women Who Died in Childbirth

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  • @Linfamy
    @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +335

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    • @oriricha
      @oriricha 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love your vids!! Keep up the work. You are appreciated

    • @annna-2103
      @annna-2103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Scary 🥺

    • @peaceofserenity1387
      @peaceofserenity1387 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Time to go dig up graves for babies

    • @annna-2103
      @annna-2103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@peaceofserenity1387 😂😂

    • @imaginextramusic5530
      @imaginextramusic5530 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'll stand beside you for more ❤️

  • @murder7415
    @murder7415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1349

    Out of all the yokai, this is rather wholesome.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      It's not the worse :p

    • @Nikku4211
      @Nikku4211 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Wholesome baby biting time!

    • @ikustaa
      @ikustaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Nikku4211 bebe*

    • @ivanfugas7582
      @ivanfugas7582 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      When a unborn baby dies in balkan i think? some of them called it "drekavac" they also announce bad things like diseases and fires. apparently it was somewhere in serbia in 2019 (i am not sure) also it is funny to me that the name roughly translates to "shitter"
      edit: apparently their names mean "dreka" like noise wich will make it a "noise-er" or something like that

    • @murder7415
      @murder7415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ivanfugas7582 interesting...

  • @kshaw2307
    @kshaw2307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +658

    The ubume doesn't sound like a monster, just a mother trying to look after her child (or punish her husband if he beat them to death). But mostly just a mother who loves her child.

    • @amyrat151
      @amyrat151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's all way more sad than scary.

    • @Rhyrhyyyyyylie
      @Rhyrhyyyyyylie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ikrr

  • @DreyriAldranaris36
    @DreyriAldranaris36 2 ปีที่แล้ว +325

    This is so sweet. The mother that wouldn’t let go of the child until she was sure they had milk was just so so wholesome.

  • @pigcatapult
    @pigcatapult 3 ปีที่แล้ว +618

    “Coffin birth” is kind of a misleading term, although it’s certainly more poetic than the technical “postmortem fetal extrusion”

    • @Haley_777.14
      @Haley_777.14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @he4rtMich which one

    • @redacted6169
      @redacted6169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Haley_777.14 both

    • @Steve.A.O
      @Steve.A.O 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry for what I'm going to say, but"coffin birth" remind me astronomía

  • @MagicianFairy
    @MagicianFairy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +529

    "Will make you pregnant.. with possibility"... that just sounds lime normal pregnancy.

  • @beanutbutter2977
    @beanutbutter2977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +331

    I could see this being turned into an anime. Protagonist has a ghost mom who protects them and brings snacks.

    • @legendaryfails7529
      @legendaryfails7529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Mmm. Sounds close to gegege no kitaro.

    • @D3arD8ughter
      @D3arD8ughter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yessss

    • @RutraNickers
      @RutraNickers 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      well, we sorta kinda have one this season: Faraway Paladin. But instead of being raised by a ghost mom, it is being raised by a mummy mom, a skelly dad and a wraith grandpa

    • @lyndsaybrown8471
      @lyndsaybrown8471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think in Berserk there's supposedly a curse on the protag because he was born from a dead woman.

    • @Baladwitya
      @Baladwitya 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What about ghost waifu?

  • @Saitaina
    @Saitaina 3 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    Fun Fact: Childbirth, while having ba loer mortality rate in the modern age, is still one of the deadliest things a woman can do.

    • @jashardwallington
      @jashardwallington 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait what

    • @KLT-id9nm
      @KLT-id9nm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      You'd think there would be fewer childbirth related deaths these days than there are given modern science. But unfortunately maternal mortality rates are still surprisingly high in many countries, including the US.

    • @frillylily8005
      @frillylily8005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@KLT-id9nm Ya unfortunately Medical malpractice and lack of health before pregnancy can really do a number.

    • @songpoetry1
      @songpoetry1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I thought the death rate is super-low nowadays! Shoot, this might not have been the best topic for me to explore mere weeks before giving birth.

    • @frillylily8005
      @frillylily8005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@songpoetry1 It's much lower in First world countries than poor ones I think but contrary to the modern world the Amish are better at birthing health.

  • @theweditor3612
    @theweditor3612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    “You no longer have to cut mama open…” Because we here buddhist monks will do it for you for only the low price of 10,000 yen!”

    • @blume0121
      @blume0121 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A real buddhist would not take money for that

  • @Solqueen86
    @Solqueen86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Casuals making rituals without paying royalties
    Japanese Monks: Hippity Hoppity, this Ubume ritual is now our copyrighted property!

  • @thetowerstillstands
    @thetowerstillstands 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    As a mother whose son started teething at TWO MONTHS, I promise you, a baby with TEETH is NOT FUN.

    • @noursama_the_old
      @noursama_the_old 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wait hol on at what month do they usually start to teeth

    • @Taikuriketsuppi
      @Taikuriketsuppi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Remove the teeth its gonna get new ones

    • @DaddyIsntDoneSpeaking
      @DaddyIsntDoneSpeaking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Taikuriketsuppi Dude wtf

    • @Taikuriketsuppi
      @Taikuriketsuppi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DaddyIsntDoneSpeaking What?

    • @DaddyIsntDoneSpeaking
      @DaddyIsntDoneSpeaking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Taikuriketsuppi Why would you remove a two month old's teeth?

  • @pineapplepearjuice6717
    @pineapplepearjuice6717 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Woah the thumbnail looked menacing but its such a wholesome Yokai.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Hmm you're right 🤔

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    The heavy baby reminds me of Germanic ghosts. There's one that is created when a mother does mabiki and puts the baby in an unmarked grave and does probably even more to anger the spirit. These spirits are babies that will attach themselves to unfortunate wanderers and get heavier with every step, maybe crushing you, or make you sink into the ground... If you manage to carry it to holy ground, you're saved and the spirit can finally find peace...

    • @anastasiap6253
      @anastasiap6253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Muling? Or something like that. It’s a Scandinavian legend too.

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@anastasiap6253 also Slavic AFAIK.

    • @tareag993
      @tareag993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sounds like a botchling

    • @edi9892
      @edi9892 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tareag993 I don't know if the creature in-game was inspired by Slavic folklore or Germanic.

    • @praise_kek340
      @praise_kek340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@edi9892 expect a mix

  • @thedoruk6324
    @thedoruk6324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +466

    Nippon where every horrifying absolutely terrifying entity has a highly depressive story

    • @MrKIMBO345
      @MrKIMBO345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I agree

    • @Gorette66
      @Gorette66 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Good point, OP. Japanese folklore & religion can be so morbid at times.☠

    • @travisoliver6741
      @travisoliver6741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shinto Monsters is truly the Dark Souls of mythology.

  • @edi9892
    @edi9892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +147

    _getting rewarded_
    Ask my mother!
    She nearly died giving life to me and I was her third and last attempt. I have two older sisters, but none lived long enough to make it to their first scream.
    BTW: my mother is a bit superstitious about her two unnamed children. She honestly fears that they may be ghosts.

    • @Uhlersoth77
      @Uhlersoth77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      That's kind of understandable, considering.

    • @lyndsaybrown8471
      @lyndsaybrown8471 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Oh man, that's rough. Guess you are very lucky!

  • @annna-2103
    @annna-2103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +457

    In India there are lots of folklores about the ghost of the pregnant women who died while going birth . The Ubame and the Indian Ghost (I don't know what do we call it here ) are so similar .
    I guess Ubame had a twin sistaarrrrrr 😂

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Ah interesting!

    • @stevengreen9536
      @stevengreen9536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @Anamika Mukhi It might be the creature that inspired the Ubume. Some japanese deities are copies of hindu gods. So it would not surprise me if tales and legends of ghosts and creatures were transmitted to the isle of Japan as well.

    • @quadeevans6484
      @quadeevans6484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@stevengreen9536 not suprising if it is. South asian philosophies and religions have had a big impact on eastern worldviews and culture

    • @stevengreen9536
      @stevengreen9536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@quadeevans6484 Indeed they have

    • @nahidsadique8403
      @nahidsadique8403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yo i think the name is churel

  • @damedesuka77
    @damedesuka77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    0:45 Uhh thanks for the mini jump scare mate...
    Seriously I didn't expect to see something that's actually scary here 😱

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Haha that wasn't even intended

    • @愛-m8l6l
      @愛-m8l6l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Same and I'm watching this at night 😭

    • @kuprukuula
      @kuprukuula 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah jesus christ that was messed up. I'm a grown man but that image will haunt me, and I've seen some stuff

    • @Alex-wf6zd
      @Alex-wf6zd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It kinda remind oh wait its whats started the momo thing-

    • @rabiulalamador5506
      @rabiulalamador5506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Alex-wf6zd it is that thing

  • @aolanikunisan
    @aolanikunisan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    There’s also an old folklore story in Japan about a mother who died and gave birth. She then becomes a ghost to buy candy for the baby to eat.

  • @star7communicator
    @star7communicator 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Funny thing about the "stone baby" part? That's rare but can actually happen in nature. Fetuses can calcify in the womb and was known about in humans as far back as 1100 AD, so I wouldn't be surprised if that was in Japanese folklore.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      O_O

  • @olgamedina5104
    @olgamedina5104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    The fact that a legend like that of La Llorona (the weeping woman) can be found all around the world!!

    • @legendaryfails7529
      @legendaryfails7529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Um. La llorona killed her kids and is punished to roam the earth forever until she finds them again. Ubume is different.

    • @Panchouliii
      @Panchouliii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      La Llorona is very different from Ubume. Ubume is a ghost that died from childbirth, La Llorona is a woman who killed herself after killing her own children. Ubume usually have their babies with them, while La Llorona is searching for her child.

    • @edorasmarauder5761
      @edorasmarauder5761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But La Llorona killed her children.

  • @AyubuKK
    @AyubuKK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    Aw. They’re like spirit foster mothers.

  • @enriquekahn9405
    @enriquekahn9405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    There's a Japanese novel called The Summer of the Ubume in English translation. It's really good.

    • @cassiadsouza709
      @cassiadsouza709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Thanks for this! I'll see if i can find

    • @m.m.4423
      @m.m.4423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@cassiadsouza709 DM me for scans

    • @liliumkuronatasa3690
      @liliumkuronatasa3690 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I now really want to read it

    • @cassiadsouza709
      @cassiadsouza709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@m.m.4423 you have the book already? I'd love to get the scans of it!

    • @m.m.4423
      @m.m.4423 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cassiadsouza709 I do. Its out of print and almost impossible to get, but a local library had it. There's also a manga adaptation you can find online and a movie. If you give me your email I'll send it to you.

  • @Takayama-sama
    @Takayama-sama 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    That Ubume statue at the beginning of the video was the scariest thing I’ve seen in a while! It gave me chills… Chills right down my spine and in my chest. I don’t know if anything has creeped me out so much before. I hope I never meet anything like that, EVER!

  • @pomnorl1653
    @pomnorl1653 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    ".. the farting boyfriend hell, where your boyfriend farts like an elephant every 2 minutes, then laugh like a hyenas" I died XD

  • @JariDawnchild
    @JariDawnchild 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I've always been fascinated with death and the dead, and how Japanese culture and myth depict their dead, to me, make the most sense. As a mother (a living one, my child's living too), I get the concept of an ubume. As a person who has at least semi-regular sort-of contact with the non-physical, I get it from that angle, too.
    My maternal grandmother birthed one of her children dead, and my mother has told me stories of how she would pray over food and burn it for the child, and do the same with a winter coat at the start of each one; she was very Christian, but she felt it was the mother thing to do. In her time, it was common for doctors to incinerate a body without asking for the mother's consent, or allowing the mother to see it, and I was told that was why my grandmother handled those...offerings the way she did.
    Sorry if what I said or how I said it upset anyone with more personal experience with the subject matter than I.

  • @noobrat
    @noobrat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The part with the Ubune's baby turning to stone reminds me of a different yokai, the Nure-onna who sometimes tries to trick people into holding a baby that sticks to you and turns to stone (or was a disguised stone all along). After which she drinks your blood.

  • @jeffwolcott7815
    @jeffwolcott7815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    In a creepy way, an ubume was almost like a fairy godmother to a surviving child.

  • @ladyofavalon
    @ladyofavalon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Interesting. I'm studying mortuary science soon going to school to get my license. I found out that when a pregnant woman dies sometimes the gases in her body expell the fetus. I'm sure you have heard that before, but I thought I would mention it. *shrug *
    I love your videos by the way and listen to them when I am painting.

    • @barbieblues7639
      @barbieblues7639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What makes someone want to study that of all things?

  • @mcostagirl123
    @mcostagirl123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    “These Ubume babies are different from regular babies, one is evil and wants to bite you, the other is an Ubume baby”.

    • @Darcnhife
      @Darcnhife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol, thank you. I didn't quite process that until I read it here.

    • @mcostagirl123
      @mcostagirl123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Darcnhife You're welcome! lol

  • @ticklemeelmo73
    @ticklemeelmo73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Stealing candy from a baby is bad...unless the baby is dead." Words to live by.

  • @claudy_sky
    @claudy_sky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    I loved this concept in Death Stranding but didn't know it was related to Japanese folklore! I find it very wholesome. :')

    • @gateauxq4604
      @gateauxq4604 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      There is so much Japanese folklore mixed with everything in Death Stranding. It was so good.

    • @claudy_sky
      @claudy_sky 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gateauxq4604 Yeah, and despite what people think about the game, I really enjoyed it. I had to get a platinum. 💙

  • @ghoulchan7525
    @ghoulchan7525 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    i have been playing the mobile game Onmyoji for a while now, and there is a Shikigami in there named Ubume. guess this is what she is based on, only in the game she takes babies from people that can't or won't care for it, and raises them instead. guess in the game she does the reverse compared to the myth. people call her Birdmom.

  • @illyasvielemiya9059
    @illyasvielemiya9059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    this kind of ghost seem to be common thing in Asia. We have one called Kuntilanak in my country.

  • @giovanne2143
    @giovanne2143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Man, congrats, you write very well, your humor is high class. Be bold with It!

  • @ElhPudding
    @ElhPudding 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I wonder about the "till the age of 7" thing that you also pointed out in that video about a tale of a boy being spirit away with a Tengu.
    I also heard that in old times Japan had this weird age thing where you born with 1 year instead of 0 years, so I do wonder if would mean "till the age of 6" if we would put the age system of today/west.
    And yeah I kept thinking just bc I did tried to think in an idea for a story related to that topic XD

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Correct. Traditionally, newborns start at 1 year old, so using the modern counting system, it would mean "til the age of 6."
      It's a bit more complicated, because your age goes up on New Year's Day, not on your birthday. So if you're born on December 31, on the next day (Jan 1), you would be 2 years old, even though you were just born.

  • @jinxingxuelang
    @jinxingxuelang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    0:46 😱 Lin, I trusted you, why scare me like this?

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sorry 😅. Didn't know people would have such a strong reaction.

    • @krealyesitisbeta5642
      @krealyesitisbeta5642 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Linfamy people are still traumatized by “Momo” I see:

  • @megan1324
    @megan1324 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Been binging your content recently on my way to work, thanks for the content dude 👍

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Glad you like the vids =)

  • @snev5188
    @snev5188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    What my mom wanted when she gave birth to me:

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      o.o

  • @Ishub
    @Ishub 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    0:45 Oh no! This is gonna give me nightmares. 😰

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😅

  • @willywilly7832
    @willywilly7832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Its pretty interesting how they make tales about pregnant woman. Tuff times back then, huh.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Very tuff times.

  • @Гпник-д3ч
    @Гпник-д3ч 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    0:45 I'm not one with small heart, but this image is really, REALLY DISTURBING. It's makes me so uneasy. 😳

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The artist did a good job 😅

    • @giovanne2143
      @giovanne2143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Me too bro, I had a full screen on... Very unsettling..

    • @astrothecutie479
      @astrothecutie479 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@giovanne2143 I’m sorry. That sounds awful.

  • @adityamohan1773
    @adityamohan1773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ur sense of humor has only been getting better man

  • @blueanimegirl07
    @blueanimegirl07 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I died when he said "Bebe" 😹😹😹😹 love the wit

  • @thischanneldoesntexist6132
    @thischanneldoesntexist6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Unsettling fact:
    This inspired the internationally known statue of the “mother of birds” sculpture
    It’s interesting how many things we get inspired by

  • @Brandon-bo2wl
    @Brandon-bo2wl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ahhh yes my day is always made when Lindaddy releases a video.

  • @telinhajp
    @telinhajp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wishing you a wonderful and relaxing weekend, Linfamy! ❤️

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You too!

  • @vyrious7029
    @vyrious7029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    You had to bring in the picture of Momo, had you?... Welp... My nightmares have returned...

  • @thesamuraix881
    @thesamuraix881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    By the way, the infamous Momo is actually a sculpture of the Ubume

  • @secretscarlet8249
    @secretscarlet8249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for posting subtitles. I needed to check if I heard it right that ubumes steal Toblerones. 3:04

  • @cassiadsouza709
    @cassiadsouza709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Love the way you say bébé😂 this was super interesting!

    • @mangoandlolbit
      @mangoandlolbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uh are you insulting our spanish language or ur just saying that for fun?

    • @cassiadsouza709
      @cassiadsouza709 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mangoandlolbit nono i love the accent that's all

    • @mangoandlolbit
      @mangoandlolbit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cassiadsouza709 heh lol

  • @inactiveaccount7304
    @inactiveaccount7304 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    0:46 almost gave me a heart attack

    • @luna-bs2qt
      @luna-bs2qt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wow so brave, because I got a legit heart attack

  • @Sweet.peach21
    @Sweet.peach21 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I would pay homage to them, they deserve it. And hope they find peace (though idk if that’s possible as a yokai)

  • @Constantin9va
    @Constantin9va 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is such primo content! Thanks!

  • @tsukuyomirai4823
    @tsukuyomirai4823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brother Linfamy, we almost have the same story. In Nepal, I heard an old story of time when people have to walk miles to buy salts and seasonings. Once a person was returning to his village after all these groceries from low lands. The night was getting darker and he rested for a while and thought he would reach village by this morning. So, he woke up very early and continued. it was still dark. He saw a woman with her baby who asked him to look for her while she would collect some woods. But she didnt returned. He thought that the woman must be a villager so he took the baby. As day was getting closer, the baby would get heavier and heavier. When the daylight shone, he couldnt bear the weight and finally opened the cloth that wrapped the baby. he then found a heavy stone in rags. haha

  • @nidohime6233
    @nidohime6233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That part of hell where mothers where punished for just dying during childbirth sounds something a man would have wrote back then. (-_-)

  • @kennethwilliams543
    @kennethwilliams543 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    A Wiseman once said "Stealing candy from a baby is bad, unless the baby is dead"...
    Poetry

  • @MetroboomingmakeitBOOM867
    @MetroboomingmakeitBOOM867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I feel bad for the ubume. They’re just lost woman who want a better life for their children

  • @jinxingxuelang
    @jinxingxuelang 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you'd think that seeing the "bird ubume" gets less scary the more you rewatch this, or little predictable but no, it doesn't (but now i know not to watch it at night, so there is that)

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      💀

  • @thewispofthenight3878
    @thewispofthenight3878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I thought I forgot about momo now I remember it NOW ILL BE HIDING IN MY BLANKET

  • @kv5917
    @kv5917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Finally, in time for a good, relaxing dramatic horror story....😃
    I mean, to learn! Im only here to learn... .╰(°°")~

  • @katrinalindsey1869
    @katrinalindsey1869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    There's actually a type of banshee from Ireland I believe, also said to be spirits of women who died in childbirth, that also hang around rivers, doing laundry and stuff.
    Also giving birth in a grave is the origin story of George/Hakaba no Literal, except that he crawled out himself and nobody had to dig him up

  • @corneliatjandra4500
    @corneliatjandra4500 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's a similar ghost creature in South East Asia, kuntilanak in Indonesia, Pontianak in Malaysia and Singapore

  • @emilyspector2728
    @emilyspector2728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just subbed! And I’ve been reading more about Yurei and Oni…pretty interesting.

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Welcome! First rule of the channel is you must sacrifice a pokemon.

  • @clarejennings5049
    @clarejennings5049 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so wholesome and sweet 🥺

  • @smithsoniansmith2433
    @smithsoniansmith2433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Awesome and cool!

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      No you are

    • @smithsoniansmith2433
      @smithsoniansmith2433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Linfamy You are!

    • @smithsoniansmith2433
      @smithsoniansmith2433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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  • @bigfotpeesonyoutube9647
    @bigfotpeesonyoutube9647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3. Getting kicked in the balls.
    2. Child Birth.
    1. Kidney stones.
    ...Also, it's very interesting to me how rituals for preventing Ubume may have a parallel in how Eastern Europeans, particularly Romanians, would perform grave rituals to prevent the dead from coming back as Strigoi (Vampires.)

  • @StMyles
    @StMyles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    😂😂…. As usual very informative and very fun to watch. Thank-you.

  • @jameskosusnik1102
    @jameskosusnik1102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The yokai videos are my favorite of your videos.

  • @stevengreen9536
    @stevengreen9536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think i saw an Ubume in a movie about a legendary japanese sorcerer years ago. It took place in ancient Japan. In the scene the ghost of a woman is offering a nobleman a large egg. The guy is freaking out shouting " i don't want it!!! " Apparently she was the ghost of a woman whom the guy was having an affair with. Who he consequently got pregnant but refused to claim the child. Depressed and heartbroken the woman committed suicide by jumping off a bridge.

  • @akechijubeimitsuhide
    @akechijubeimitsuhide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Are there separate baby yokai? Like those who were aborted, mabiki'd or stillborn? I still remember that one quest from The Witcher 3.

    • @MorganJ
      @MorganJ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I love how mabiki'd has turned into an actual verb. It sounds so cheerful if I completely ignore the actual meaning of the word.

    • @azazel166
      @azazel166 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No, but there are Yokai who pretend to be crying babies to lure in unsuspecting people, and as soon as they pick them up, they become heavy and crush them to death.
      They're called Konaki-jiji, and in some stories they are the spirits of babies who were left to die in the wilderness.

    • @jameskosusnik1102
      @jameskosusnik1102 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just thinking of that baby the first time I played it, I thought you had to kill all the wraiths

    • @Diyel
      @Diyel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the Philippines, we have those. But instead of being ghosts, they become ghoul-like or vampire-like monsters which we call "tiyanak". If you've seen one of the episodes of animated series Trese, one of it features a tiyanak.

  • @imaginextramusic5530
    @imaginextramusic5530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your stories!
    UwU too linfamy ...

  • @zawawi9913
    @zawawi9913 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Malaysia call it pontianak
    Indonesia call it kuntilanak

  • @Eichhornchen14
    @Eichhornchen14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That was fascinating! Thank you!
    Please consider doing some videos on Japanese hell/afterlife.

  • @waffle7990
    @waffle7990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You jumpscared me with that Momo picture

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      👀

    • @waffle7990
      @waffle7990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Linfamy . _ .

  • @Raya_Just_Raya
    @Raya_Just_Raya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Liny love the vids and my grand ma died in child birth and well she visits me every april

  • @sussybaka119
    @sussybaka119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Imagine passing hours of tears and pain in childbirth only for your child to become a tiktoker

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would you be so impatient for time travel to be practical so you could change the past for this existential crime???

  • @sweetdreaming7104
    @sweetdreaming7104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the way you say Baby 💗 are there any more baby yokai stories?

  • @KhmerTarotReading
    @KhmerTarotReading ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This yokai type made me cry ❤😢

    • @Linfamy
      @Linfamy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hugs

  • @yourlocaltrickstergod
    @yourlocaltrickstergod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I'm imagining a gay love story where a farmer discovers a baby and cares for it along with the Yokai, maybe the farmer has some kids of her own, two single moms

    • @send_itfps1811
      @send_itfps1811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *stares in yaoi*

    • @mr.monhon5179
      @mr.monhon5179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *lesbian

    • @shanedoesyoutube8001
      @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mr.monhon5179 hold on, is it supposed to be yaoi or yuri???

    • @lonelyronin2428
      @lonelyronin2428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@shanedoesyoutube8001 yuri. Why do I know tjese things.

    • @mr.monhon5179
      @mr.monhon5179 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lonelyronin2428 Cuz ur fate was to know them, mate.

  • @Crybabykween
    @Crybabykween 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reminds me of the legend of แม่นาคพระคนอง (she also has a small shrine that you can visit and pray to)(you also have to ask permission to make anything related to her like books, shows etc.)

  • @DemonArtz_
    @DemonArtz_ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That monster pic gave me a heart attack

  • @Jojo-qw4yf
    @Jojo-qw4yf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jesus christ a jumpscare warning would have been nice

  • @esincorporated6123
    @esincorporated6123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You really had to put Momo in there. My nightmares manifest 😨

  • @jailanitauhid5889
    @jailanitauhid5889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Linfamy: *shows a picture how the ubume looks like*
    Me: ew that looks like MoMo but with bird legs

  • @ritasuslonova6550
    @ritasuslonova6550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Stealing a candy from a baby is bad,
    Unless the baby is dead"

  • @delinquentcat3832
    @delinquentcat3832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Finally! More yokai!

  • @Residentdummy
    @Residentdummy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That f***ing statue gave me a heart attack

  • @jeweltara
    @jeweltara 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    ah yes yet another youkai for my "someone give this poor thing a hug!" list.
    also now I know where we got the whole "babies come from the stork" myth...man not only did we plagurise the myth from Japan we took out all the edgy stuff

  • @zunairahasy-syifa2191
    @zunairahasy-syifa2191 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    4:21 that so sweet 😢

  • @taitai-bn4fi
    @taitai-bn4fi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you please do a video about Japanese cat yo Kai because I have become interested in them and I was a bit confused about what powers does it have and I can’t seem to found a story about them so please do a cat yo Kai explaining videos please.

  • @Uhlersoth77
    @Uhlersoth77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So wait, did women go to the blood pool hell just for dying in childbirth?

    • @emmym9276
      @emmym9276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I looked it up and it's because her menstrual/vaginal blood "tainted" the earth and it was disrespectful to deities??? Honestly i don't know how ancient Japanese women put up with men's bullshit at all.

  • @bigfan7765
    @bigfan7765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I clicked on this video thinking of women then he told me think of getting kicked in the balls sheeesh

  • @shanedoesyoutube8001
    @shanedoesyoutube8001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    7:00 "Yui Minamoto of the Minamoto clan"
    B-t-t-t-t-t-*wheeze*

  • @cosmichand2117
    @cosmichand2117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In Hawaii there is two Ghost stories that may concern Ubume. Possibly due to the many Japanese immigrants and roots during the Plantation days. I can’t remember the exact titles but they were in Glenn Grant’s(?) Chicken Skin Tales.
    One where a woman who died in childbirth haunts a certain hospital bed refusing to relinquish it; desperate to have that happiest moment that was taken from her.
    One where a pregnant woman who was dead and buried; but her ghost went to a nearby manju store. She implored the person to give her some food and was given steamed manju (steamed rice buns filled with sweet bean paste) when the ghost left; a passerby heard the cries of a newborn and uncovered the grave. the woman had woken up in her coffin; gave birth, died and her ghost brought back the steamed manju for her child to survive until rescued.

  • @jeanfalconer6377
    @jeanfalconer6377 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Well, that was not as bad as I thought it might be.

  • @kenshinhimura2322
    @kenshinhimura2322 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God damn it. Now the river part in Hell Girl makes sense.

  • @JasTheSass
    @JasTheSass ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honestly, I love Momo. My favorite part is that for a while, most of my classmates were terrified of her and I knew that she was just a sculpture. I didn’t tell them.

    • @JasTheSass
      @JasTheSass ปีที่แล้ว

      And also, it’s a really impressive work of art.

  • @hanjiackerm2218
    @hanjiackerm2218 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:46 bruh i wasn't prepared for this

  • @GM-it5rj
    @GM-it5rj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    'Getting kicked in the balls hurts.' This man's definitely done his research.

  • @Bob-bm9lu
    @Bob-bm9lu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude you‘re so funny 🤣
    And informing
    Keep Continue 👌