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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 12 2006, 07:31 PM (3,966 Views) | |
| Ruffy | Sep 12 2006, 07:31 PM Post #1 |
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If you haven't realized it yet, Much of the naruto manga/anime is heavily and i mean HEAVILY influenced by the legends and myths in Japanese mythology. let's jsut start somewhere Orochimaru Well, Orochimaru, at first you simply assume that just because he can summon snakes he is snake like!...EH! WRONG, to an extent. Let's start with the fact of him just being snake like and summoning snakes. There is a story called the Tales of Jiraiya, or something similas. It tells a tale of a man named Jiraiya ("young thunder") and his wife Tsuande (le gasp? lol) and their comrade, Orochimaru. Starting to sound familiar, except the tsunade wife part. Like in the manga, Orochimaru turns to the 'dark side' and betrays his friends Jiraiya and Tsunade... Orochimaru can be said to be a snake for several reason, but in connection to this story is because that Orochimaru can actually turn into a giant Snake (Jiraiya can turn into a Toad and Tsunade a slug, hence their summons!). Orochimaru’s snake-ness can also be defined by his named. Orochi is a legendary snake by the name “Yamata no Orochi” the Hachibi (8 tailed Beast) in Japanese Mythology. Very peculiar, no? [Read more about Hachibi below] Now, another thing pulled is the Kusanagi or the “Grass Cutter.” A legendary sword actually, wielded by a Kusangai clan member I believe that the Hachibi swallowed in order to gain more power and he keeps it in his belly.
Kisame Yay, blue freak! Well, random isn’t, a blue person with gill-like slits on his face? Well, there’s a reason! Kisame’s powers, ability and him entirely is based of the legendary beast of Japanese mythology, the actual Sanbi declaired in the legends. But you may be thinking, “but the turtle is the sanbi!” In naruto, yes, but that is only because he basically made the Sanbi Kisame…it would redundant and all the other bijuu are not important to the story other than the Kyuubi and Ichibi (who is captured).
Raikir/Sarutobi/Sasuke Omg a move?! Yes, along with other moves like Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, Raikiri is off a legend too and is one w/ Sarutobi and Sasuke along with the story of the 6 Tailed beast, Rokubi no Raijuu. Just read:
I’ll post more as I can remember them, or maybe you can suggest some for me to look into |
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| kai | Sep 12 2006, 07:53 PM Post #2 |
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That's really interesting. |
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| +beat89 | Sep 12 2006, 07:54 PM Post #3 |
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Intersting... I've heard most of this stuff before, especially the part about the tailed beasts, but there was a lot there I didn't know. Thats some great reasearch. A+ But, I dunno if you have been, don't pull info from Wikipedia. It can be notoriously in-accurate for stuff like this. |
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| Ruffy | Sep 13 2006, 12:55 PM Post #4 |
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Not from Wikipedia, though you can find some of the same information there, its not as detailed and pulled out as this. |
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| Hyuuga_Uchiha | Sep 13 2006, 12:58 PM Post #5 |
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I didnt know most of this stuff. I onlythink i knew was how Orochimaru, Tsunade, and jiraiya were influenced by that myth. Thanks for the info. |
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| Jinchuuriki | Sep 13 2006, 04:48 PM Post #6 |
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Even though I knew before it was based on myths and legends i never really got into detail and now its interesting to see the details. Thank you! But i do know that a God slayed the Yamato No Orochi Prince Susanoui i think i dont really know how to spell it |
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| Elite Anbu | Sep 13 2006, 07:41 PM Post #7 |
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>.> That took me forever too read but cool cool |
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