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Images of the Baku-Eater of Dreams (Patreon)

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2020-11-21 09:32:45
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LungOx

So beautiful! As a child, I had a picture book about the baku: The Dream Eater, by Christian Garrison, illustrated by Diane Goode. Honestly I'm very excited to learn the baku is a "real" Japanese folktale!!

Marko of the Woods

Is Baku an elephant or a tapir? I remember that the Pokémon called Drowzee was based on a dream-eater creature. Drowzee has actually a very creepy entry in the Pokédex, being a danger to children. Not sure if they with Hypno kidnapped children but something like that comes to mind. Sounds like something along the lines of that Oni calling app you had an episode about but that particular case (there are more creepy Pokémon) is the from 90s - my childhood. Cheers from Estonia!

Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura

Despite saying it had an elephant nose, it is mostly associated with the tapir. And if you image search 獏 you get images of both!

Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura

I answered three times and it keeps deleting my answer. I'll try again. It's interesting that Drowzee was a danger to children. It does have the oni-app vibe to it, doesn't it? I'm also curious why the (Japanese) creators would change the myth.

Marko of the Woods

The article has 20 of those Pokémon who have folklorically creepy descriptions. Pick one you think is the creepiest.

Marko of the Woods

About this Oni app vibe. Terry, having raised a child in Japan, do you have any qualms with how japanese schools treat children? I have listened podcasts about strange school rules which school thinks are extremely important to discuss (like allowing girls to wear skirts couple of centimeters shorter being the most important organizational problem). There was recently also a brief coverage of the Japanese hikikomori poblem with interviews with several of those people. One said that he was bullied at school and when he went to the counselling he was told that it's his fault that he is bullied (classical victim blaming). A lot of that looks like schooling in Europe in 19th till first part of 20th century. Taking, tought, in account that Japan was closed feudal society till the end of the first part of 19th century, Japanese society have made much faster progress than the western society from the similar point (to the Edo era) in history. To be clear, being a remote japanophile, though seeing problems, it seems to be normal in terms of historical context, and I don't blame anybody (this post might have sounded quite negative). Changed from very conservative views just take a lot of time and Japan has done a lot of changes very fast compared to "the west". Do you have a take on that topic, Terrie?

Marko of the Woods

I really don't want to pass as an opinionated Japanese culture nerd from overseas. I have tried my best to not judge what I don't understand. Just those a lot of what I have heard about Japanese schooling conventions and learning that hikikomori problem is a reflection of how mental health issues are dealt with, reminds me of conservative Europe from end of 19th and the first part of 20th century. After all, the Tales of Brother Grimm (Germany end of 19th century) is very much scaring children into obedience.

Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura

Marko, yes, I have a lot of thoughts and experiences dealing with everything you mentioned: strange and occasionally horrific rules in schools, being bullied for being different, and hikkikomori. There's another word called 不登校 (futoukou), which means just not going to school anymore. I know many kids like this. My son had quite a lot of bad experiences during his school days. Actually, some are a bit traumatic to both of us, I'm afraid. Still. One lighter example, is in high school he was told his hair was too light (it's darkish brown). He'd never dyed it or anything. when he was very young it was much lighter with blond streaks. It just naturally turns a shade lighter after summer. I'm the same way. Not big deal. But anyway, the school told him to dye it. Insane. It's against the rules to dye your hair. But because his hair wasn't dark enough, they told him he had to dye it. We went out and got the blackest hair dye we could find and we dyed it jet black. Then he got in trouble because it was too black.

Uncanny Japan -- Thersa Matsuura

Have you seen the Nike commercial about ijime in Japan? It's causing quite the stir here. I'm having a hard time following the conversation. Still painful.

BlackLoisLane

My husband heard this episode and now I'm trying to find a Baku makura!