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ŚB 5.16.11On the four sides of the great mountain known as Sumeru are four mountains – Mandara, Merumandara, Supārśva and Kumuda – which are like its belts. The length and height of these mountains are calculated to be 10,000 yojanas [80,000 miles].Please feel free to join our Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Telegram group chat (for both prabhujīs and mātājīs): https://t.me/iskmnews
Having explored the philosophy and lift of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, the incarnation of Rādhā and Krsna in one body, it is now time to turn to something very important: the practices! In this class, we do a quick overview of the various aspects of Bhakti sādhanā, the Path of Devotion. Incidentally, we happened to do this class around this time last year in Lafayette in Caitanya Devī and Sumeru-ji's house, just around the time they were moving in! How wonderful to have returned to their beautiful abode earlier this year for our Spring retreat/ Guhyeśvarī Kālī installation ceremony! Thank you for hosting us all, you two, and for being such powerful example of true Bhakti! Jai Gaur! Jai Nitai! Jai Radhakrshna! Here is our playlist on all things Tantrik Vaishnavism! Lectures happen live every Monday at 7pm PST and Friday 10am PST and again Friday at 6pm PST.Use this link and I will see you there:https://www.zoom.us/j/7028380815For more videos, guided meditations and instruction and for access to our lecture library, visit me at:https://www.patreon.com/yogawithnishTo get in on the discussion and access various spiritual materials, join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/U8zKP8yMrMSupport the show
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week our hosts are traveling to Sumeru to discuss Forest Watcher Tighnari! A fair warning, there is lots of Feenster gushing this episode! Our hosts start by reviewing their initial introductions to Tighnari in the game and their opinions on his design and personality. Then, we take a look at the Valuka Shuna scrapbook, reviewing who the Tighnarians are and their part in the history of Tulaytullah and the Temple of Silence. After we solidify history, we review Tighnari's childhood, family life and entrance into the Akademiya. We make sure to note how he met his husb- we mean best friend, Cyno, how he fought against the Akasha system, and how much Tighnari was loved amongst his classmates. After, we discuss his transition out of Akademiya and into forest ranger life, how he basically set off the events of the Sumeru archon quest, and why this man doesn't have a cut scene. Will we ever see Tighnari's lightning strike scar? Will we ever get to see him in his own cut scene? Why did Nahida meet Nilou and not him? We're covering ALL bases in this week's episode! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you! Tales of Teyvat has partnered with the Shade Chamber Podcast to create a Genshin Community on Discord for our listeners! We are so excited to chat Genshin Lore, Honkai Star Rail, and so much more with you! You can join our server at https://bit.ly/shadesofteyvat.
Ad Astra Travelers and welcome to Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're going under the sea as we discuss Remuria and the Sea of Bygone Eras. After a quick recap of all the pivotal plot points in Fontaine - starting with the dragon sovereigns and ending with Fontaine today - our hosts introduce a cast of characters that help create the story of Remuria. This ancient city, founded by the God King Remus and Sybilla the Seelie, fills in the gaps from when Egeria was locked away by Celestia until she is released to rule over Fontaine properly. We meet Boethius and Cassiodor, who hold the longest-running feud in all of Teyvat. Not to mention, we'll review the greater implications of the Seelies' powers, how a God from Sumeru could create so much travesty in Fontaine, and what the heck a Phobos is. Do we know? Does anyone really know? Not to mention, our hosts will discuss the world quest featuring Osse the cat that introduces us to Remuria, the building of the island of Pertrichor, and why everyone looks like Dr. Ratio! Bring your scuba gear for this week's undersea adventure! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you! Tales of Teyvat has partnered with the Shade Chamber Podcast to create a Genshin Community on Discord for our listeners! We are so excited to chat Genshin Lore, Honkai Star Rail, and so much more with you! You can join our server at https://bit.ly/shadesofteyvat.
Timestamps: 5:20 - Workaholics having fun 15:35 - Market validation 33:33 - Why Switzerland is the best headquarters 46:19 - Instilling company values 54:30 - Selling 100% of your shares About Fabio Ronga: Fabio Ronga is the co-founder and CEO of beqom, a cloud-based compensation management solution. He holds a master's degree in Business Information Systems from HEC Lausanne and previously worked at Hyperion (bought by Oracle) and Outlooksoft (bought by SAP) before starting beqom in 2008. Together with his co-founders (including Tanya Jansen and Stephan Pohl, who are still active in the company), Fabio built beqom to solve HR problems he himself had encountered earlier in his career. Serendipitously enough, someone Fabio used to know from Hyperion was on the board of a French company who had built the exact tech that Fabio and his co-founders needed, but was using it for different purposes. beqom was born out of a partnership with that company. Later on, when beqom was coming into its own, it merged with this French company. beqom started out with Swiss headquarters and maintains them to this day. Fabio thinks this helped them be global-minded about their product building from day one: since Switzerland is such a linguistically and culturally fragmented country, Swiss founders cannot rely on their domestic market to keep them in business, like US companies can. In 2022 beqom received a strategic investment of USD 300M from Sumeru Equity Partners. A few years prior, beqom had received another investment from Goldman Sachs, in exchange of which they promised a favorable exit scenario — this was their motivation for the 2022 Sumeru investment. The cover portrait was edited by www.smartportrait.io. Don't forget to give us a follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Linkedin, so you can always stay up to date with our latest initiatives. That way, there's no excuse for missing out on live shows, weekly giveaways or founders' dinners.
It's back to Sumeru this week, but with a fragrant floral twist! Join Ran and Melty as they cover Emilie's character chapter, design and gameplay in depth before discussing who's character chapters they'd like to revise with a question of the week! As always, thanks for listening and have a great time in Natlan!Twitter/BlueSky: @HOYOcastMusic Used:Voyage Suite by HOYO-MiXhttps://youtu.be/X1ZZTfn9_0E?si=0ymmhf1z4Tqmy_4vEmilie Theme Music "Iridescent Trail" Character Demo OST (HQ Cover) by Streetwise Rhapsodyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIbx5hH6szsHeizou Theme EXTENDED | Genshin Version 2.8 Trailer Music “Summer Fantasia” | EPIC VERSION Cover/Remix by brittle bearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8bW3i8RtDshttps://www.twitter.com/brittlebearmOriginal music by HOYO-MiX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're discussing the Scribe of Sumeru's Akademiya, Alhaitham! We'll review Alhaitham's childhood with his loving grandmother, his journey through homeschooling and applying to the Akademiya, and his newfound friendships after freeing Nahida. Afterward, our hosts will provide an in-depth analysis of Kaveh and Alhaitham's relationship, review Alhaitham's different opinions on life, and uncover the secret empathy Alhaitham keeps inside. Grab your headphones, but don't tune us out during this week's episode! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're discussing the Deepwood Memories artifact set. After a quick rant about Al's secret ranch recipe, our hosts review each of the artifacts in the set and the lore they hide in their descriptions. We'll learn very little about Princess Cinnamon, an important historical figure in Sumeru, and how she's connected with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and the Viridescent Venerer. Leading us to some heavy discussions on the creation of the rainforest, secrets held in Irminsul, and what exactly the Aranara aren't telling us. Make sure to tune in to hear all about the alternate universe, Teybad, Florida's lack of ranch dressing, and how you too can become one with the forest. Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
This week, Ran and Emerald return to Sumeru to follow Cyno into the sands and discuss Act 2 of his character chapter! All before sharing what their favorite and least favorite character archetypes are with the Question of the Week! Thanks for listening and best of luck on all of your v4.7 pulls!Twitter/BlueSky: @HOYOcastMusic Used:Voyage Suite by HOYO-MiXhttps://youtu.be/X1ZZTfn9_0E?si=0ymmhf1z4Tqmy_4vRevelation of the Silent Sands [Sethos Theme] | EPIC VERSION by B-Lion Musichttps://youtu.be/rHjuf9-rzfo?si=MvADsovELXDqB3UIHeizou Theme EXTENDED | Genshin Version 2.8 Trailer Music “Summer Fantasia” | EPIC VERSION Cover/Remix by brittle bearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8bW3i8RtDshttps://www.twitter.com/brittlebearmOriginal music by HOYO-MiX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ad Astra travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're talking all about our favorite Eremite, the Flame-Mane Dehya! Our hosts get back to basics at the start, discussing the Eremites of Sumeru, the Corps Thirty, and Deshret's Relics to set a base layer of information for the episode. Later, our hosts take you through some of Dehya's important moments, like being adopted by Kusayla, helping free the lesser lord, and being with Tighnari when he got struck by lightning. Not to mention, we'll talk all about murder for hire, who Dehya's girlfriend is, and our hosts have a philosophical debate on whether Dehya is girlified too much for such a kick-butt character. Buckle up to something and listen in, it's a wild ride! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
Ad Astra travelers and welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. This week, we're returning to the desert as we discuss the Remnants of Gurabad. In our third installment all about the history of the Sumeru desert, our hosts start by doing a quick refresher on our first two episodes on the desert. After a quick refresher of the old ruling Gods and Liloupar's incestuous plot to ruin her husband's life, our hosts discuss the city-states that ruled the desert after Deshret's death. From the Tighnarians to the Sapphire City and the beheadings to the exiles, the desert still proves that it is nothing less than exciting (and scary). Thank goodness we didn't grow up in the Sumeru desert a thousand years ago! Grab your sand shoes and shield: this episode could get dangerous. Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
The Depth in Practice group discusses Case 19: A monk asked Yunmen, “Not a single thought arises: is there any fault or not?” // Yunmen said, “Mt. Sumeru.” // [According to Jain cosmology, Mount Meru (or Sumeru) is at the center of the world surrounded by Jambūdvīpa, in the form of a circle forming a diameter of 100,000 yojans. (description from Wikipedia)] Depth in Practice meets virtually at Appamada every week. Anyone is welcome to join the group! If you are interested in joining, please go to the calendar at appamada.org to find the link for the group. If you would like to donate to Appamada, please go to appamada.org and click on the contribute button at the bottom of the page.
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. Last week, we resonated with the element of song as we discussed the Wanderer's Troupe & the Resolution of Sojourner. Our hosts are still singing “Don't Go Chasing Hilichurls” out of Tighnari's handbook. This week, in our season three finale, we'll be discussing The Descenders! Our hosts start off by describing what a Descender is in Teyvat and the information Nahida gives us on the Descenders at the end of the Sumeru archon line. After a trip into Irminsul, our hosts discuss their own thoughts and theories on who the four Descenders are, discuss the Nibelung fan club of one, and why everything was born out of an egg. Is our sibling possibly dead? Is Alice the Second Who Came? And whose bone juices are powering the Gnoses? Join us for our season finale as we speculate on these and more! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
Nick Hernandez is the CEO and Founder of 360Learning, a leading advisor and investor in the SaaS technology industry, and the author of Collaborative Learning: How to Upskill from Within and Turn L&D into Your Competitive Advantage.Nick founded 360Learning in 2013 and has since grown the company into a leader in the EdTech sector. In late 2021, Nick and his team secured $200m in funding from Sumeru, SoftBank, and Silverlake for 360Learning to continue their mission of championing upskilling from within through collaborative learning. He is based in Paris, France.Recommended Resources:Lex Fridman podcastThe Logan Bartlett Show podcast
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. Last week, we took a stroll through the ancient history of the desert as we discussed Liloupar and the Fall of Gurabad. We're still shaking the sand out of our shoes! This week, we're taking a look at Teyvat's elemental sphere and talking about the Ley Line Disorder. To start, our hosts go over some of the basic terminology surrounding the Ley Lines before highlighting some important in-game moments where we learn about the Ley Lines. There are connections to Irminsul, Honkai, and talks of an unknown element hiding somewhere in Teyvat. From Lisa to Raiden Ei, Sumeru to Enkanomiya, Rift Hounds and more, the Ley Lines have roots in every corner of Teyvat. Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you! If you enjoy the show, please leave us a review wherever you listen to your podcasts!
Named the Best Mobile Game of 2021 by The Game Awards, Genshin Impact has taken the gaming world by storm since its release in 2021. As players follow along with the adventures of a determined Traveler seeking their missing sibling, we've been introduced to new friends, exciting quests, epic boss battles, beautiful lands, and—best of all—tasty food! Introducing The Unofficial Genshin Impact Cookbook: Boost Attacks, Increase Defense, and Restore Your Health with 60 Adventurous Recipes Inspired by the Fan-Favorite Video Game by Kierra Sondereker and Nevyana Dimitrova [ISBN: 978-1646045488; $19.95; Ulysses Press; December 12, 2023], a new full-color cookbook that brings the award-winning video game to life through 60 unofficial yet totally delicious recipes from the hills of Mondstadt to the deserts of Sumeru. Immerse yourself in the world of Genshin Impact as you bring your favorite attack-boosting and health-restoring foods from the game into the real world! The Unofficial Genshin Impact Cookbook features 60 delicious dishes inspired by the recipes you have collected from all over Teyvat, including Crispy Potato-Shrimp Balls; Spicy Cornbread Buns; Invigorating Morning Toast; Jade Dumplings; Strengthening Salad; Sweet Roasted Chicken; Warming Goulash; Sweet Almond Tofu; Crispy Lotus Flowers; and more! The world of Teyvat is based on real-life cultures from around the globe, so these recipes will teach you how to make some of the best dishes out there, including delicious Chicken Biryani and Simple Onigiri. The Unofficial Genshin Impact Cookbook is perfect for Travelers of all kinds, whether you're an avid gamer, cooking connoisseur, or simply another Genshin superfan! ► Luxury Women Handbag Discounts: https://www.theofficialathena.... ► Become an Equus Coach®: https://equuscoach.com/?rfsn=7... ► For $5 in ride credit, download the Lyft app using my referral link: https://www.lyft.com/ici/ASH58... ► Review Us: https://itunes.apple.com/us/po... ► Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/c/AshSa... ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/1lov... ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/1loveAsh ► Blog: http://www.ashsaidit.com/blogBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/feeling-some-type-of-way/support.
Last time we spoke about the aftermath of the Arawe landing and the drive towards Sio. The Komori detachment did everything they could to bottle up the new American beachhead at Arawe. Meanwhile after the fall of Wareo, the Australians decided it was time to drive towards Sio. General Katagiri had just got his men to Sio, but would have little time to prepare defenses as the Australians were quick on their heels. Likewise the Australians were also expanding past Dumpu, seeing multiple patrols fan out, probing for where the Japanese were massing their forces. In Tokyo, Hideki Tojo invited Japan's allies for the east asian conference, reiterating Pan-Asia unity against the west. Yet for all the talk, in reality Japan sought to dominate its Asian allies, really as a means to an end. In Cairo the allies held a conference of their own, trying to keep Chiang Kai-Shek in the fold. This episode is Landings at Cape Gloucester Welcome to the Pacific War Podcast Week by Week, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about world war two? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on world war two and much more so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel you can find a few videos all the way from the Opium Wars of the 1800's until the end of the Pacific War in 1945. General Douglas MacArthur faced daunting challenges during the Pacific War. One of these challenges was in the shape of Rabaul, one of Japan's strong points from which she exerted force in the region. To neutralize Rabaul, MacArthur sought to seize some airfields in Western New Britain, but to do this would also require securing control over the Vitiaz strait between New Britain and New Guinea. General HQ sought to use airfields at Cape Gloucester and on the south coast to help neutralize Rabaul. Thus Operation Dexterity was born. It was to be twin landings against originally Gasmata, but then for necessity changed to Arawe and Cape Gloucester. This was but a cog in the major plan within MacArthur's mind to return to the Philippines, one could argue within a greater plan for the white house. The landings at Arawe were largely successful and with that in hand General Krueger felt his Alamo Force could now launch operation backhander. The battle-hardened 1st Marine division was earmarked for the landings against Cape Gloucester. It was to be their first action after a prolonged period of rest and recuperation in South Australia following their heroic campaign on Guadalcanal. The 1st marines were now under the command of Major-General Rupertus. You probably could not ask for better men for the job, they were well refreshed physically, mentally and militarily. They had acquired an enormous amount of experience on Guadalcanal and with it a high degree of morale. The marines began training with the new types of landing crafts available to them, things they did not have during the Gaudalcanal days. Meanwhile Krueger carried out a programme of reconnaissance based on aerial photography, mosaics, older maps and some amphibious patrolling. There were 3 Australian officers who played key roles aiding in the effort. The first was Major John V. Mather, AIF, a former labor contractor in the Solomons who had been attached to the 1st Division for the Guadalcanal operation. He remained an integral component of the D-2 Section, where his proficiency with Pidgin English and grasp of native psychology proved most useful. The second was Sub-Lieutenant Andrew Kirkwall-Smith, RANVR, one of the versatile islanders who could turn his hand to nearly anything, and who had been a coastwatcher in the Cape Gloucester region at the time the Japanese first moved in. The third man and the one most more familiar with the ground and inhabitants was the Reverend William G. Wiedeman, who had operated the Anglican Mission at Sag Sag for several years prior to the war and, like Kirkwall-Smith, he was a commissioned Navy lieutenant to give military status to his present activities. A number of amphibious patrols was performed by the Alamo scouts. The first patrol was led by 1st Lieutenant John D. Bradbeer, who set out for New Britain's western coast by PT boat on September 24th. Around midnight, he cut the motors off on his PT boat around a mile off Grass Point, and his scouts paddled in from there in an inflated rubber boat, landing on a beach at the mouth of the second stream to the south at 0100 on the 25th. After hiding their craft with great care, they proceeded inland through dense secondary jungle growth up the western slopes of Mt. Tangi. There they found enemy defenses in the vicinity of Aisega. After this they turned northward heading through heavy foliage to the upper Gima River and there interrogated the inhabitants. The natives had been excluded from the airdrome area and the coast since the previous July, but they had some information to impart. There was a motor road connected Ongaia and the airdrome, and 12 to 14 Anti aircraft guns were emplaced between these two points; radio stations were located at Aisega, the airdrome, Sakar Island and Rooke Island; barge traffic was heavy on the Itni River and along the coast. Relations between the native population and the Japanese had deteriorated to a low level, although a few quislings still operated in the area. The natives related that the enemy expected an invasion of the Cape Gloucester region. Finally, they retraced their steps; and in the early morning hours of 6 October the Alamo Scouts climbed on board the waiting torpedo boat and returned to Goodenough Island to make their report. The next significant patrol was carried out on the night of 14 October by Captain W. A. Money, AIF, two other Australians, a Marine sergeant and six natives went ashore about one mile south of Higgins Point on Rooke and remained there until the early hours of 26 October. Captain Money reported there were few Japanese on the island, which doubtlessly influenced the later decision to defer a landing there. Shortly before midnight on November 20th two PT boats throttled down to a halt just south of Dorf Point on New Britain's west coast. Eleven men aboard had the general mission of reconnoitering the beach for an offensive landing, but more specifically they were to study beach approaches, beach conditions and inland terrain between Potni and Sumeru. They were commanded by Major Mather. With plans carefully laid the men stealthily made their way ashore, but luck under such conditions could not always hold up, and the Japanese became aware of the patrol's presence almost as soon as it reached the beach. Thirty minutes after leaving the PT boats, they were back on board, but in that time they had obtained enough information to declare the beach unfavorable for a landing operation. The significant patrol occurred on the night of 21 December, and was done to study two beaches at Tauali. Once again Major Mather acted as overall commander. Splitting the patrol into two seven-man groups, Bradbeer took the first on a reconnaissance of "South Beach" while First Lieutenant Joseph A. Fournier of the 1st Marines took the other for a look at "North Beach." The patrol recommended the latter as the more favorable of the two for a landing. It was duly labeled Green Beach, and 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, made its D-Day amphibious operation there. Such amphibious patrolling helped Krueger figure out where not to land. Meanwhile the 7th fleet had just come under the command of Admiral Kinkaid and was assigned the naval responsibility for the Gloucester landing. Admiral Barbey would have at his disposal 12 destroyers, taking the USS Conyngham as his flagship, 3 minesweepers, 10 APDs, 16 LCIs and 24 LSTs for the main landings; with another two destroyers 14 LCMs, 12 LCTs and two rocket DUKWs for the secondary landing on Beach Green at Tauali. Covering them would by Admiral Crutchley's task force 74 consisting of 4 cruisers, 8 destroyers and two rocket LCI's. The 1st echelon carried by the APDs Stringham, Crosby, Kilty, Dent and Ward was the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines; and APDs Brooks, Gilmer, Sands, Humphreys and Noa would carry the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. The 2nd Echelon of six LCIs would carry the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines; and four LCIs for the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines. The 3rd Echelon was seven LSTs, each carrying 500 troops of 1st Marines and 150 tons of supply, escorted by destroyers Drayton, Lamson, Mugford and Bagley. The 4th Echelon was seven LSTs, each carrying 480 troops of 1st and 7th Marines and 150 tons of supply The 5th Echelon was five LSTs, each carrying 240 troops of 12th Defense Battalion and 250 tons of supply. And the 6th Echelon was five LSTs, each carrying 250 Marine engineers and 250 tons of supply. For air support, General Kenney assigned Brigadier-General Frederic Smith's 1st Air Task Force (FATF). The FATF contained about ⅓ of all the squadrons in the allied air force. It had flown fighter and bomber missions for all ground operations excluding those in the Ramu valley. To support the coming offensive, between November 19th to December 13th, 1241 tons of bombs were dropped over Brogen Bay. For the next 11 days, daylight bombings were intensified with over 1207 bomber sorties being performed, dropping more than 2684 tons of bombs.Their favored point of attack was Target Hill because it was so easily discerned. Gun positions at the airstrip were also given attention, with eighty 2,000-lb. bombs being dropped on 17 December. A few direct hits were claimed on gun positions. Bunkers and supply dumps, protected from view by the lush jungle growth, were fairly safe from air attacks, but the lines of supply suffered heavily. Daylight runs were not all that was performed, simultaneously the allies introduced harassing night tactics as well, to keep the enemy under additional mental strain. You see the Japanese anti-aircraft teams and pilots tried to sleep at night, but the B-24's would continuously drop bombs, grenades and even beer bottles over bivouac areas simply to keep them dazed. On December 21st, a final rehearsal was carried out at Cape Sudest and 3 days later, Colonel Julian Frisbie's 7th marines boarded Barbey's vessels at Buna Harbor. On Christmas day at 6am the convoy was moving. At 4pm the convoy rendezvous with Colonel William Whaling's 1st marines at Cape Cretin while the 2nd battalion reinforced with H battery of the 11th marines proceeded to Beach Green in their own smaller convoy. However, as they made their way towards their objective, the main convoy was spotted by a Japanese reconnaissance plane. The convoy would arrive at its destination unmolested. Commander of the southeast area fleet, Admiral Jinichi Kusaka had incorrectly assessed the convoy was bound for Arawe bearing reinforcements and as a result ordered a heavy air strike against the Arawe area instead of Cape Gloucester. At 6am on the 26th Crutchley's cruisers and destroyers began a naval bombardment followed up an hour later with Smith's B-24's, B-25's and A-20's. The 5th air force had tossed B-24's from Dobadura who dropped their payloads all the way from Target Hill to Cape Gloucester. The B-25 medium bombers followed this dropping their heavier loads and the A-20's focused on the landing areas making sure to strafe the beaches until the first wave would be just 500 yards away. For the next hour and a half the landing craft launched towards the beaches. Two LCI's outfitted with multiple rocket launchers led the first wave. A considerable amount of smoke screen was set over the area, hindering some of the landing craft from finding their marks. One group carrying elements of the 3rd battalion, 7th marines missed their beach altogether and hit the shore some 300 yards further west. The 3rd battalion led by Lt Colonel William Williams landed at Yellow at 7:46, with Lt Colonel John Weber's 1st battalion doing the same at Yellow 2. The men charged down the lowered ramps of their LCVP's seeing marines find unmanned trenches, abandoned guns and a handful of scared shipping engineers cowering in dugouts, too stunned by the naval and aerial bombardments to fight or flee. The allies had achieved tactical surprise as Matsuda was not expecting an invasion to come to these beaches. Major-General Iwao Matsuda's had deployed his 53rd regiment around the Tsurubu airdrome and Natamo Point. Storming forward, the 3rd battalion reached a region known as the “damp plat” which according to one Marine “was 'damp' up to your neck”. To the Japanese this was known as “swamp forest” and it held some of the most treacherous terrain, thus the Japanese did not expect the enemy to come by it. The forward momentum was beginning to peter out as men were wading through thick mud, with vines tearing at their bodies. A heavy congestion hit the beaches, greatly hamping the unloading process. As the men advanced, trees literally fell around them, rotten to the core from the bombing. The first marine casualty would actually be a result of a falling tree. Meanwhile the 1st battalion advanced towards Target Hill and Silimati Point. Company B seized their key elevation points by noon. Behind these men came the first echelon of LSTs bearing the 2nd battalion led by Lt Colonel Odell Conoley. They beached their LCI's and drove straight inland some 900 yards through mud and water all the way up to the center of the new beachhead perimeter on a patch of dry ground. At 2:30 after the LST's were pulling out a force of 25 Vals and 63 Zeros emerged at low altitude who made a very fast bombing and strafe run against the beaches and shipping. The back and forth firing from the Japanese aircraft and allied forces was intense. A formation of FATF B-25s, coming in at treetop level, suddenly found themselves snarled up with the Japanese flight almost directly over the beach. In the excitement, two were shot down by friendly fire and two seriously damaged before the gunners aboard the LSTs could cool their trigger fingers. Possibly because they wanted to jettison their explosives, or possibly because they mistook their target, the B-25s then proceeded to bomb and strafe the Silimati point position occupied by 1st Battalion, 11th Marines, killing one officer and wounding 14 enlisted Marines. One correspondent had this to say "the most inexcusable small scale blunder of the war." The Japanese attacked Barbey's vessels covering the retreat of the first echelon of LSTs tangling with allied CAP. The destroyer Brownson was sunk, destroyers Lamson, Shaw and Mugford were damaged and two LSTs were driven off. 13 vals and 4 zeros were destroyed, for the allies it was 4 fighters and 3 B-25's. Meanwhile the 3rd battalion was still securing its right flank as Whaling's 1st Marines supported by Sherman tanks were coming up behind on LCI's. Their commander landed at 10:15 with the division command post in operation ashore within the hour as the 1st marines drove towards the airdrome. Lt Colonel Joseph Hankins 3rd battalion ran into one of Colonel Sumiya's roadblocks. It consisted of 4 fortified bunkers with machine guns and a system of rifle trenches manned by 1st, 2nd and 1st Machine-Gun Companies of the 53rd Regiment. The assault was quickly shattered. K company lost its commander and executive officer in a matter of minutes. Everything seemed to go wrong. Bazooka rockets did not explode in the soft earth covering the bunkers; flamethrowers malfunctioned and an LVT carrying ammunition got wedged between two trees. The Japanese defenders were so amped up seeing the chaos, they rushed out of their bunkers trying to swarm the trapped LVT. They managed to kill two men manning its machine guns, but the driver refused to lose his head and skillfully drove the vehicle right over the nearest bunker providing infantry to storm behind him with grenades. The daring LVT maneuver allowed the men to take the bunkers, stealing victory out of the chaos. Behind them was Whaling's 1st battalion led by Lt Colonel Walker Reaves who were bogged down in the damp flat. Whaling quickly changed his plan of advance as a result. He ordered his 3rd battalion to advance in a column along the narrow shelf of firm ground while the 1st battalion covered their left rear, speeding up the progress. Yet as the 3rd battalion moved out to expand their perimeter westwards, Sumiya's men began infiltrating unoccupied gaps, forcing Colonel Julian Frisbie to recall his Marines and wait for reserves to pull up. By nightfall Frisbies Marines had secured the beachhead. The landing was so well scheduled that the big LSTs began dropping their ramps on the beaches 40 minutes after the first assault waves had landed. By 1pm, they had unloaded and cleared the area to make way for the second echelon. However, close encroachment of the "damp flat" greatly curtailed the area available for dump dispersal and necessitated some hurried improvising by the Shore Party. According to an officer of the 1st Motor Transport Battalion: “The true cause of the traffic congestion can be attributed directly to Army personnel who manned 150 odd 6x6 trucks with preloaded cargo. These drivers had been scraped up from an artillery regiment in New Guinea and supplied with salvaged trucks into which had been loaded practically all the supplies. The trucks theoretically were to discharge their cargo at the dumps, return to the LSTs they had debarked from and return to New Guinea for the second load. The plan failed in one respect, as there were no immediate dump areas to unload the trucks in due to the "Damp Flat." It was decided to leave the cargo in the trucks until dump areas were established. This caused consternation in the ranks of the Army drivers, who consequently abandoned their trucks in an effort to get back on the LSTs… This naturally left 150 trucks stranded on the beach exits for quite a time. Eventually the trucks were unloaded by Marines and proved to be a big aid to transportation starved organizations.” Meanwhile Whalings battalions set up their own perimeter for the night with both flanks on the beach, a technique they repeated each evening until the airdrome was captured. Further to the west Lt Colonel James Masters 2nd battalion, 1st marines with H battery of the 11th marines codenamed STONEFACE group landed at Beach Green at 8:35. By 10am they had established a perimeter; E company held the left, G company the center and F company the right. The H battery unit was unable to emplace its 75mm pack howitzer satisfactorily on the rugged jungle terrain so they reorganized themselves into 3 platoons of infantry and took up a mobile reserve at the front line. Stoneface's task was to cut off the coastal road. When Masters men looked around they found the beach completely unoccupied, numerous positions had been abandoned with their weapons. Masters figured the defenders must have fled to the hills during the bombardment, so he ordered patrols to fan out. The only contact made that day was a small group roughly 1000 yards north of the beachhead near the village of Sumeru seeing a small firefight. Yet unbeknownst to Masters, Sumiya had sent a provisional unit consisting of elements of the 3rd and 4th companies, 53rd regiment with the 3rd battalion ,23rd field artillery regiment to drive out the marines via a secondary road east of Mount Talawe. The force was led by 1st Lt Takeda, and was thus called the Takeda Provisional battalion For Barbey the first day saw 13,000 troops and 7600 tons of materials landed on either side of the cape. However many men had landed in swamps so dense and deep that maneuvering out of such areas was quite difficult. General Matsuda was well aware of this and seized the opportunity. Matsuda ordered Colonel Katayama to leave token garrisons at Aisega, Nigol and Cape Bushing while he brought the bulk of his 141st regiment to Magairapua, this would take until December 30th to occur. Yet Matsuda had made one mistake, he thought he was facing just 2500 men. How the 65th brigade staff came to this conclusion is unknown. Perhaps it was became the smoke screen during the landings had made visual observation limited; perhaps the loss of Target Hill so fast also limited further observation of the enemy. The Marines had achieve tactical surprise by landing on undefended beaches, but other than that, they did not do all that much on the first day, perhaps the lack of activity also factored in Matsuda's head. The only real fight of the day had been a brief affair at the roadblock where the invaders, instead of throwing infantry frontally against powerful bunkers in the glorious banzai manner, had awaited supporting weapons to knock out the position. Perhaps to Matsuda this spelled weakness or timidity, or both. Regardless, like most Japanese commanders Matsuda was obsessed by the then-current Japanese doctrine of "annihilate-at-the-water's-edge," so he ordered his own major assault unit hurled in an all-out attack against the center of the invaders' perimeter. Thus instead of reinforcing Sumiyas forces at the airdrome, or withdrawing forces to more defensible areas like Borgen Bay, or even waiting for Katayam's troops to arrive, Matsuda decided to make a daring attack directly at the center of the marine perimeter with only his 2nd battalion, 52rd regiment. At 3am on December 27, the Japanese attacked the sector held by the 2nd battalion, 7th marines, during one of the worst monsoon storms the Americans had ever seen. Because of the storm, many of the Japanese failed to find gaps existing on each side of the battalions flanks. Thus instead the Japanese hurled themselves frontally against very well dug in positions. By 7am, the surviving Japanese finally began to pull out, Matsuda's men suffered 200 deaths with over 100 wounded. The Marines suffered 8 deaths and 45 wounded, added together for the day the total loss for the Americans was 28 deaths and 68 wounded. After Matsuda's terrible defeat, Whaling's battalions resumed their drive towards the airdrome. While they advanced in columns along the road, patrols were sent into the jungle to hunt down the enemy, but they encountered no resistance. The 1st marines were able to dig in for the night after advancing 5000 yards. To the east, Frisbie's 2nd battalion had expanded their perimeter towards the bank of Suicide Creek where they would continue to face short and sharp attacks by Matsuda's 2nd battalion. Despite the heavy punishment he was served, Matsuda continued to believe in the destroyer-at-the-water's edge tactics. His men began constructing defensive positions, bunkers, trenches, rifle pits and so forth, so close to the American lines the Americans could hear them doing it. Meanwhile the engineers of the 17th marines performed their own work, widening the Japanese coastal road to allow the movement of supplies. Despite their valiant work, the volume of traffic was immense, coupled with the storm made the narrow coastal road a logistical nightmare. The next morning the Marines expected to encounter some heavy resistance. The marine artillery crews increased their rate of fire and General Kenney's aircraft bombed Colonel Sumiya's strongpoints. With tank support, Whaling resumed his advance at 11am, with Company I finally hitting the first enemy positions about 12:15. They ran into a Japanese strong point consisting of a system of mutually supporting bunkers and rifle trenches, well armed with anti-tank guns and 75mm guns. The way forward was littered with land mines and barbed wire. The defenders enjoyed an added advantage in the heavy jungle lying a short distance inland which limited the tanks' field of maneuver to the comparatively narrow area directly to their front, facing the flank of the Japanese position which thus became, in effect, a defense in depth for the entire extent of its east-west length: approximately 300 yards. At 12:00, I Company was fired upon with small arms from the front, followed by 75mm shells along the road area. 15 minutes later the leading elements led by Captain Carl Conron began attacking the fortifications alongside the tanks. They were facing the 2nd Company, 53rd Regiment and the 1st Machine Gun Company, 53rd Regiment and the strong point was quickly nicknamed Hell's Point. Later it would be renamed Terzi Point in honor of Company K's commanding officer who died on the landing day. Within the heavy rain, the tanks surged forward and smashed Sumiya's bunkers, while A company dashed to the left, emerging from kunai grass just 500 yards from the bunkers. Enjoying excellent cover, the defenders' fire successfully stopped the American advance, although the Marines themselves also easily broke up two Japanese frontal assaults and one attempt to turn their flank. Ammunition began to run low, forcing A company to withdraw at around 3:45. Yet K Company closer to the beach held enormous firepower in the form of Sherman tanks that obliterated 12 bunkers rather quickly. In the words of Company K's commander: “I was given three tanks (the other two were out of action, one with engine trouble and one with a jammed breech of its 75) to accomplish this mission. I put one squad of the Second Platoon behind each tank and deployed the Third Platoon to set up a skirmish line behind the tanks. We encountered twelve huge bunkers with a minimum of twenty Japs in each. The tanks would fire point blank into the bunkers, if the Japs stayed in the bunkers they were annihilated, if they escaped out the back entrance (actually the front as they were built to defend the beach) the infantry would swarm over the bunker and kill them with rifle fire and grenades. By the time we had knocked out twelve bunkers the Second Platoon . . . were out of ammunition and had been replaced by the Third Platoon and they too were out or down to a clip of ammunition per man. I called a halt and sent for the First Platoon. By the time the First Platoon arrived and ammunition was resupplied forty-five minutes had elapsed. We continued the attack and found two more bunkers but the enemy had in the meantime escaped.” The immense power of the tanks forced the defenders to retreat. During this action the 1st marines suffered 17 deaths and 52 wounded and claimed to have counted 300 Japanese corpses. The capture of Hell's Point enabled the Americans to establish a position at Blue Beach to reduce the distance for supplies. General Rupertus command post was also moved there by Deemer 28th. The next day the American advance was delayed until the arrival of Colonel John Seldens 5th marines. General Rupertus feared he might be outnumbered at the airdrome so he played it safe. During the fighting at Hell's Point, a curious misadventure befell Corporal Shigeto Kashida of the 1st Machine Gun Company. The trench in which he was defending suddenly caved in, burying him helpless up to the neck. An astonished Marine, observing Shigeto's apparently disembodied head blinking at him, paused to debate whether to shoot or shovel, which dilemma was resolved by the arrival of an intelligence officer who ordered the corporal disinterred and made prisoner. Shigeto painted a depressing picture of his battalion's situation, but he mentioned the original plan for the 2nd Battalion was to reinforce the 1st, something that might still be accomplished; he also mentioned the presence somewhere in the vicinity of the 141st and 142d Regiments, possibly within striking distance. Since Colonel Sumiya had conducted withdrawals following every action to date, it could be presumed that a good part of his force remained intact. Thus Rupertus was right in his belief the Japanese may have large numbers at the airdrome. The 1st Battalion under Major William H. Barba and the 2nd Battalion under Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis W. Walt got aboard 9 APD's at Cape Sudest and arrived off Cape Gloucester during the morning. However during the transit, there was a large storm that caused some confusion, leading some elements to land at Yellow 2 and others at Beach Blue. General Rupertus planned for the 1st Marines to continue their advance along the coastal road while the 5th Marines would perform a wide sweep on the left flank to attack airstrip No.2. At 3pm following the artillery and aerial bombardment, the Marines launched a fierce offensive. The 2nd battalion, 5th marines attacked simultaneously with the 1st Marines along the coast road and both ground immediately inland. Major William H. Barba's 1st Battalion was just struggling out of the swamp and jungle near the line of departure. The unexpected terrain difficulties, however, kept the plan from being carried out. Both battalions sent out patrols in an effort to establish contact, but a combination of darkness and unfamiliar territory prevented positive results. Supported by tanks, artillery, mortars and rocket launchers, Whaling's 1st Battalion successfully reached the eastern end of Strip No. 2 at 5:55 and immediately commenced setting up a defensive perimeter. The 3rd battalion followed behind and extended the perimeter to the left, with Selden's 2nd battalion arriving at 7:25pm extending the perimeter around airstrip No 1 towards the beach. It seemed Colonel Sumiya realized the futility of attempting a defense upon the open ground against American armor, so he pulled his units away towards Razorback Hill from which they could launch harassment maneuvers against the new American perimeter. The Japanese had begun firing artillery and mortars into the airdrome. The Marines, somewhat astonished by such goings-on, called for mortar and artillery support of their own. They reported that, according to their best estimates, the enemy had reoccupied the defenses in at least full company strength. The marines were formulating a plan to deal with the menace and the Japanese took advantage of the lull time to launch a banzai charge that failed to gain any ground. The Japanese continued their harassment, until the Marines received some tank support to launch an offensive. Platoons from different units got together to perform a sweeping maneuver, advancing 300 yards from the defensive line. They ran into bunkers, foxholes and trenches manned by Japanese. The marines mopped them up with grenades and automatic weapons, then at 11:30 suddenly all the fighting ceased. No more enemy seemed to remain near the front. The marines had suffered 13 deaths and 19 wounded, but counted 150 dead Japanese. With more tanks on hand, the Marines gradually pushed the Japanese to flee back towards Razorback Hill. Meanwhile, because of the repeated attacks, Colonel Masters men had been patrolling, trying to pinpoint where the Japanese were concentrated. At 1:55am on December 30th, the 3rd and 4th companies of the 54th regiment had discovered an excellent approach towards the Marine perimeter. As was always the favored Japanese strategy, to concentrate force against a narrow sector, they chose to attack at this place called Coffin Corner, a natural causeway connected to ridges. The two companies attacked under the cover of a storm. The Japanese unleashed mortars and machine gun fire and quickly overran a machine gun position, but G company launched a counter attack pushing them back. The battle raged for nearly 5 hours, but by 7am it ceased. The marines had 6 deaths, 17 wounded and would count 89 Japanese dead with another 5 captured. Yet that concludes the action in Cape Gloucester for today, for now we need to jump back to New Guinea. Back on December 8th, General Nakai commenced an offensive against Kesawai, dispatching the Saito Volunteer unit for the task. The unit had the aid of native guides who gave them detailed information on the terrain, allowing the Japanese to infiltrate behind a forward Papuan platoon led by Lt C.E Bishop. They explode all of their booby-traps, allowing the 1st battalion, 78th regiment to advance behind them into Kesawai 2 without much difficult, annihilating the Papuan platoon and securing the eastern portion of the highland. Meanwhile the 3rd battalion crossed the Boku River and captured Koropa, cutting off the commandos at Isaria; the 2nd battalion, 239th regiment crossed the Boku river and assaulted the commando position at Ketoba, but the Australians resisted until nightfall before withdrawing towards Isariba. Nakai's enveloping maneuver was a success, forcing the commandos and Papuans to withdraw towards the Evapia River. On December 9th, Brigadier Eather ordered A and C companies of the 2/25th battalion to advance forward as the commands pulled back towards the Mene River. Meanwhile at 7:15am at Isariba, the Japanese had begun a series of attacks. The attacks were repelled with vicker guns, grenades and a quick air strike from 20 Kittyhawks and Boomerangs that bombed and strafed the attackers. The 2/25th companies arrived at Evapia and one of their patrols managed to ambush several Japanese parties over the next few days. On December 12th, Nakai arrived at Kesawai where he ordered his 1st and 3rd battalions, 78th regiment to attack the 2/25th positions by nightfall. C Company's machine gun fire managed to halt the enemy assault from the north, but another came from the south. A Company found itself surrounded as the Japanese managed to get between the two Australian companies, firing their Woodpeckers from multiple directions. It was a 5 hour battle until the Australians repelled the enemy who gradually pulled back west. At 5am on the 13th, the Australians were running low on ammunition and were forced to withdraw. The 2/25th advanced through think jungle and deep swamps, by 8am they had managed to get to safety after suffering 5 deaths and 14 wounded but killing an estimated 67 Japanese. The companies withdrew east of the Evapia River, rejoining the rest of their battalion. Nakai expected his enemy was attempting an offensive against Madang and ordered his men to return to their former defensive positions, leaving token garrisons at Koropa and Kesawai. Because of the heated attacked, General Vasey worried it was preliminary to something much bigger, so he ordered the 2/16th battalion to perform punitive attack along Shaggy Ridge and Eather's 2/33rd battalion would retake Kesawai. The 2/33rd Battalion advanced under the cover of darkness to the 5800 Feature to attack any Japanese there, and to move the Papuans across the Evapia to establish a patrol base for the Koben-Koropa-Solu River area . With three of his companies Colonel Cotton of the 2/33rd moved off an hour and a half after midnight on the 18th-19th December towards the summit of the 5800 Feature arriving just before dawn . At 2.10 p.m. a section made contact with the enemy about 700 yards south of the highest pinnacle on 5800. The patrol withdrew while the artillery fired 120 rounds. By 5 p.m. the enemy had had enough and withdrew enabling one company to occupy the pinnacle . Next day the battalion patrolled the whole area and found evidence of Japanese occupation and a hasty withdrawal. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. The allies finally unleashed operation backhander, the amphibious assault of Cape Gloucester. The 1st Marines had a long rest after Guadalcanal and would now be the spearhead to reconquer New Britain. However the Japanese were not going to just roll over easily.
It's the last episode of 2023, and our 100th episode! But despite that, we keep on moving through the period, hitting a bunch of smaller stories from the Nihon Shoki about this period. We talk about Zentoku no Omi, the temple commissioner of Hokoji, as well as the trouble they went through to get the Asukadera Daibutsu in place to begin with. We have the first instance of the Dazai--as in the Dazaifu of Kyushu--as well as the first instance of the holiday that would eventually become Children's Day, Kodomo no Hi. There are various immigrants, bringing painting, handmills, and even a new kind of musical dance theater known as gigaku. And that's just some of what we'll cover. For more, check out our website at https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-100 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan. My name is Joshua, and this is episode 100: Sacred Tetris and Other Tidbits First off: woohoo! One hundred episodes! Thank you to everyone who has been listening and following along on this journey so far. When I started this I had no idea how long I would be able to keep up with it, but I appreciate everyone who has encouraged me along the way. This all started in September of 2019, and we are now four years in and we have a ways to go. While I'm thanking people, I'd also like to give a big thank you to my wife, Ellen, who has been helping me behind the scenes. She's the one who typically helps read through what I'm going to say and helps edit out a lot of things, and provides reminders of things that I sometimes forget. She really helps to keep me on track, and I always appreciate the time she puts into helping to edit the scripts and the questions she asks. Now, we are still talking about the 6th and early 7th centuries during the reign of Kashikiya Hime, aka Suiko Tenno. We've talked about a lot of different aspects of this period—about the conflicts over Nimna on the peninsula, about the rise of the Sui dynasty on the continent, and the importation of various continental goods, including animals, immigrants, and knowledge. That knowledge included new ideas about governance as well as religious practices such as Buddhism—and possibly other religious practices as well, as many of the stories that we saw in the Age of the Gods may have analogs on the continent and may just as easily have been coming over with the current crop of immigrants, though it is hard to say for certain. At the heart of these changes are three individuals. Obviously there is Kashikiya Hime, on the throne through a rather intricate and bloody series of events. Then there is Soga no Umako, her maternal uncle, who has been helping to keep the Soga family on top. And of course, the subject of our last couple episodes, Prince Umayado, aka Shotoku Taishi. He, of course, is credited with the very founding of the Japanese state through the 17 article constitution and the promulgation of Buddhism. This episode, I'd like to tackle some of the little things. Some of the stories that maybe didn't make it into other episodes up to this point. For this, we'll mostly look at it in a chronological fashion, more or less. As you may recall, Kashikiya Hime came to the throne in about 593, ruling in the palace of Toyoura. This was around the time that the pagoda was erected at Houkouji temple—and about the time that we are told that Shitennouji temple was erected as well. Kashikiya Home made Umayado the Crown Prince, despite having a son of her own, as we'd mentioned previously, and then, in 594, she told Umayado and Umako to start to promulgate Buddhism, kicking off a temple building craze that would sweep the nation—or at least the areas ruled by the elites of Yamato. By 596, Houkouji was finished and, in a detail I don't think we touched on when talking about Asukadera back in episode 97, they appointed as commissioner one Zentoku no Omi—or possibly Zentoko, in one reading I found. This is a curious name, since “Zentoku” comes across as a decidedly Buddhist name, and they really liked to use the character “Zen”, it feels like, at this time. In fact, it is the same name that the nun, the daughter of Ohotomo no Sadehiko no Muraji, took, though the narrative is very clear about gender in both instances, despite them having the exact same Buddhist names. This name isn't exactly unique, however, and it is also the name recorded for the Silla ruler, Queen Seondeok, whose name uses the same two characters, so it is possible that at this time it was a popular name—or perhaps people just weren't in the mood to get too creative, yet. However, what is particularly interesting to me, is that the name “Zentoku” is then followed by the kabane of “Omi”. As you may recall from Episode XX, a kabane is a level of rank, but associated with an entire family or lineage group rather than an individual. So while there are times where we have seen “personal name” + “kabane” in the past, there is usually a surname somewhere in there. In this case, we aren't told the surname, but we know it because we are given the name of Zentoku's father: we are told that he was the son of none other than the “Oho-omi”, the Great Omi, aka Soga no Umako. So, in summary, one of Soga no Umako's sons took the tonsure and became a monk. I bring this little tidbit up because there is something that seems very odd to me and, at the same time, very aristocratic, about taking vows, retiring from the world, and yet still being known by your family's title of rank. Often monks are depicted as outside of the civil rank and status system—though there were certainly ranks and titles within the priesthood. I wonder if it read as strange to the 8th century readers, looking back on this period. It certainly seems to illustrate quite clearly how Buddhism at this point was a tool of the elite families, and not a grass-roots movements among the common people. This also further strengthens the idea that Houkouji was the temple of the Soga—and specifically Soga no Umako. Sure, as a Soga descendant, Prince Umayado may have had some hand in it, but in the end it was the head of the Soga family who was running the show, and so he appoints one of his own sons as the chief commissioner of the temple. They aren't even trying to hide the connection. In fact, having one of his sons “retire” and start making merit through Buddhist practice was probably a great PR move, overall. We don't hear much more from Zentoku after this point, and we really know very little about him. We do know something about the Soga family, and we know that Soga no Umako has at least one other son. While we've yet to see him in the narrative—children in the Nihon Shoki are often meant to be neither seen nor heard, it would seem—Umako's other son is known to us as Soga no Emishi. Based on when we believe Soga no Emishi was born, however, he would have been a child, still, when all this was happening, and so Zentoku may have actually been his father's eldest son, taking the reins at Houkouji temple, likely setting him up to claim a role of spiritual leadership in the new religion of Buddhism. Compare this to what we see later, and also in other places, such as Europe, where it is often the second son that is sent into religious life, while the eldest son—the heir—is kept at hand to succeed the father in case anything happens. On the other hand, I am unsure if the monks of this time had any sort of celibacy that was expected of them, and I suspect that even as the temple commissioner, the tera no Tsukasa, Zentoku was keeping his hand in. After all, the Soga family head appears to have been staying near the temple as well, so it isn't like they were packing him off to the high mountains. Moving on, in 601 we are told that Kashikiya Hime was in a temporary palace at a place called Miminashi, when heavy rains came and flooded the palace site. This seems to be referring to flooding of Toyoura palace, which was, we believe, next to the Asuka river. I wonder, then, if that wasn't the impetus for, two years later, in 603, moving the palace to Woharida, and leaving the old palace buildings to become a nunnery. That Woharida palace is not thought to have been very far away—traditionally just a little ways north or possibly across the river. In 604, with the court operating out of the new Woharida palace, we see the institution of more continental style traditions. It includes the idea of bowing when you entered or left the palace grounds—going so far as to get on your hands and knees for the bow. Even today, it is customary to bow when entering a room—particularly a traditional room like in a dojo or similar—and it is also customary to bow when passing through a torii gate, entering into a sacred space. Of course, that is often just a standing bow from the waist, and not a full bow from a seated position. In 605, with more continental culture being imported, we see it affecting fashion. In fact, in this year we are told that Prince Umayado commanded all the ministers to wear the “hirami”. The kanji simply translates to “pleats”, but in clothing terms this refers to a pleated skirt or apron. We see examples of this in courtly clothing going back to at least the Han dynasty, if not earlier, typically tied high above the waist and falling all the way down so that only the tips of the shoes are poking out from underneath. We have a bit more on this in the historical clothing section of the Sengoku Daimyo website, sengokudaimyo.com. I wonder if these wrapped skirts aren't some of what we see in the embroidered Tenjukoku mandala of Chuuguuji. Court women would continue to wear some kind of pleated skirt-like garment, which would become the mo, though for men they would largely abandon the fashion, except for some very specific ritual outfits. That said, there is still an outfit used for some imperial ceremonies. It is red, with many continental and what some might consider Taoist symbols, such as dragons, the sun and moon, etc.. That continuation of tradition gives us some idea of what this was and what it may have looked like back in the day. It is also very neat that we are starting to get specific pieces of potentially identifiable clothing information, even if it is only for the court nobles. The year following that, 606, we get the giant Buddha image being installed at Houkouji, aka Asukadera. Or at least, we think that is the one they are talking about, as we can't be one hundred percent certain. However, it is traditionally thought to be one and the same. The copper and gold image was commissioned a year prior, along with an embroidered image as well, but when they went to install it they ran into a slight problem: The statue was too large to fit through the doors of the kondo, the golden image hall. No doubt that caused some embarrassment—it is like ordering furniture that won't fit through the doorway, no matter how you and your friends try to maneuver it around. They were thinking they would have to cut through the doors of the kondo to create more room, and then fix it afterwards. Nobody really wanted to do that thought—whether because they thought it would damage the structural integrity of the building or they just didn't want to have to put up with an unsightly scar, it isn't clear. Finally, before they took such extreme measures, they called on the original artist, Kuratsukuri no Tori. He is said to be the son of the famous Shiba Tattou, and so his family was quite close with the Soga, and he seems to have had quite the eye for geometry as we are told that he, “by way of skill”, was able to get it through the doors and into the hall. I don't know if that meant he had to some how turn it on its side and walk it through, or something else, but whatever it was, it worked. Tori's mad Tetris skills worked, and they were able to install the giant Buddha in the hall without cutting through the doorways. For his efforts, Tori was rewarded, and he was raised up to the rank of Dainin, one of the 12 new ranks of the court. He was also given 20 cho worth of “water fields”—likely meaning rice paddies. With the income from those fields, we are told that he invested in a temple of his own: Kongoji, later known as the nunnery of Sakata in Minabuchi. For all that Buddhism was on the rise, the worship of the kami was still going strong as well. In 607 we are told that there was an edict that everyone should worship the kami of heaven and earth, and we are told that all of the noble families complied. I would note that Aston wonders about this entry, as the phrasing looks like something you could have taken right out of continental records, but at the same time, it likely reflects reality to some extent. It is hard to see the court just completely giving up on the traditional kami worship, which would continue to be an important part of court ritual. In fact, it is still unclear just how the new religion of Buddhism was viewed, and how much people understood the Buddha to be anything more than just another type of kami. Later in that same year was the mission to the Sui court, which we discussed in Episode 96. The year after, the mission returned to Yamato with Sui ambassadors, and then, in 609, those ambassadors returned to the Sui court. These were the missions of that infamous letter, where the Yamato court addressed the Sui Emperor as an equal. “From the child of heaven in the land where the sun rises to the child of heaven in the land where the sun sets.” It is still one of my favorite little pieces of history, and I constantly wonder if Yamato didn't understand the difference in scale or if they just didn't care. Either way, some really powerful vibes coming off that whole thing. That same year that the Sui ambassadors were going back to their court there was another engagement with foreigners. In this case the official on the island of Tsukushi, aka Kyuushuu, reported to the Yamato court that 2 priests from Baekje, along with 10 other priests and 75 laypersons had anchored in the harbor of Ashigita, in the land of Higo, which is to say the land of Hi that was farther from Yamato, on the western side of Kyuushuu. Ashigita, you may recall, came up in Episode 89 in reference to the Baekje monk—and I use that term loosely—Nichira, aka Illa. There, Nichira was said to descend from the lord of Ashigita, who was said to be Arisateung, a name which appears to be a Korean—possibly Baekje—title. So now we have a Baekje ship harboring in a land that once was ruled by a family identified, at least in their names or titles, as having come from or at least having ties with Baekje. This isn't entirely surprising, as it wouldn't have taken all that much effort for people to cross from one side to the other, and particularly during the period before there was a truly strong central government it is easy to see that there may have been lands in the archipelago that had ties to Baekje, just as we believe there were some lands on the peninsula that had ties to Yamato. One more note before get to the heart of the matter is the title of the person who reported all these Baekje goings-on. Aston translates the title as the Viceroy of Tsukushi, and the kanji read “Dazai”, as in the “Dazaifu”, or government of the “Dazai”. There is kana that translates the title as Oho-mikoto-Mochi—the Great August Thing Holder, per Aston, who takes this as a translation, rather than a strict transliteration. This is the first time that this term, “Dazai” has popped up in the history, and it will appear more and more in the future. We know that, at least later, the Dazaifu was the Yamato court's representative government in Kyuushuu. The position wasn't new - it goes back to the various military governors sent there in previous reigns - but this is the first time that specific phrasing is used—and unfortunately we don't even know much about who it was referring to. The position, however, would become an important part of the Yamato governing apparatus, as it provided an extension of the court's power over Kyuushuu, which could otherwise have easily fallen under the sway of others, much as Iwai tried to do when he tried to ally with Silla and take Tsukushi by force. Given the importance of Kyuushuu as the entrypoint to the archipelago, it was in the Court's best interest to keep it under their control. Getting back to the ship with the Baekje priests on it: the passengers claimed they were on their way to Wu, or Kure—presumably headed to the Yangzi river region. Given the number of Buddhist monasteries in the hills around the Yangzi river, it is quite believable, though of course by this time the Wu dynasty was long gone. What they had not prepared for was the new Sui dynasty, as they said there was a civil war of some kind going on, and so they couldn't land and were subsequently blown off course in a storm, eventually limping along to Ashigita harbor, where they presumably undertook rest and a chance to repair their vessels. It is unclear to me exactly what civil war they were referring to, and it may have just been a local conflict. There would be rebellions south of the Yangzi river a few years later, but no indication that it was this, just a bit out of context. We know that the Sui dynasty suffered—it wouldn't last another decade before being dismantled and replaced by the Tang dynasty in about 618. There were also ongoing conflicts with Goguryeo and even the area of modern Vietnam, which were draining the Sui's resources and could be related to all of these issues. If so, though, it is hard to see an exact correlation to the “civil war” mentioned in the text. Given all this, two court nobles: Naniwa no Kishi no Tokomaro and Fumibito no Tatsu were sent to Kyuushuu to see what had happened, and, once they learned the truth, help send the visitors on their way. However, ten of the priests asked to stay in Yamato, and they were sent to be housed at the Soga family temple of Houkouji. As you may recall, 10 monks was the necessary number to hold a proper ordination ceremony, funnily enough. In 610, another couple of monks showed up—this time from Goguryeo. They were actually sent, we are told, as “tribute”. We are told that one of them was well read—specifically that he knew the Five Classics—but also that he understood how to prepare various paints and pigments. A lot of paint and pigments were based on available materials as well as what was known at the time, and so it is understandable, to me, why you might have that as a noted and remarkable skill. We are also told that he made mills—likely a type of handmill. These can be easily used for helping to crush and blend medicines, but I suspect it could just as easily be used to crush the various ingredients for different pigments. A type of handmill, where you roll a wheel in a narrow channel, forward and back, is still in use today throughout Asia. In 611, on the 5th day of the 5th month, the court went out to gather herbs. They assembled at the pond of Fujiwara—the pond of the wisteria field—and set out at sunrise. We are told that their clothing matched their official cap colors, which was based on their rank, so that would seem to indicate that they were dressed in their court outfits. In this case, though, they also had hair ornaments mad of gold, leopard's tails, or birds. That leopard's tail, assuming the description is accurate, is particularly interesting, as it would have had to have come from the continent. This ritual gathering of herbs would be repeated on the 5th day of the 5th month of both 612 and 614. If that date seems familiar, you might be thinking of the modern holiday of Tango no Sekku, aka Kodomo no Hi. That is to say: Boy's Day or the more gender neutral “Children's Day”. It is part of a series of celebrations in Japan known today as “Golden Week”, when there are so many holidays crammed together that people get roughly a week off of work, meaning that a lot of travel tends to happen in that period. While the idea of “Boy's Day” probably doesn't come about until the Kamakura period, Tango no Sekku has long been one of the five seasonal festivals of the court, the Gosekku. These included New Year's day; the third day of the third month, later to become the Doll Festival, or Girl's Day; the seventh day of the seventh month, during Tanabata; and the 9th day of the 9th month. As you can see, that is 1/1, 3/3, 5/5, 7/7, and 9/9. Interestingly, they skipped over 11/11, possibly because that was in the winter time, based on the old calendar, and people were just trying to stay warm. Early traditions of Tango no Sekku include women gathering irises to protect the home. That could connect to the practice, here, of “picking herbs” by the court, and indeed, many people connect the origins of Tango no Sekku back to this reign specifically because of these references, though there is very little said about what they were doing, other than picking herbs in their fancy outfits. We are given a few more glimpses into the lives of the court in a few other entries. In 612, for instance, we have a banquet thrown for the high functionaries. This may have been a semi-regular occasion, but this particular incident was memorable for a couple of poems that were bandied back and forth between Soga no Umako and Kashikiya Hime. He toasted her, and she responded with a toast to the sons of Soga. Later that year, they held a more somber event, as Kitashi Hime was re-interred. She was the sister to Soga no Umako, consort of Nunakura Futodamashiki no Ohokimi, aka Kimmei Tenno, and mother to both Tachibana no Toyohi, aka Youmei Tennou, and Kashikiya Hime, Suiko Tennou. She was re-buried with her husband at his tomb in Hinokuma. During this period, various nobles made speeches. Kicking the event off was Abe no Uchi no Omi no Tori, who made offerings to her spirit, including around 15,000 utensils and garments. Then the royal princes spoke, each according to rank, but we aren't given just what they said. After that, Nakatomi no Miyatokoro no Muraji no Womaro gave the eulogy of the Oho-omi, presumably speaking on Umako's behalf, though it isn't exactly clear why, though Umako was certainly getting on in years. Then, Sakahibe no Omi no Marise delivered the written eulogies of the other families. And here we get an interesting glimpse into court life as we see a report that both Nakatomi no Womaro and Sakahibe no Marise apparently delivered their speeches with great aplomb, and the people listening were quite appreciative. However, they did not look quite so fondly on the speechifying of Abe no Tori, and they said that he was less than skillful. And consider that—if you find public speaking to be something you dread, imagine if your entire reputation hung on ensuring that every word was executed properly. A single misstep or a bad day and suddenly you are recorded in the national history as having been just the worst. In fact, his political career seems to have tanked, as we don't hear much more about him after that. 612 also saw more immigrants bringing more art and culture. The first was a man from Baekje. He did not look well—he had white circles under his eyes, we are told, possibly indicating ringworm or some other infection. It was so bad that the people on the ship with him were thinking about putting him off on an island to fend for himself. He protested that his looks were not contagious, and no different that the white patches of color you might see on horses or cattle. Moreover, he had a talent for painting figures and mountains. He drew figures of the legendary Mt. Sumeru, and of the Bridge of Wu, during the period of the Southern Courts, and the people were so taken by it that they forestalled tossing him overboard. He was eventually known as Michiko no Takumi, though more colloquially he was known as Shikomaro, which basically was a nickname calling him ugly, because judging people based on appearance was still totally a thing. The other notable immigrant that year was also a man of Baekje, known to us as Mimachi, or perhaps Mimashi or Mimaji. He claimed to know the music and dancing of the Wu court—or at least some continental dynasty. He settled in Sakurawi and took on students who were basically forced to learn from him. As if a piano teacher appeared and all the children went to learn, but now it isn't just your parents and their high expectations, but the very state telling you to do it. So… no pressure, I'm sure. Eventually, Manu no Obito no Deshi—whose name literally means “student” or “disciple”—and Imaki no Ayabito no Seibun learned the teachings and passed them down to others. This would appear to be the masked dances known as Gigaku. If you know about early Japanese music and dance you may have heard of Gagaku, Bugaku, and Noh theater. Gagaku is the courtly music, with roots in apparently indigenous Japanese music as well as various continental sources, from the Korean peninsula all the way down to Southeast Asia. Indeed, the musical records we have in Japan are often the only remaining records of what some of the continental music of this time might have sounded like, even though the playing style and flourishes have changed over the centuries, and many scholars have used the repertoire of the Japanese court to help work backwards to try and recreate some of the continental music. The dances that you often see with Gagaku musical accompaniment are known as Bugaku, and most of that was codified in the latter years of the Heian era—about the 12th century. Then there is the famous masked theater known as Noh, which has its origins in a variety of traditions, going back to at least the 8th century and really brought together around the 14th century. All of these traditions, however, are preceded by Gigaku, this form of masked dance that came over in the 7th century, and claims its roots in the area of “Wu” rather than “Tang”, implying that it goes back to traditions of the southern courts of the Yangzi river region. Gigaku spread along with the rest of continental culture, along with the spread of Buddhism and other such ideas. From what we can tell, it was a dominant form of music and dance for the court, and many of the masks that were used are preserved in temple storehouses such as the famous Shosoin at the Todaiji in Nara. However, as the centuries rolled by, Gigaku was eventually replaced at court by Bugaku style dances, though it continued to be practiced up through at least the 14th century. Unfortunately, I know of no Gigaku dances that survived into the modern day, and we are left with the elaborate masks, some illustrations of dancers, and a few descriptions of what it was like, but that seems to be it. From what we can tell, Gigaku—also known as Kure-gaku, or Kure-no-utamai, meaning Music or Music and Dances of Wu—is first noted back in the reign of Nunakura Futodamashiki, aka Kimmei Tennou, but it wasn't until the reign of Kashikiya Hime that we actually see someone coming over and clearly imparting knowledge of the dances and music—Mimashi, mentioned above. We then see the dances mentioned at various temples, including Houryuuji, Toudaiji, and others. Of course, as with many such things, Shotoku Taishi is given credit for spreading Gigaku through the Buddhist temples, and the two do seem to have gone hand in hand. We know a little bit about the dances from the masks and various writings. The masks are not random, and a collection of Gigaku masks will have generally the same set of characters. These characters appear to have been organized in a traditional order. A performance would start with a parade and a sutra reading—which I wonder if that was original or if it was added as they grew more connected to the Buddhist temple establishment. And then there was a lion dance, where a young cub would pacify an adult lion. Lion dances, in various forms, continue to be found throughout East Asia. Then the characters come into play and there are various stories about, for example, the Duke of Wu, and people from the “Hu” Western Regions—that is to say the non-Han people in the Western part of what is now China and central Eurasia. Some of these performances appear to be serious, while others may have been humorous interludes, like when a demon assaults the character Rikishi using a man's genitals while calling for the “Woman of Wu”. That brings to mind the later tradition of ai-kyougen; similarly humorous or lighthearted episodes acted out during Noh plays to help break up the dramatic tension. Many of aspects of Gigaku would go on to influence the later styles of court music and dance. Bugaku is thought to have some of its origins in masked Gigaku dancers performing to the various styles of what became known as Gagaku music. There are also examples of some of the characters making their way into other theatrical traditions, such as Sarugaku and, eventually, Noh and even folk theater. These hints have been used to help artists reconstruct what Gigagku might have been like. One of the key aspects of Gigaku is that for all they were telling stories, other than things like the recitation of the sutras, the action of the story appears to have been told strictly through pantomime in the dances. This was accompanied by the musicians, who played a variety of instruments during the performance that would provide the musical queues for the dancers-slash-actors. There was no dialogue, however, but the names of the various characters appear to have been well known, and based on the specifics of the masks one could tell who was who and what was going on. This is similar to how, in the west, there were often stock characters in things like the English Mummers plays or the Comedia dell'arte of the Italian city-states, though in Gigaku those characters would not speak at all, and their story would be conveyed simply through pantomime, music, and masks. There have been attempts to reconstruct Gigaku. Notably there was an attempt in the 1980s, in coordination with a celebration of the anniversary of Todaiji, in Nara, and it appears that Tenri University may continue that tradition. There was also another revival by famed Kyougen actor Nomura Mannojo, uncle to another famous Kyougen actor turned movie star, Nomura Mansai. Mannojo called his style “Shingigaku”, which seems to be translated as either “True Gigaku” or “New Gigagku”, and he took that on tour to various countries. You can find an example of his performance from the Silk Road Theater at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC back in 2002, as well as elsewhere. It does appear that he's changed things up just a little bit, however, based on his layout of the dances, but it is an interesting interpretation, nonetheless. We may never truly know what Gigaku looked and sounded like, but it certainly had an impact on theatrical and musical traditions of Japan, and for that alone it perhaps deserves to be mentioned. And I think we'll stop right there, for now. There is more to get through, so we'll certainly have a part two as we continue to look at events of this rein. There are stories of gods and omens. There is contact with an island off the southern coast of Kyuushuu. There are more trips to the Sui court. Much of that is coming. 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Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to Tales of Teyvat, a Genshin lore podcast. Last week, we all bawled our eyes out after listening to Kazuha's tragic past. This week, be ready for more sadness, as we discuss the Caribert quest. Our hosts will walk you through the archon line Caribert, where we meet up with Dainsleif and Kaeya in Sumeru. Our hosts will debate Kaeya's lineage, try to figure out how to break the Khaenri'ah curse, and decide if Paimon has a thing for Dainsleif. It's a rollercoaster of a quest! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
The citizens of Sumeru's deserts and rainforests represent 5000 kilometers' worth of real-world cultures, each with their own rich history, folklore and tradition. Join Grand Sage Amir [Twitter: Boram76] and the Churlmen of the Shade Chamber as we delve into the many inspirations of Sumeru, look at how these cultures are portrayed by the outside world, and examine Genshin Impact's good, bad and ugly handling of cultural representation in the Sumeru region. This episode is a preview of "Sumeru 101", a spinoff series hosted by The Shade Chamber & Amir about the real-world cultures behind Genshin's most diverse, and most misunderstood, region. ___ 00:00 Intros 11:36 What ARE the cultures in Sumeru? 19:56 Sumeru: The Dharma Rainforest 27:32 Sumeru: Akademiya & The City 34:13 Sumeru: The Desert 40:02 Characters: Dehya 43:13 Characters: Nilou 58:32 Dori & Orientalism 01:13:36 Fatal Flaw: Colorism 01:22:12 Fatal Flaw: Portrayal of Racism 01:32:24 Sumeru's Successes 01:44:22 Takeaways
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Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. Last week, we discussed the one and oni, Arataki Itto and the Arataki Gang. Last we heard, Itto and the gang were staying out of trouble, and jail! This week, we'll be discussing the Gods of the Desert. As our travelers first started to explore Sumeru, and all of its desert expansions, you may have noticed a few different names floating around for different gods of the regions. Our hosts start by deciphering who is who when it comes to the gods: King Deshret, the Goddess of Flowers, and Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. After our hosts discuss another ancient throuple, they'll dive into the history of each god, their short comings, deception, and deaths. From there, our hosts will go through the importance of that history in relations to current Teyvat, some of our favorite reincarnation theories, and they'll even speculate where they think Makoto's body is buried! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
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(00:00) Intros and post-Louboutin Housekeeping (03:04) There Is No "W" in "Tengu": Ping Pong Party Special (04:42) Genshin Check-In: who was on our teams in 2022? (10:43) From Kabukimono to Wanderer: Scaramouche's Archon Interlude (15:09) Journey To The West: Buddhism and the Pilgrimage to Sumeru (21:09) What's In A Name: the biggest player choice in Genshin Impact (22:25) Mother Inferior: The Churls Slander Raiden Ei Again Recorded on 01/16/2023 (Genshin Impact version 3.4, but we only cover 3.3 content) Ending theme: Talk Sumeru To Me - DJ Break Ending SFX by Vecteezy
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. In our last episode, we discussed the lore of the mysterious Viridescent Venerer (AKA Viri). We're really hoping we'll learn more about her, and if she's The Knave, in some upcoming Sumeru updates! This week, we're going to be talking about the Sacred Sakura. From the Thunder Sakuras, to the shrine, to the multiple cleansing rituals, to the lore of how the Sacred Sakura Tree came to be, we have a lot to cover in this episode! Our hosts will also touch on what Yokai and Kitsune are, and discuss all the crazy timey wimey stuff that happens all across Teyvat! Our heads are spinning like the Traveler traveling into Makoto's Plane of Consciousness, so come hang out as we make sense of it all! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. In our last episode we learned about the beautiful Dvalin, his legacy, and his bestie Venti. This week, we're going to be talking about a different green themed god as we enter Sumeru! Our hosts dive into the first two chapters of the Sumeru Archon quests, discuss their favorite characters, and reminisce on all the wild children of Teyvat. While Feens defends Tighnari's honor and demands he get a new cutscene after his lightening snub, our other hosts will take a deep look into the challenges of Sumeru, birdcages, and more! This episode will be spoiler heavy for those who haven't done the Sumeru quest lines, but helpful for those who are still a little confused about everything that went down once you've finished the archon quests. Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. In our last episode we talked all about Childe and his mysterious past as Ajax. There are still a lot of unanswered questions around his motives and we're hoping we'll be seeing him in Sumeru one day soon! This week, we're going to be talking about the main character in our first Teyvat archon quest: Dvalin. Originally known as Stormterror in game, we'll review the archon quest that introduced him, his fight with Durin, other appearances, and what role we hope Dvalin plays in future storylines. During this episode we learn about Al's love of dragons and remind ourselves about a lot of information and lore we totally overlooked while trying to get through game trials. Who realized how much they packed into the very beginning? Certainly not us, we were too busy trying to learn elemental reactions and gliding! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
THE WEBSITE THE YOUTUBE SUPPORT THE CHANNEL and/or BUY CYNO'S FURSONA HERE https://ko-fi.com/s/c37020eec9 Rejoice, Hiluminati. The Churlmen of the Board have finally returned to the Shade Chamber, to put a neat little bow on our first foray into Sumeru. Honestly there is very little shade in this one. Sumeru was awesome. What have the devs and the writers learned since creating the last region? What do they still need to learn? And why was everyone so hot? No one knows. We attempt to answer. The Shade Chamber. Recorded on 11/19/2022, during Genshin Impact version 3.2. Hence, no Scaramouche interlude or Genius Invokation TCG. That'll be next time! ___ 00:00 A (Re)Introduction 05:00 Intro To Sumeru: overworld design after Inazuma 11:52 Welcome to the Jungle: Sumeru's rainforest ecology 16:08 Caffeine, Classes & Crypto: Sumeru society from village to campus 22:35 Dendro: The deckbuilding element 29:26 Cybertrunk 2022: Sumeru Archon Quest 36:57 It's Me, Ei, I'm The Problem It's Me: our favorite purple disaster does it again 39:33 Lesser Lord "Nahida" Kusanali: Teyvat's Okayest God 45:51 World Remember Me: Irminsul, Descenders & The Memory of Teyvat 50:49 Misc: new game mechanics and narrative tech 56:49 Misc: Traveler, The Not-So-Silent Protagonist 1:00 Misc: final thoughts, loving hating and simping (featuring the Golden Teppei Recipients of 2022) ___ Reddit thread about post-Archon Quest UI changes https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/ykuixi/the_impact_of_the_aq_is_huge/ trippy bg by freestockfootagearchive.com Lumine footage by @Potatozshara Ending theme: Swirls of Puttar - DJ Break Ending SFX by Vecteezy
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. Last week we ventured through the forest to Sumeru and discussed Collei's complex background and life. We're really hoping to see more from her during the rest of the Sumeru Archon quest. This week, we're taking a look back at our very first minutes in the game as we speculate about the true identity of the Unknown God. Our hosts give us some very limited facts followed by all of the craziest theories and speculations about the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles. Is she Paimon? Could she possibly be a time traveling traveler? Or possibly a Moon Princess, but don't get Feen too into the Moon Princess Theory... It's a true downward spiral. The Unknown God certainly keeps us on our toes, constantly changing our thoughts on her identity and the identity of others! Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
Ad Astra Travelers! Welcome back to another episode of Tales of Teyvat: A Genshin Lore Podcast. Last week, we traveled through Liyue history to learn more about the Yakshas and their one surviving member, Xiao! We learned that Xiao has been through quite a lot and after all our talk, we've tried to make Xiao a therapist appointment, but it doesn't seem like he can fit them in his schedule. This week, we venture into Sumeru and met Forest Ranger Trainee, Collei! After Tif and Feens gush about all the amazing Genshin creatives at New York Comic Con, we discuss Collei's manga origins as a dark and traumatized character. From experimentation, abandonment, and chronic illness Collei has it all. We learn pretty quickly that her attitude is just a mask for all this, and we get to watch Collei grow through her resilience, and of course with some help from friends like Amber, Tighnari, and Cyno Visit talesofteyvat.com to find a comprehensive lore sheet that provides visual aids and links to videos and important Genshin Impact Resources. Make sure to give us a follow on Twitter or Instagram to stay updated on all things Tales of Teyvat and let us know your thoughts on today's episode. Questions? Thoughts? Theories you have to share? Feel free to email us at talesofteyvatpod@gmail.com and let us know, we would love to hear from you!
In this episode we discuss the new events coming in the second phase of v3.1 and talk about the fourth act of the Sumeru archon quest! Join us for this discussion and theorize of what Dottore is up to exactly and why you should or shouldn't eat candy corn?Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/HOYOcastDiscord: https://discord.me/theresonanceTwitter: @HOYOcastInstagram: @HOYOcastMusic Used:Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bearhttps://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8CkShenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bearhttps://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bearYunjin Trailer Theme EXTENDED | EPIC Opera Dance Mix EXTENDED | Genshin Impact - Cover/Remix by brittle bearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OSzrsRi_a4https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearmhttps://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix Become a patron to receive bonus content! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this week's episode, Cane and Sam join the boys to give our review for the second year of content for Genshin Impact. From the start of Sumeru to the wrap up of Inazuma, join us for a review of everything that's happened and how the game has grown over the past two years! Timestamps below! Want to contact the show? Send us a message at hotgamersonly@gmail.com or @HotGamersOnly on Twitter with all your questions and messages! Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:00 - Do you still enjoy Genshin Impact? 00:10:30 - Sumeru 3.0 (Pt. 1 of 3) 00:22:30 - New Element: Dendro 00:28:30 - Character Roster Expansion/”Powercreep?” 00:38:40 - Launch 1.0 Vs 3.0 Content (What is there to do) 00:43:00 - Year 1 Vs Year 2 | Patch Progression 00:49:00 - Permanent Content & Temporary Content 00:53:00 - Difficulty to catch up 00:56:00 - Expectations for Year 3 + Beyond 01:04:00 - Cane's quest rant 01:06:00 - Outro Remember to follow us on twitter at @hotgamersonly and subscribe to our youtube channel for the video version at youtube.com/hotgamersonly. You can also follow the boys on twitter: Ethan @ChaoticAether, Hunter @ReaperHunter23, and Kyle @KDavisSRL. Be sure to also follow us on your favorite podcast service and we greatly appreciate every who leaves a review!
Bon anniversaire Assassin's Creed! Pour les 15 ans de la série, Ubisoft fait les choses en grand et annonce pas moins d'une demi douzaine de nouveaux jeux, et on peut vous dire qu'il y en a pour tous les goût. On vous raconte tout ça, et l'intégralité du stream Ubi Forward dans ce nouvel épisode du podcast, avec également des infos sur le futur de Cyberpunk 2077 et son extension, un jeu Captain America + Black Panther chez Marvel, et on sort les popcorns pour les disputes entre Sony et Microsoft. Manette en main, on découvre le très intriguant (et un peu aguicheur) Immortality, on redécouvre Cyberpunk 2077, et on va se perdre dans les forêts de Sumeru dans Genshin Impact. Bonne écoute à tous! La Belle et le Gamer ne serait pas là sans le soutien de sa communauté sur Patreon, et pour vous aussi nous soutenir, ça se passe par ici. Pour retrouver la communauté de La Belle et le Gamer et nous soutenir, tous les liens utiles se trouvent à l'adresse suivante, y compris l'invitation pour rejoindre notre serveur Discord, et notre chaîne Twitch: https://linktr.ee/LBELG
It's a ridiculously packed podcast today filled to the brim with great topics, starting with Jonathan's thoughts on the year's two biggest American TV premieres – HBO's Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon and Amazon's Lord of the Rings series, The Rings of Power – before he and Sean devote a very silly segment to pitching several different Lord of the Rings spin-offs to Amazon. Then we break down the news surrounding Halo Infinite, which is maybe in the most dire shape we've ever seen for an ongoing video game, before shifting gears to a game that's never been better with Genshin Impact! The 3.0 update is now out, adding the Sumeru region, a new element, tons of story, and all sorts of new exploration mechanics, and it's some of the best material yet introduced in this always-excellent game. And finally, we bring you a short Weekly Suit Gundam topic to break down the special Prologue episode for the upcoming Gundam show The Witch From Mercury. Phew! That's a LOT of podcast all in one place. Enjoy!TIME CHART:Intro & Stuff: 0:00:00 – 0:12:58House of the Dragon: 0:12:58 – 0:28:24The Rings of Power: 0:28:24 – 0:41:29Lord of the Rings Spinoff Showcase: 0:41:29 – 0:48:19Halo Infinite: 0:48:19 – 1:10:59Genshin Impact 3.0: 1:10:59 – 2:47:23Gundam Witch Prologue: 2:47:23 – 3:25:55Subscribe to our YouTube Channel!Subscribe to Japanimation Station, our Anime Podcast!Subscribe for free to 'The Weekly Stuff' in Apple Podcasts!Follow Jonathan Lack on Twitter!Follow Sean Chapman on Twitter!
In this episode we discuss why voice actors pronounce things wrong in Genshin and why you should support them or leave them alone. We also talk about the first half of Act I in the new Archon quest in Sumeru! Enjoy the episode this week! The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.me/theresonance Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 04:35 - Review Reading 08:18 - News 32:21 - Break 32:57 - Archon Quest Ch. 3 Act. 1 Part 1 46:40 - Wishes of the Week 50:56 - Question of the Week 53:14 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
SUBSCRIBE NOW!!!! on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher & Audible. This week on the Press X to Start Podcast: DJ, Sean & Avery talk about the PS5 price increase, Destiny 2 possibly being in trouble with Disney, The Last Of Us TV show teaser, Apex Legend's new character and much more! Don't forget to check out our Gamescom Recap if you haven't already! Gaming News - Time code: 3:52 We cover a bunch of Sony based Film & TV news in "Avery's Film Corner"; Destiny 2 basically rips of the Lightyear logo for their new DLC; Phil Spencer expects holiday demand to outstrip console supply again; The much maligned PS5 price hike attributed to the pandemic and we aren't buying it. What We've Been Playing - Time code: 40:06 Avery joins Sean in talking about Apex Legends' newest legend, Vantage; Sean briefly gives Yakuza 0 a spin...until it deleted his save; and DJ gushes about the new Sumeru update for Genshin Impact. If you're enjoying the show, please take a moment to rate/review it on whatever service you're using. Every little bit helps! Want to ask a question, ask us at PressX2start.com/Questions Join/Follow Us: Youtube: Press X To Start TV Twitch: pressxtostarttv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pressx2start Twitter: @PressX2S Instagram: @PressX2Start TikTok: @pressx2start You can find more info about the Press X and who we are at www.PressX2start.com. If you have any questions or just want to tell us how great (or just slightly okay) we're doing or how we can be better, be a friend and reach out and email us at pressxtostartpodcast@gmail.com End music by @Maztr on SoundCloud & IG Be good to each other, Peace!
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We have FINALLY arrived at the land of the Dendro Archon! We give our thoughts on the newly announced character Candace and give our first impressions on Sumeru as a region, the puzzles, and flora and fauna that inhabit it! The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.me/theresonance Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 04:43 - News 36:46 - Break 37:24 - Sumeru First Impressions 52:17 - Wish of the Week 58:19 - Question of the Week 1:02:39 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
The churls finally cover Golden Apple, their thoughts on Sumeru, and a few other matters before The Shade Chamber adjourns for the season. We'll be back sometime after the Archon Quest, so keep an eye on our Twitter https://twitter.com/ShadeChamberPod for when we return. Thank you everyone who responded with thoughts about Sumeru's cultural representation. This is a fraught subject and not one that we're really qualified to talk about, but it is important to us. This is also in no way an attempt to show the "right" way to feel about how your culture appears in Sumeru. People are not a monolith and we had a very small sample size. We want to use this as an opportunity to platform and learn from marginalized groups, so please keep the dialogue going and don't hesitate to point out our inevitable screwups. But for now, we'll see you in Sumeru. _ 00:00 Intro and Housekeeping 01:44 Golden Apple Archipelago 2022: Welcome to Therapy Island 05:51 Embrace Your Cringe Destiny: Fischl's Journey 09:04 GAA 2022: other thoughts and development discussion 20:04 Fatui Harbingers: An Organization XIII For The Zoomer Era 27:32 Industry News & Current Events 37:42 Road To Dendro: 3.0 & Sumeru Speculation 47:26 The matter of cultural representation 53:55 There's no cute name for this chapter, just please be normal about this 01:03:12 Closing Remarks Recorded August 15, 2022 (ver. 2.8) _ Articles Cited: https://www.thegamer.com/unity-criticised-for-merging-with-known-malware-distributor/ https://www.gamerbraves.com/tower-of-fantasy-team-apologizes-after-caught-using-honkai-impact-3rd-assets-in-newest-pv/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/wiyz7k/in_a_few_weeks_from_now_genshin_impact_will_be/ Tower of Fantasy ID Debacle Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HO-ARvYQVE Shirtless Childe art: https://www.reddit.com/user/quitboot/ Genshin Times Square Jumbotron footage: https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/rtdxsq/guess_what_i_saw_on_the_largest_jumbotron_in/ Germany Pavilion at Epcot Center photo by deror avi Coffee shop, billboard and forest fire media by Vecteezy Ending theme: Purrple Cat - Neon Tiger - Provided by Lofi Records - Watch: https://youtu.be/dx3wKApuVRQ - Download/Stream: https://fanlink.to/SoothingBreeze Ending SFX by Vecteezy
We finally learned how to say Xiao's name correctly! In this episode we go over the fun facts in the Teyvat Times Vol. 4 and we cover all the new info on Sumeru. Check out the spoiler free, 125 pull stream for Zhongli and Tighnari on Saturday the 27th at 8:30 PM EST in our Discord server! Enjoy the episode! The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.me/theresonance Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 10:41 - Review Reading 13:24 - News 28:22 - Break 28:59 - Sumeru Adventure Journals Vol. 1-4 1:00:26 - Questions of the Week 1:08:18 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
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We are gearing up for the Phase II portion of v2.8 as Kazuha's banner comes to a close and we get ever so closer to Sumeru! Which newly shown character are you looking forward to meeting in game? We have a giveaway going on in our server! The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.me/theresonance Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 01:45 - Review Reading 05:28 - Hidden Strife Event Gameplay Details 11:46 - v2.8 Phase II Events 18:53 - Break 19:35 - Sumeru Teaser #3 33:40 - Wish of the Week 36:30 - Question of the Week 41:00 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
Sumeru's around the corner and there's a lot of Genshin to cover. First on the docket: the Irodori Festival event. Inazuma's borders are open, and the Churlmen of the Board head over to buy some doujins. We meet Ayato, forget the names of several Anemo users, discuss the Raiden Shogun's built-in DRM, and watch Kujou Sara take 3 separate L's. Which minigame got nerfed before release? Who's been bullying all the youkai? Find out on The Shade Chamber. 00:00 Intro & Housekeeping (State of the Chamber) 02:15 Irodori: Comiket & Country-Hopping 08:00 Iro-Story & Iro-Lore-y 11:43 Oh Right, There Were Minigames 15:51 There's No "W" In "Tengu" (or "Kitsune"): Anti-Bullying Edition Recorded on July 24, 2022 (ver. 2.8) _ Comiket & Fumigation photos used under CC 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Ending theme: Purrple Cat - Neon Tiger - Provided by Lofi Records - Watch: https://youtu.be/dx3wKApuVRQ - Download/Stream: https://fanlink.to/SoothingBreeze Ending SFX by Vecteezy
Hoyoverse has officially announced the first few Sumeru characters, Faro spends 150 primos for Qiqi and we talk about The Harbingers Teaser that dropped last week. Enjoy the episode Travelers! The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.me/theresonance Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 03:25 - Review Reading 05:00 - New Kazuha EP 07:14 - v2.8 Weapon Banner 08:48 - Collei, Dori, Tighnari 18:40 - Summertime Odyssey Gameplay Details 36:19 - Break 36:37 - Harbingers Teaser Breakdown 1:12:05 - Wish of the Week 1:19:20 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
More Sumeru details and our first official look at some of the Dendro reactions! Genshin collabs with Pizza Hut in China. Two days to go until the update, what event gameplay are you looking forward to playing in the GAA this time around? The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.me/theresonance Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 03:56 - Review Reading 06:00 - Bouncing Blobby Slimes Web Event 11:37 - Genshin x Pizza Hut 17:00 - Heizou VA Announcement & Demo 23:00 - V2.8 New Weapon Overview 27:55 - Break 28:32 - Sumeru & Dendro Preview 44:25 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
We finally get the V2.8 special program and a first look at the new region of Sumeru! Will you be pulling for Kazuha or Klee? Or will you be saving your precious primos for Yoimiya in the 2.8 banners? Let us know! Enjoy the episode! The Resonance now has a Discord server! Come join and talk with other listeners of the show! - https://discord.com/invite/hDtv7Abzeu Email: HOYOcast@gmail.com Twitter: @HOYOcast 00:00 - Intro 03:15 - Review Readings 04:40 - Genshin on GeForce Now 07:06 - New Wallpapers 08:37 - Core of the Apparatus Event Details 16:18 - Leyline Overflow Event 17:30 - V2.8 Special Program 49:25 - Break 50:05 - Sumeru Sneak Peek Discussion 58:54 - Wish of the Week 1:00:00 - Outro Music Used: Sangonomiya Kokomi Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/G2hG-5aF8Ck Shenhe Demo Trailer Theme Extended | Epic Version | "Crane in the Wild" Trailer Soundtrack - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/20HPqjj6jL4 All Genshin 2.4 Character Music Compilation | 1 Hour OST Mix | Epic Version - Cover/Remix by brittle bear https://youtu.be/9WnTEWWcs64 https://www.twitter.com/brittlebearm https://www.instagram.com/brittlebearmusic/ Original music by Yu-peng Chen and HoYo Mix
Hanuman is a Hindu god and the companion of the god Rama. Hanuman is often referred to as the son of Vayu, the wind god. One account states that when Anjana was worshipping Shiva, the king of Ayodhya Dashrath was also performing a puja which begot him with sons Rama, Lakshmana, Bharatha and Shatrughna. They were born when his wives consumed a pudding that was blessed by the Gods and passed onto them after the puja. A hawk snatched a portion of the pudding while it was being handed over and flew away with it. The wind god Vayu delivered the portion to the hands of Anjana who consumed it and was blessed with Hanuman as a child. Hanuman is usually depicted as a muscular and exceptionally well built humanoid monkey. He has a distinct apelike face but with other physical features of that of a man excluding a powerful tail. Hanuman was born on the mountain Anjaneri. His mother Anjana was an apsara who was born on earth after suffering a curse. She was redeemed by giving birth to a son. The Ramayana states that his father, Kesari, was the king of a place called Sumeru. For 12 long years, Anjana and Kesari prayed for a son to Lord Shiva and was eventually blessed with a son.He is also the son of Vayu, who in various stories played a crucial role in his birth. Another tradition says that Anjana and her husband Kesari prayed to Shiva for a child. By Shiva's direction, Vayu transferred his male energy to Anjana's womb. Accordingly, Hanuman is identified as the son of the Vayu.The origin of the word Hanuman is unclear. One interpretation is that it refers to a character with a mutilated jaw. This supports a Puranic legend where Hanuman, as an infant, mistakes the Sun for a fruit and makes a leap towards it. He is wounded in the jaw when he is thrown back to earth by the sun God.Hanumat, Anuman, Hanumantha, and Hanumanthudu are some of the names that have linguistic variations of “Hanuman”. These names are often used in rural India. Anjaniyar, Anjaneyar, and Anjaneya are also used in Southern India to indicate that he is the son of Anjana.Vayuputra/ Pavanputra – the son of the Vayu deva, Vajrang Bali/Bajrang Bali – “the strong one (bali), who had limbs (anga) as hard or as tough as vajra (diamond)”, Sankata Mochana – “the remover of dangers, hardships, or hurdles”, Maruti – “son of Maruta” (another name of Vayu deva), Kapeeshwara – “Lord of monkeys”, Rama Doota – “the messenger of Lord Rama”, Mahakaya – “gigantic”, Vira/Mahavira – “most valiant”, Mahabala/Mahabali – “the strongest one” are some other common names we hear from other parts of India.Hanuman is blessed with numerous gifts, powers and abilities but is also cursed with the fact that he is never aware of his powers. Some his abilities include being immortal, being a bramhachari who can control all kinds of temptations, being a shapeshifter, extraordinary strength, knowledge of Vedas and a healer of diseases.Hanuman as a deity has influence over Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and other traditional religions of South East Asia. He is seen in drawing and historical representations of various Asian cultures like Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. He is also a common fixture of Ramlila celebrations and also has temples dedicated to him all over India.Read about Hanuman at https://mythlok.com/hanuman/
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