Fables and Folktales: The Great Zodiac Race
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- Welcome to the year of the dragon! Let's talk about What That Means and also Why That Means and maybe a little bit about Why Rats Deserve Rights
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That's my zodiac, I've gotta get it now 😂
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You think the Rat is the lamest? I'm the year of the Pig.
@@Marinanor You can always put the emphasis on Year of the Boar if it helps. 'sides, there's a lot to be said for having time for a nice long rest and a big meal and STILL being capable enough to earn a place anyway. ^_^
I would totally buy a shirt with your version of the zodiac on it
Red : "I never understood why people always assume the rat is manipulative."
Also Red: "...and the Rooster 10th. Yeah that's right rooster. That's what team work gets you."
Mina pfp spotted. Have a nice day, friend
@@thomasackerman6415 Where's that character from?
@@kjarakravik4837 Upcoming indie game made by the same people who created Shovel Knight
@@kjarakravik4837Mina the Hollower, upcoming game from the creators of Shovel Knight
@@kjarakravik4837 Mina the Hollower, new game from the devs of Shovel Knight.
The dragon throwing away his massive advantage to go help others is the most wholesome thing ever.
Clark Kent behavior
I think we dragons can claim the moral victory here.
Dragons are deities themselves in this case so it checks out.
Oh course. Only typical of us noble and ever so humble dragons.
Probably why the Year of the Dragon is the most desirable birth year: win or lose you are automatically the best person ever
Boar: “Well SOMEBODY is gonna be last, and I see no reason why that shouldn’t be me.” *hits snooze*
"You idiots realize it's cyclical, right? Being first will matter exactly once" -boar
“Well, at least I’m not the cat.”
@@maxschechter4156 In the Vietnamese version of the Chinese zodiac, the cat replaces the rabbit, and the naga replaces the dragon. So, yeah.
The version my grandma always told me for the rat’s betrayal was that when the Jade Emperor announced this race, the cat had forgotten to attend the meeting, and so had to ask the rat when the race was. The rat lied and told the cat it would be on the day after the actual race, causing the cat to show up on the wrong day.
Edit: Just cause it’s getting attention, I’ve never seen the anime Fruits Basket before 😂 I thought it was a standard Shojo love triangle, had no idea that it incorporated the Chinese zodiac mythology into it
I love how there are so many variations on a story I know! The version I grew up with is different again, I know it as the rat and cat both teamed up with the ox, who (knowingly) gave them both a lift, with the understanding that they would all win and sort out first/second/third once they got there, but the rat pushed the cat into the river (don't worry, the cat survives) just as they were at the finish line and jumped off the ox and across the finish line first. Also in this version, the race was pre-arranged between these thirteen animals and there were originally thirteen places, but by the time the cat finally made it out of the river after being pushed in and caught in various currents, everyone had forgotten that there were supposed to be thirteen places, so the twelve had been finalised without the cat. Really annoyed me because cats are my favourite animal, so I always wished I could have been born in a Year Of The Cat, but there wasn't one!
Also, I grew up with there being a sheep instead of a goat, but I've seen variations with each. My birth year is sheep/goat!
@@lenabluejay1166 must be why cats hate water
Fruits Basket uses this too in the beginning of the manga, though in FB the race is replaced with a banquet
This is EXACTLY fruit basket's in lore story of the zodiacs!!
i like the version where the rat push the cat to the water
Red really took Cleo clawing her leg during that eclipse video very personally😂😂😂
Cleo was instinctively avenging her ancestor.
@@corvusalbus7276 Yeah that checks out. XD
I was surprised she didn't use the *other* version for why the cat didn't make it, but I guess this one gives the rat a better look
Man the PETTINESS on display is amazing to behold 😂
@@meiliyinhua7486 Which is?
"No monkey could ask for a greater adventure!"
Sun Wukong: *And I took that personally*
I mean, he didn't "ask" for it, per se.
@@greenhydra10 he demanded it
I like to imagine that this was one of the Flower Fruit Mountain monkeys too.
Do we ever get an explanation as to why they decided on working together
@@mysteryxio9957 Because monkey, of course. There is no other explanation required.
I'm surprised the Jade Emperor allowed a monkey to even compete. After all, there was that Monkey that caused quite a headache for him while he was trying to throw a party.
That wasn't Queen Mother of the West who hold the banquet?
To be fair, I don't think he'd even met Sun Wu Kong yet
yeah this would be, ya know, at the beginning of calendar keeping?
Thank heavens for grace....and grace...and more grace...and a little grace over here!
tbf, the race was millennias prior to Wukong’s birth
Red: "...there is no cat on the Chinese Zodiac"
Meanwhile the Tiger.....
I love the more positive reasons why all the animals placed the way they did. I was always told the pig was lazy and that's why it came in last. Telling a kid they can take things at their own pace in their own way and still make it is a much better message to tell them.
The "lazy" attachment is almost certainly a modern interpretation, although considering both east and west have terribly exploitative work cultures, I couldn't make a guess at who started it.
I honestly think this is a better interpretation too. If the pig was actually lazy he wouldn't have shown up, like the cat. But the pig had motivation to be a year spirit and turned up and forded the river. He just made sure not to destroy himself in the process like the Tiger and Rabbit did.
My fave part about the Year of the Pig myth is that the universe is allowing them a relatively peaceful stretch of lifetime in exchange for a potential dreadful tradeoff - a preparation for sacrifice. This sign is basically the proverbial "pig for slaughter", and most people with this sign may have already started experiencing the sacrifice at some point; it's not literal sacrificial death, just... hard to extreme suffering
Some of them are very positive indeed. Pig, as you said, tiger and bunny can be interpreted as "you might be badass but don't overdo it", dragon as "if you're THAT badass you might as well be cool about it", goat, ape and rooster as a classic "the small are taller on each other's shoulders", and the rat as "with charisma and encouragement, you can push others to great deeds and ride along in their accomplishments", which is mostly positive.
But the bull... I can't see it as anything more than "sometimes you will carry people and you should just accept it", the snake is basically an evil rat who uses fear instead of encouragement, the horse is perhaps a cautionary tale against snakes, and the dog sounds an awful lot like "you could have done better if you just had focused on the task".
@@marcospatricio8283Well the ox is a beast of burden, so that tracks.
Fun Fact: the Vietnamese version of the zodiac includes the cat! It takes the place of the rabbit.
This! Kinda bummed me out (as a vietnamese) that she didn't mention this.
@@just_a_guy9688maybe she didn’t know about it?
Red did give the caveat that there are a bunch of different stories and just went with this version for this video.
She did say it's a widespread story with multiple versions. Probably stuck to telling just the Chinese variation so we're not here all day.
Back when I was little the internet wouldn't agree on wether I was bunny or cat, got very confused by it when I found out the most popular one is bunny
The dog just having an absolute blast in the water, tackling the Jade Emperor, and then rolling on the beach makes me so happy.
Basically my entire friend group falls within a goat-monkey-rooster spread of years so I love that our Zodiac animals were all buddies too!
(Also, my sister is Year of the Goat/Sheep, an Aries, & has a name that means "ewe"; this is all pure coincidence, but we joke that she clearly has some sort of cosmic connection to the ovine)
I'm from the Year of the Boar and I was surprisingly satisfied with your explanation for why the Boar was last in line.
"I know I'm not gonna get anywhere in the top 10, no matter how hard I try, so I'm not gonna be an over-exerter. The calendar needs 12 spirits and there's 11 others racing. I'm gonna finish the race when I damn well feel like it and these try-hards can sit there waiting for me until I decide to show up."
More than just 12 animals. The cat for sure, and probably a bunch of others that didn’t place in the story. Like pandas!
Ironically lines up well with how I've been described as someone that knows "life is a marathon, not a sprint" & "the fastest way across town is stopping at each red light, instead of waiting for them all to turn green"
It’s fitting for the boar’s representation in chinese zodiac, as empathetic, people-focused, and an enjoyer of creature comforts.
@@-lijosu- Well if that doesn't describe more accurately than "Virgo" ever did
"How dare you label and sort me, as though one singular uncontrollable factor in my birth would influence the entirety of my life!
...Hmm? Oh hey, Capricorns will be 'gifted in love _and_ money' this week, I'm in luck!"
The will of the stars is arbitrary until it benefits me.
Yeah, it's how the mind works, no use getting mad at it, haha. As long as you keep it under control it's just a fun thing to have.
Well I guess seduction through words is my talent of the week this week
I'm a Leo. I don't even believe in astrology but people just keep using it to make my excuses for me so I'm not gonna fight it🤷♀️
See that's the noob astrology move. The real setup is, no one is a single sign. In fact, even if we just focus on Chinese astrology, nearly every layer of time (from the year down to the hour of birth) corresponds to a sign, meaning one behaves according to one sign for a certain situation, then another sign for another situation.
This is one of my absolute favorite myths, so i am so happy that you did this. For the record, I'm a fire dog.
Also the quip of "The mountains were probably busy making Journey to the West harder" is top-notch.
But of an odd claim, though. It's not like the rivers in that journey were slacking.
And I'm... A Fire Tiger! ^_^7
My mother is a year of the rat, and I am a year of the ox and we've always enjoyed that mythical team up. It helps that I'm physically larger and stronger than her so the analogy really works xD
"And now you know a whole lot of the tension behind the "Fruit's Basket" Curse"
I literally first thought of Fruits basket when she started talking about zodiacs.
@@CopperCanary21same
Except in Fruits Basket it's a banquet not a race, and the Rat straight-up gave the Cat the wrong day to make sure he didn't make it. No "sorry, forgot to wake you", no he made sure Cat wouldn't even be there.
Thanks for reminding me of this pearl from my childhod
@@broEye1 well, that's how the story was written down in universe but it's not the actual story in fruits basket.
"But yes, I am drowning!" That Rabbit is my favorite hands down.
I apologize, but oh my god, I'm a year of the rabbit kid and the way you portrayed the rabbit, especially in the bit with the dragon helping it, it's literally just me. I am loving this
I first heard this "Great Race for the Zodiac" story when I watched PBS Kids shows on TV. Later in life when I read Fruits Basket (not to the end, but far enough to know the story of Tohru's parents being a delinquent student-meets-cool teacher romance and of Young Kyo Sohma meeting Kiyoko Honda when Tohru was little), I learned about the "Great Banquet for 12 animals" variation of the Eastern Zodiac origin legend. It was in that context that I first learned about how the Cat is sometimes the fourth animal in the Zodiac, depending which country in Asia you observe Lunar New Year in, and also a casual explanation as to the "why do cats and rats hate one another" question.
Always nice to see young Red, weirdly always shows up while explaining a zodiac, wonder why that keeps happening.
Theory: red will become a zodiac
Stars it's always the stars
I am curious as well
Red is secretly a star. She is hiding her true power so the planet isn’t vaporized in an instant
*Baby Red keeps showing up in episodes on astrology*
"As a card-carrying astrology disliker"
OK, not to point out the obvious, but I think that maybe there's a chance that Red *used* to like Astrology a lot when she was younger. Call it a wild guess 😅
Red's zodiac being the rat who used smarts and trickery to win makes so much sense. And I love the cat roasting.🤣 Red getting her revenge for Cleo clawing her leg.
Forgive but never forget.
That definitely tracks.
That's Red to a tee.
Ah, so that's why Cleo was clawing Red up real good. She wasn't trying to get affection, she was playing with her food.
Dammit! I'm the 666th like!
4:18 I'm year of the goat. This must be why I like the Power of Friendship and Found Family so much
As a year of the monkey person, same
Also goat and same. I despise people that betray family, friends, and their word.
"Many long years plotting vengeance in Chateau D'If"
Red! Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, when?
4:14 Ok, I know you made it clear there are many valid versions of the story and Its redicula's to nitpick here, but I cant help but point out the objectively better variation of this part of the story where the 3 animals create a living totem pole to cross the river
-Sheep is on the bottom as a flotation device
-Monkey in the middle using a stick to paddle to the shore
-Roster on the top as lookout and giving directions to avoid rapids
In the end sheep steps on land first, monkey jumps of sheep, roster jumps of monkey, creating the order
It booth makes more sense and lends itself to lots of teamwork and Voltron jokes😂
Again, absolutely adore this video and all of your work, and I feel bad for nitpicking like this.....but I couldn't resist😅
The Ram: Form Feet and Legs!
The Monkey: Form Arms and Body!
The Rooster: ... And I'll form The Head!
All: Let's Go Zodiac Force!!
@@LostInTheInternet93
See, that I tell you🤣
Its even acurate to how they worked together
Although to be even more story accurate, sheep would form legs and butt, since that's usually the flotation device🤣
I don't think sheep float as well as you assume they float. They can swim, sure, most animals can, but their wool isn't inflatable.
Bremen Town Musicians vibes
@@timothymcleanI also had concerns with the sheep being on the bottom. Unless he/she got a shave to be as aerodynamic as possible for the race, that's one animal signing up to drown.
Fun Fact: In Taiwan, there's actually more people being born in the Year of the Dragon because the dragon is considered divine.
So people like, time their pregnancies or something?
@@hamu08 Yeah, pretty much. Same in China. People try to conceive towards the end of the year of the rabbit. It’s more ✨auspicious✨ to have a child born in the year of the dragon.
@@hamu08 I'd assume.
@@hamu08 People have been timing pregnancies for the children to be born on the First January of 2000.
@@cartoonishidealism582 that's pretty interesting
“Yeah, that’s right Rooster. That’s what teamwork gets you.”
Hey, I’m sure the incredibly humble and cooperative rooster is just happy to be included because they’re chill and understanding and rad.
"First Immortality... then the fishes."
I understood that reference, but now Minnie the Moocher is playing in my head. 😂
Red discovering that her zodiac sign was the rat as a child is a hilarious parallel to me, around the same age, discovering that I was born in the year of the dragon! My childhood self enjoyed an inflated sense of ego for a minute there before puberty struck...
Wooo, dragons!
Meanwhile, I had a good laugh about me being year of the pig. I think I was like "I'm a pig. Heh. My animal's fat" though didn't complain too much because pigs are cute.
Also, considering in Okami the Pig brush god Bakugami is the god of explosions is even more fitting considering I tend to play mage characters in TTRPGs and as such FIREBALL!
I'm a "dragon" too, and judging by your comment, puberty was tough on you too, huh? XD Boy, I had ZITS. Thankfully my skin has cleared up a lot (still get zits, but they're very minor compared to when I was 13, ho boy).
I discovered I was year of the dragon at some point in my teens and concluded that was the coolest thing, because _dragon_
Dragon is still cool
Year of the ox and Gemini
Red: "You're a goddamned dragon! You have no business being this disappointing."
Red learning that being a Year of the Rat kid is actually cool, only to immediately realize how kindergarten works, is both relatable and hilarious!
I'm a year of the monkey--all my rooster and goat brothers, we win these. The power of friendship prevails!
I am fire monkey. This makes me dangerous because all my buddies are overpowered anime characters
3:04 the Cat did set an Alarm, The Rat Was Alarm XD
That foolish, untrustworthy rat. Probably robbed the dog whenever he thought he could get away with it.
Why yes, my little brother was _also_ born in the year of the rat! How could you have guessed?
The version I remember, Ox realized he was so slow that he'd never outpace the others so he started in the middle of the night while everyone else was asleep. And then Rat hitched a ride because he knew it didnt even matter how much of a head start he had, he wasnt getting to the finish line on his own.
I've just realized how different some versions are. While studying japanese i had to learn the standard japanese version and its SOOO different.
Example:
1-God ( the jade emperor but we are in japan soooo) tells the animals DIRECTLY about the zodiac saying they need to be there at new years.
2-The cat wasn't there to hear the explanation so he ask the mouse , and because the mouse is smart ( this version likes to say that a lot) he tells the cat that god asked them go to the mountain AFTER the new year. So the cat falls asleep late.
3- All of the animals have to climb a mountain in this version
4- The boar was actually the first one out but he got lost and he was last because of that
5-The dragon saw the serpent and got confused and so he follow it to the top of the mountain
6- The roster the monkey and is a funny one. Apparently the monkey and the dog were fighting a lot and the roster was just standing there trying to calm them down. so when they reached the mountain god put the roster between the monkey and dog so they won't fight ( it is said that monkey year people and dog year people don't get along for that reason.)
7-The horse and the sheep went together and the sheep let the horse go first to the top of the mountain
Ya'll see the old show Jackie Chan Adventures? There was a season about finding twelve magic talismans,each associated with an animal on the chinese zodiac, that gave a certain magic power... the rat talisman gave the power of animation and reanimation(think night of the museum powers), the snake gave invisibility, and the dragon granted the power of wait for it, pyrokinesis ans combustion. Good show, definitely recommend.
Is that the one where his niece accidentally swallowed the chicken coin thing in some noodles, causing her to uncontrollably float into the air? Because that is literally my only memory of the show.
AND WAAAN MOAAAR THIIING.
*two finger head strike*
@parcival001 yeah, the rooster talisman gives the power of levitation and telekinesis.
The rooster getting stuck with 10th place explains why I never enjoyed group projects in school.
As a Year of the Rooster guy who cannot work in teams, I really felt that "That's what teamwork gets ya."
Indeed; we've learned our lesson
I just realized as a woman born in the year of the Rooster, I would be the Little Red Hen... Yeah! Team work is never teamwork!
Now I have a head cannon where the Little Red Hen is a nth descendant of the Zodiac Rooster.
As a fellow rooster, I definitely prefer to work alone in projects than work with other people
I"m a rooster too ( I even got a fancy pendant with one on it). SUpposedly we're stubborn and like to show off. I"ll own up to the first, but I"m super shy.
@@DDlambchop43 I literally did both of those yesterday. Hard agree.
4:20 So THAT's how they met before Momotaro showed up...
I don't think people say it enough, but I really love the outro covers you do! You've got a great laid-back singing voice that really fits the acoustic aesthetic!
Also, I love this completely unbiased review of a brief summary of rat superiority and also 11 other animals I guess.
The story I learned is that the Rat and the Cat both rode on the Ox's back but the rat pushed the cat into the water right before taking first place making the rat very not blameless
This is the version I knew too!
They both hitchhiked on me
Yeah, dog being second to last sounds about right. I'm not built for staying on task.
I like to think he didn’t even know it was a race, they just saw the other animals doing it and followed to see what was going on, and is still confused about the divinity he has been awarded.
Same. And as a Gemini, I'm doubly unable to focus. Case in point, I'm procrastinating from my procrastinating to watch this video. 🤣
The Ox "just brute forcing it" makes me feel more of an affinity with my zodiac animal than I thought possible.
oh my gosh I LOVED the jab at the mountains in journey to the west.
"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name"
- Rabbit
I've missed Myths!!!
……Fables and Folktales smh. Tut tut
It's kindof annoying to get greek, norse or Japanese every time
Same.
@@fireisawesome1466Cope lol
Exactly !
I have no idea what everyone is talking about. Red couldn't possibly be biased towards the rat. The rat is just such a compelling and charismatic character, you wouldn't get it.
Red's rat-snark followed directly by fucking All Star by Smash Mouth was like a punch to the face
Man I had no idea Fruits Basket was such a popular anime they would go back in time and base a calender around it
Fun fact: Vietnam actually has the cat replace the rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac. Each animal also represent 2 hours in the 24 hour cycle, based on its behaviour or people's perception. Rats usually operate around 23 pm to 1 AM in the morning so it's called "Rat hour" (also the reason for Denjiro's nickname in One Piece". 7 A.M to 9 A.M , people look up and see clouds shaped like dragon, so it's called "Dragon hour"
For my purposes, may I know when Snake Hour is please? Is it 9-11 am?
The Chinese zodiac actually represents the whole Sinoxenic cosmology. There’s also elements involved and they represent the numbers 1-60.
@@nicodalusong149 Correct. That's when snakes slither out but doesn't harm anyone
Been following this channel for a long time, and its really cool to see a video come up about a story I grew up with! You told it a lot differently than my mom, but funny to hear it again in the spirit of "the rat is clever and also the hero actually" (she's also a rat year)
Having a family made up of someone born in the Year of the Dragon (supremely cool and she deserves all the bragging privileges that come with it), Year of the Monkey (pretty cool as well if I do say so myself, as that person is me), and the Year of the Boar (he doesn't want to talk about it) is a very fun combination of zodiac animals
My little sibling is a Dragon, and that makes too much sense. Regardless of the actual logistics of what that means, they're very much cool enough to be a dragon.
I'm a Rooster, which is interesting for a variety of reasons. Firstly that my mom loves chickens, owns a ton, and I think is jealous of my sign. Secondly that my best friends of 9-10 years are a monkey and goat/sheep respectively, which is very very neat to me.
As a year of the Ox guy, I'm glad that "Your hard work will be taken advantage of by other people." is something of a spiritual through-line for me.
As someone born in the year of the Horse, I can relate.
As a goat, teamwork makes the dream work.
But mostly for me.
Year of the Monkey kid, here. The power of frienship is strong
Chinese years are a little weird because I was born in 95 but I was born in January 17th which would make me a Dog instead of the Boar. The Chinese New Year cut off is apparently the last day of January
@@fist-of-doom487Does that mean you're the goodest boi? x3
4:34 this drawing of the dog jumping up on the Jade Emperor made my day
the inner dialogue and art in this is fricking amazing! well done!
3:05 I appreciate Reds really subtle DBZA references and this is the cutest one of them all
I went through a similar phase and took out a book about the Chinese zodiac. It explained that bunnies are common in China, but when the calendar crossed borders into Korea, people weren't familiar with bunnies there, so they replaced it with a similar, small and fuzzy creature: the cat
No, Korea has rabbit. It’s Vietnam that has cat.
"And who could forget dear Rat Girl?"
Thank-you for 10 minutes of nostalgia and hilarity! This video reminded me of the personalized “Birthday Land Adventure” book my grandmother gave me as a child. I went and found it in my bookcase and had an enjoyable ten minutes re-reading. The book was clearly typed on a typewriter (‘cause I’m old) and the story includes an invitation signed by “The Management” of birthday land, the information that I share a birthday with enlightened despot Emperor Joseph II, and a hippie who apparently takes time off from protesting to paint posters of zodiac signs. It’s a wild read and was a most enjoyable start to my weekend!
2:54 Cat-geta is about to be very very pissed when he realizes it's not really night out
2:55 is…is the cat snoring a paraphrase of a DBZA reference!?!? Awesome!!!
I was so surprised I wanted to find out if the line was originally from somewhere else, but I guess it's from DBZA. Love that.
@@chronikhiles can’t remember which episode number it is, but it’s when Gohan, Krillin, and Dende steal the Dragon Balls from Vegeta while he sleeps. Vegeta mutters in his sleep: “First immortality…then the bitches…”😂
@@mitchellneui read that in abridged Vegeta's voice
@@mitchellneusame
Good Spot! I can't believe this isnt the top rated comment!
Fun fact: the MMO Guild Wars 2 has an annual festival based on the Chinese New Year called Lunar New Year. It happens every year around the time of the CNY, and certain aspects change every year to fit what the current year of the CNY is. There are a bunch of festival activities you can do, but the one I want ro mention here is the mount race.
You race around the city where the festival is held, but racing alongside you are NPCs of the 12 zodiac animals. Now unless you pull a Cat and nap through the while race you'll beat them handily, but if you stick around at the finish line you'll see that the NPCs finish the race in the exact order of the Zodiac. Rat jumps off Ox at the last second to win, Snake jumps off Horse, Monkey, Goat and Rooster all finish at the same time, and Boar is last. Its a cute little detail that most people wouldn't notice, but im glad the developers added it.
Final Fantasy 14 also does a few things for Chinese New Year, and LET ME TELL YA "Year of the Rooster" was completely over the top, in all the silliest ways :D
People also like saying "lunar new year" because Other Asian countries celebrate it not just China
@@clarehidalgoIt's also just more accurate because it is in fact based on the lunar cycle(New, Waxing, Full, Waning), which completes in 28 nights. This is why Lunar calenders vary so much on some years because every few years rather than 12 lunar cycles, you get 13 lunar cycles, as the spare days from each year eventually add up to a new complete lunar cycle.
@@clarehidalgo Yes. In universe the LNY festival is used to celebrate the lunar calendar and culture of Cantha, a country largely based on Korea.
Yeah, a lot of Western MMOs have little nods to their Asian playerbase, that most Western players miss entirely.
You're amazing!
Growing up, I would have done anything to be a "year of the cat"
... But I've always had a thing for someone who got the short stick.
The dragon is so pure; love it.
Year of the sheep checking in.
I howled! I've been waiting for this one!! And the outro, oh my god 😂 Red, you're a legend!
In a refreshing turn of events, Drangon is not here to win, he is here to make friends 😊
the version my mama told me as a child has the gentle and kind ox willingly helping the rat across the river after the rat asked if he could hitchhike. as soon as the ox reached land, the rat ditched him and beelined straight to the finish line
I had the same childhood experience coming to terms with being born in the year of the rat and realizing that applied to everyone in my age group. I appreciate these amusing mythology and history videos and look forward to seeing more from you guys.
Also, I love that you used Ghost Love Score! Had to do a double take when I heard it.
"first immortality, then the fishes"
I see your tfs reference. I appreciate your tfs reference
I always loved the version where the rat and cat hitch a ride with the Ox, as he's very generous. But as they approach the other side the rat realises the cat (who's taking a nap) will be faster so pushes him into the river!
I can relate with the Ox because not only I was born in 1997 that was the Year of the Ox but I'm hard working, simple and never wanted to be the centre of attention.
@@georgeray1906 '84 rat here.
Cheers for the lift!
@@georgeray1906sounds alot like me, but I was born in the year of the Rooster
The version I heard was that it wasn't so much a race, but rather there was a party and Rat offered to deliver the invites. Shrewd as always, Rat asks Ox to help carry them around since they need to do alot of traveling and Ox is happy to help.
After delivering all the invitations, Rat and Ox head to the party and are the first to show up. Ox is nearly set as the first to arrive until Rat squeaks up that they are the reason they both arrived early. Ox is happy to give the first spot to Rat and so the order is set and the rest of the guests arrive in various order depending on their traits. Love the whole 'power of friendship' bit with Goat, Monkey and Rooster though.
@@georgeray1906 As a fellow 1997 Ox I totally get that. The Ox may have taken second place, but it could at least be satisfied that it gave its all in the race.
4:14 - frickin love the waterlogged, terror-stricken horse here
As a long-time listener of the podcast I'm glad you finally got to talk about this on the channel
This may be the most spot-on adorable video I've seen in ages. The dog being doggish! The dragon being a stand-up celestial being! The power of interspecies friendship!
1:50 Red pointing at that one kid who was advanced by 2 years holy moly
I do like the version that adds on the cat sneaks into the zodiac as a secret 13th sign since it ends up matching the numbers up back up to the greek zodiac with now many use Ophiuchus as a 13th sign.
Dear Red, this video has the cutest illustriations. Thank you for your awesome content.
2:54 I appreciate the TFS Vegeta quote! It made me smile❤
Red: says something mean about th cat
Kyo Soma has entered the chat
Red definitely not being biased when it comes to the Rat is hilarious , also found it odd they didn’t post this during Chinese New Year , as this story and the Chinese Zodiac as a whole , is most usually brought up during that time of the year .
Probably due to it not being made at that point and Red not wanting to wait until next Chinese new year.
Scheduling. Either that or Cleo stole it to get back at the Rat somehow.
Horse being lucky number seven and majestic to boot pleases me immensely
Two things i liked about the video:
1. The boar basically enjoying his day and geting last place(I'm from the year of the boar)
2. That all-star cover was absolute fire
Red, being a Chaos deity and her animal being the one who tricked the cat, makes so much sense. ❤️😁
Edit: I actually remember a BL manga involving possession by the twelve zodiac and, as punishment for tricking the cat, the rat was left without a name for part of the year, leaving it vulnerable to being destroyed. It also meant the mc had a very upsetting time because they were possessed by a cat deity.
Do you remember the name of the manga? I wanna check it out!
YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THIS AMAZINGLY SPECIFIC STORY AND JUST LEAVE US DRY, This is the seal Loki vs Heimdall all over again!!!
@@FrisbeeGorbeh Eto Irokoi Zoushi. Be warned it’s explicit and not for kids. If you are just curious about the rat, it comes up in Ch. 4 and features less skinship until the end part.
@@elizaripper Thank you 🙏🙏
@@elizaripper Thanks for the title and the warning! I may tell my friend to read it first and let her gauge if it's out of my comfort zone or not lol
Glad to see that experiencing the five stages of grief upon realizing that you’re a year of the rat kid is a universal experience lmao.
I friggen love that the dragon got fifth place by pulling an All Might! 🤣
I dig the rabbit's spunk! 😎
Glad to see the dog is a very good doggo.
Gotta wonder if the gleaming eyes are a Kagura reference.
I would have loved the cat digs, but I keep thinking about the banquet version, Fruits Basket, and KYO. 🐈 🥺
You've got a nice voice! I'll have to check to see if you have any videos that are just you singing!
Like you mentioned, it's fun learning about this in school because of how grades are organized. My class was all Horse and Goats.
That one chat bubble in the back "im a tiger c:" made me laugh way more then it should have.
The only part I'd add is that beyond knowing what zodiac you land on, the specific year dictates what element you are. Unlike other calendars, this makes narrowing down a person's birthday a whole lot easier.
I happen to be a wood snake. It also just so happens that I like Serperior. A coincidence most appreciated.
Yup! It’s a pretty big deal too and leads to some interesting facts.
A fun one is that 2000 babies are not only dragons, but metal dragons (sometimes called gold dragons)! So, uh, I guess 2000 babies can be especially smug about their birth year.
An unfun one is that Fire Horse girls are considered bad luck and have been blamed for disasters in the past. Back in 1966, fear of the curse was so prominent that the Japanese fertility rate saw a sharp decline that year before returning back to normal the next.
This year is my dad's year, element included, while my best friend just had her first born a week ago; yay for an easy reminder. She and I are metal sheep. The only bad thing I have heard about sheep is that China prefers not to have sheep children the most.
But I did see someone comment once that a zodiac didn't help them figure out how old someone was because it changes every year. You can't count to twelve? And surely you can spot a twelve-year difference in age. 24, 36, & 48 do not look the same.
I’m a wood rat!
I'm an Earth Snake apparently.
i just watched dantes inferno summarised directly before this, and its really cool being able to see the improvement side by side, similar to, but more drastic than reading aurora in two, maybe three sittings
1) Count of Monte Cristo reference made me gafaw, 2) Song choice as usual is perfection, 3) I too once forgot how years and birthdays and school work when talking about the zodiac, but had no excuse as I was the teacher 😂 It was only after all the kids start calling out exactly 3 animals out of the 12 that I remembered I could have figured this out for them ahead of time and made more copies of the coloring pages 😂
I always loved that fact that my Chinese and Greek calendars line up, I’m year of the Ox and Taurus so Bull-Bull
I'm both Aries and a Goat! Double (or Deux Bull in your case.) Zodiac Animal gang rises up!
I'm a wood tiger and a taurus. Can't complain.
The lost cousion to moon-moon
I am a Rooster born in the year of Water and an Aquarius. Thus the Chicken of the Sea... I am a tuna fish... 🐟
But what are your 4 pillars? Your Year is Ox and Month is likely Snake, you can figure out day and hour on your own
0:11 A Count of Monte Cristo reference?
WE ARE SO BACK!
Love hearing my favourite Nightwish track in the background *-* now back to the video
I know there's no chance you read this but, it's "fed to the Wolves and I hit the ground running". Loved the vid, always do, no other channel gives me the same energy I get from both you and blue :)
Small fun fact about me: When I was learning to talk, my family was at a chinese restaurant with the chinese zodiac placemats. I spoke my first word there and it so happened to be the same as my Chinese zodiac: dragon.
So yeah. I'm totally validated in both my love for dragons and pride in an east-asian calendar system I have no affiliation to.
“I love how many calendars we have access to now” is the most Red opening to a video imaginable 😂
I grew up in what was at the time a small suburb of Houston, and when our area got a mall we also got a “Chinese” nicknack shop that had an entire wall dedicated to the zodiac and all of my friends were 1984 Rat kids, but being born in January 84 made me a Boar/Pig kid and it’s a weird thing but it made me feel special - also the shop didn’t really bother listing the options by month/year so I got a lot of rat trinkets growing up.
You should do a trip talk on in-world legends. It seems like every story uses a myth or legend to foreshadow the story in a book in a way that’s completely outside reality. Plus, they are an interesting world building tool that a lot of authors use. It’s one of the only ways to prove the world you build exists outside the singular story you’re telling.
I love how the dog is just having the time of their life.
"Maybe the cat chaes the rat cause they're so uses to the view from last place" RED
There are so many adorable and awesome supplementary interactions between the different characters and animals according to different folk tellings.
One I remember was between the Tiger and the Dragon. Their rivalry was legendary, and they would have gotten into a fight, having reached the finish line at nearly the same time. But the brave little Rabbit hopped in between the two of them to keep them from dishonoring themselves before the Jade Emperor. And that's how the humble rabbit finds itself between two legendary and powerful beasts on the zodiac.