The Japanese Did This With Placentas to Save Their Babies

Japanese placenta rituals, for your enjoyment.
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0:00 Placenta guardian
0:52 Detailed ritual steps
3:54 Commoners: We want to bury them too!
5:03 The Great Placenta Debate
7:09 Placenta eating?
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[@mikehunt6107]

"Savage Placenta" would be a good name for a hardcore band

[@Linfamy]

@@mikehunt6107 I like it :)

[@kennethknoppik5408]

@@mikehunt6107 that would be a good name I'm a pretty good singer and I play guitar I'm in. Maybe we can get linfamy to play drums

[@squirrlygrrlg]

damn dude... ¿¡plasagna?!... gnarly! but somehow hilarious... maybe it is the other, other sort of danger noodle... 😹 thank you for the video!

[@piscesazure89]

I have an odd feeling there is a penis ritual as well. I have never heard of a placenta and or a breast milk ritual before till today.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's safe to say that people find really weird things to do with placentas in Japan

[@TramNguyen-qw2kp]

yess i found your most recent comment

[@eomaismaker]

Hey cool you watch this too

[@mattstyles2498]

Foff

[@robertcurrie1160]

We must have the same tastes Ive seen you in the comments of vids I watch.🖖

[@lannac.7754]

I've seen you in many places but this is by far the most surprising one

[@saturnianrings3920]

I’m surprised no one robbed these. Like, you’ve got a couple of high quality Buckets, a few Coins, and beautiful Silk. Oh, and some food if your nasty like that.

[@paulnash6944]

They probably did. It just wasn’t covered in the video.

[@samuraijackoff5354]

@@paulnash6944 People probably just leave it there and never return. If something happens to their kid they would go to the placenta area and see it robbed but think that an animal or bug had gotten in and brought bad luck.

[@jvillain9946]

I break into hospital biohazard trash compactors and steal the placentas. It's a really high black market commodity. Not to mention they are delicious.

[@azuremer]

"You don't want the gods to give you a bad eBay review for poor shipping." - A great narrator

[@puddingninja]

Life hack mark your food in the fridge at work as placenta to prevent others from eating it

[@Linfamy]

lmao

[@azwafitri9453]

I think this ritual is very common in Asia. I live in Indonesia, and we still bury our placentas in a container. I don’t think there’s any belief about it that I know of. It’s just tradition? and a “proper” way here to get rid of the placentas. Though, we don’t determine where to bury it based on the birth month, whether you’re rich or not. My placenta was buried in my grandmother’s house backyard lmao. (And also, does modern japanese people still bury their placentas? I’m curious what’s it is like nowadays)

[@payuappa]

im from malaysia and we do the same thing too!! mine is also buried in my grandmas backyard :’O

[@SitiIchsan]

Yes, in Indonesia too they regard the placenta as a sort if protector twin to the baby. In the bowl you place items depending on your wishes for the baby. Also wrap in white cloth. If you want your child to follow you always, bury it in the back garden, if you want your child to be someone finding his/her own way, bury it in front of the house. Keep a light or fire on top of the "burial place" for 2 weeks.

[@smallandstressed2364]

I wonder if places like Indonesia still does it because medical facilities are primarily around the bigger cities. Hospitals would go about disposing placentas in sanitary and sterile ways, but the average person might as well bury it in their backyard because what else are they supposed to do with it?

[@SitiIchsan]

@@smallandstressed2364 The hospitals will let you choose: dispose of placenta at hospital or "take-away"😋. A few years back, we chose the last option, as we chose to do the traditional burial (in JKT). Even with my first child, who was born in Europe, you also had the option to choose: donate to the hospital (they usually sell to stem-cell laboratories, tissue banks and other medical related industries etc) or "take home". I really appreciate that in both cases the families are left the liberty to choose what they want to do with the placenta.

[@smallandstressed2364]

@@SitiIchsan - that pretty cool

[@saint-naive]

I remember my high school anatomy teacher bringing in a photo of one of her placentas, she kept it in the freezer. really solidified my decision to never have kids!

[@Linfamy]

What the o.o

[@saint-naive]

Linfamy ikr, most off-putting class of the year award 😬

[@paulnash6944]

😨

[@flamingaish]

Bruh

[@Jormungandr108]

You don't have to keep the placenta if you have children. Just saying.

[@ImaNamelessDude]

My dream is to have Linfamy whisper “BEBEE” in my ear 😮‍💨

[@Linfamy]

Bebe

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

Omfg and he fucking responded

[@Ami_E_Bowen]

​@Linfamy Google translates this as "Grandma".

[@Jobe-13]

I mean sake is wine meaning that it has alcohol, and alcohol as sterilizing properties. That’s why we use alcohol wipes and rubbing alcohol.

[@Linfamy]

True

[@frostincubus4045]

But it also hurts a lot if you pour it on a wound :/ Well, a small price to pay for preventing infection

[@daganlove8536]

Wine has too much sugar in it to use as a sterilizer for a wound in an emergency. Bacteria feed on sugar. Whiskey or vodka are better.

[@aleckcain4142]

@@daganlove8536 pretty sure the Japanese didn't have distillation untill later

[@kairinase]

I'm Malay, we have these placenta rituals- minus the sake. Usually, to guard the placenta, we put nails, slices of fruits from the assam tree, and put turmeric powder to get rid of any smells. They also burned frankincense at the burial site. Items are optional, but it really have an effect on the baby's life... so choose wisely what you put in! Mine was buried with a book. I guess I know now why I have books on me the entire time. When kids my age are into toys, I'm into reading. At one point, people gave me many books to read; I also got books for contest I entered, and my hobbies revolved around books. I think it's not a coincidence, these things really did happen. Imagine if someone put a lot of money or gold with their child's placenta... That's why these rituals are so popular.

[@T3nch1]

Onmyouji: *Placenta burying ritual.* Onlookers: "This looks a tad extreme. Are we sealing a kami or akuma?" Onmyouji: *T H A T S C O R R E C T*

[@Echo_the_half_glitch]

Pffff

[@randomplebian461]

I saw quite a few comments mentioning that such placental burials occur in other Asian countries too. As an Indian, I haven't heard of any such thing in my country but a quick search revealed that burying the placenta is common in some regions of the country. Fascinating, the way ideas travelled and solidified to such an extent in a world without the internet.

[@kb.e3762]

yea south india

[@hallygibblets2747]

6:31 "The feet and non-feet people fought on the battlefield of paper and ink" I'm getting a whiplash from this

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

Fascinating, didn't know Japan had this type of rituals

[@pn2294]

I first found out through Mirai Nikki

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Japan has plenty of rituals.

[@v-mouse]

How many Videos can you do about childbirth? Linfamy: Yes!

[@burntgyoza]

I can imagine the coversation that happened if the kid really got sick/something and they decided to dig and check the placenta (which clearly already naturally decomposed (damaged)) A: omg, it's damaged, no wonder the kid is sick. B: true true, the parents didnt bury it properly

[@ramsesemerson]

What happened to placentas that belonged to babies who were "sent back" or died during or soon after birth?

[@Linfamy]

Good question. I haven't read anything about what they did with the placenta in that case 🤔

[@WildBillCox13]

@@Linfamy Possibly a conscience soothing ritual more astringent than usual.

[@HelloItsMikkan]

They aren't buried.

[@Sienisota]

Perhaps they were dealt the same way they dealt with the body of a "sent back" baby?🤔

[@WildBillCox13]

"Lady Bunion". That would make a great metal band name. Foot-stompin' music.

[@marocat4749]

If you can have weird foreskin rituals, you can have that. BTW the placenta angel is oddly cute.

[@Linfamy]

😂

[@paulnash6944]

“Some of my best friends are cannibals.” Hold the f*ck up!

[@earthspillar]

The Fujiwara clan would bury their placentas in blue silk that was placed within a bucket with red silk wrapped coins and paintings of bamboo, cranes, turtles, and pine trees. This bucket was then placed within another bucket, this time packed with colourful silks and other adornments like writing brushes, for intellect, ceremonial blades, for warrior spirit, or other things for similar benefits to the child. This second bucket was then placed within an urn that was painted with bamboo, turtles, cranes, and pine trees. In this urn was a piece of cloth from the head of the Fujiwara clan. This was believed to give a son political strength. If the child was a daughter, this was believed to help the Fujiwara clan marry the child into an imperial family, allowing them to retain control for over 200 years.

[@Linfamy]

Lol

[@EllpaFox47]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard him laugh before Genuinely made my day

[@jeanfalconer6377]

Woot, caught it when awake this time, neat.

[@Linfamy]

Woohoo!

[@phoenixproductions2846]

Imagine watching a bunch on linfamy videos and then somehow falling asleep and being awoken by a parent asking you to explain why your watching a video about placentas

[@naturalcambion3747]

“It spread like a mother in labour”. I see what you did there…. 😉😂🤣

[@Darkmozarella]

Exclude the sake (alcoholic beverage/liquior), the process relatively sama with Javanese Island culture of Indonesia. Placenta wrapped in white fabric after washing with pure water then mix with flower so the placenta will decompose naturally/to prevent eaten by animal. As a symbolic, ancient coin will put in, then book and pencil, small kris blade (if a boy), or hair pin and make up (if a girl). This ritual already depict in temple since 7th century or ancient manuscripts. Nice channel, how you make story telling, and your ilustration. Thank you very much for your history lessons.

[@cynthiagoh5683]

Well... This practice is still alive in Malaysia still.. :D. The placenta was buried after prayers, mostly in the garden

[@qm7568]

fascinating and informative as always! in some parts of my home country, the old folks' superstitious practice was to wrap and bury only the umbilical cord with something that symbolize what trait or accomplishment you hope for the child. like if you'd like the baby to be intelligent someday, you burry the umbilical cord with a book. i dont know, tho, if there's any ritual or preferred place/spot to bury it. meanwhile my mom wrapped my bro's umbilical cord and hang it outside the door, i forgot the explanation tho.

[@gwendinamichellej]

Ofcourse I have to start my day with this...totally sets my day going down the right path!!

[@Linfamy]

;)

[@amaniwolf]

Lady Bunions, the Dominatrix! LMAO! I lost it!

[@horgh_japan]

The fan service here is just out of this world. You sir deserve a Drake meme where he rebukes "Linfamy talks ancient Japanese agriculture" but accepts "Linfamy talks sex, breat milk, and placenta in ancient Japan"

[@sofiesdeco118]

I'm thinking right know on all those archeologist expecting to find ancient bronce coins or tradicional Japanese potery with all that wrapping and boxing, and the thing be like :"you thought" :)

[@RainAngel111]

The foot thing is really interesting. I was taught growing up that it's bad to walk on graves. That much makes sense to me. Who wants to be stepped on while trying to get eternal rest. But I see some sense in putting the placenta, an "in between thing" in the doorway. Especially as it's supposed to be a guardian of the child, it makes sense for the guardian to be at the door right?

[@reshabraina9669]

Amazing channel so much to learn 😁

[@Linfamy]

[@meganc4442]

Thanks Linfamy! Love your videos!

[@stealthyghost1]

Your videos are so funny and ur animation is good, its sad they aren't more popular you deserve it 100%

[@claudy_sky]

This is the most creative & random matryoshka I have ever seen in my life!

[@Linfamy]

And disgusting :p

[@claudy_sky]

@@Linfamy Yep, they should have added more sake to it. xD

[@MzzzNettie]

Your videos are always so interesting, eventhough sometimes they make one go "what the heck!". LOL

[@endisnear306]

They forgot to put silica gel packets

[@antwan1357]

I have been avoiding this one until now ... but my curiosity got the better of me.

[@sea7544]

I have to say I love your voice and the way you use words.

[@vernaltear]

Now I understand why Bloodborne had so many weird references to placentas.

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Orphan of Kos is what happens when you don't do the proper rituals

[@raddishforthenight]

jus spent the entire day binging your videos half of them are on repeat now

[@Linfamy]

Excellent 😅

[@aidavarela4955]

I love your vids linfamy!! Keep up the great work!

[@Linfamy]

Glad you like ;)

[@aidavarela4955]

@@Linfamy no problem i have learned so much thanks to you!

[@falcolf]

The way you say the word 'baby' makes me giggle, your channel is so great!

[@Nade_Kiyari]

I LOVE how you say baby idky but it brings me joy🤣❤❤❤

[@bigfotpeesonyoutube9647]

Considering the taboos against insects and animals eating the baby's placenta, it makes perfect sense that human beings wouldn't consume it either. A mother eating her own placenta could be considered tantamount to her murdering her child's protector, which has all sorts of implications that could lead to complications for the kid. I have tried looking up "preserved Japanese placenta, Edo period," but I only found websites selling pills made from placenta. I am curious as to what they might have looked like after a few centuries, considering all the precautions taken to preserve them. My search history has gotten stranger and stranger lately.

[@WildBillCox13]

Imagine all those yamabushi kimchee hunters (yamabushi-uing is a low paid occupation, so they wax ever hopeful of a kimchee bonanza) discovering placental time capsules. "Wait . . . this doesn't taste quite . . . "Nooooooo!"

[@richardalvidrez2079]

Love your channel bro and hope you have many more great years to come 🖤☠🤘😁

[@Linfamy]

Thanks ;)

[@carlo8802]

In the Philippines we also have this placenta burying rituals 😁

[@tirone7520]

In Eastern Europe we also have placenta related magic and burying the placenta (simply)

[@HavianEla]

Placentas being saved can actually really help your kid. Some parents are having placentas frozen for stem cells or other tissue their child might later need in life.

[@DavidGauthiersquidpride2014]

You are a brillant story teller

[@Galacticus9]

Best thumbnail pic ever

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Ah Yes.. I do remember drinking Breast milk Boba tea from my mother's Teat when I was a bebe

[@iskandartaib]

Not sure about placentas but to this day they keep umbilical cords. Usually in a wooden box with writing on the lid. Saw this in a movie I watched.

[@conradbaker]

this is very interesting OwO. I still had a piece of my umbilical cord in my baby album. I dont think there was a really a spiritual meaning behind it other than the hospital giving it to my parents as souvenir of my birth of some sort. My grandma told me how she crushed the umbilical cords of all nine children into a drink and all made them secretly drink the concoction though. She said it made sure that all her kids (my parent and their siblings) all get along. Also apparently in ancient rome, they had a sort of cheesecake which they call "placenta." Max Miller from Tasting History made a version of it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZqziaOBrpefh5I

[@aleckcain4142]

The Japanese were not the only people who believe that the "in between spaces" have supernatural significance it seems like a universal belief even in the modern-day we have the concept of liminal spaces

[@glennsriyousefbaun-cueto9287]

Thanks for the placenta ritual. We have similar in Nusantara (aka. MaPhilIndo). And now with science and modern technology & medicine, we can preserve placentas

[@telinhajp]

Hello Linfamy! Happy Saturday! ❤️

[@saturnianrings3920]

It’s Sunday tho.

[@Linfamy]

lol it is 😅

[@telinhajp]

@@saturnianrings3920hahaha! 🤣 You're right. I'm in Japan, so to me, when it's Sunday here, it's mostly Saturday in the US. But it's already Monday here. I didn't realize it was that late. ℓσℓ.. (ᵔᗜᵔ*)

[@saturnianrings3920]

@@telinhajp I’m actually in Africa, so I guess it’s Saturday there.

[@telinhajp]

@@saturnianrings3920 Happy Sunday Sunday for you! ❤️

[@mags9024]

I’m imagining a non-foot guy raising the floor of his house and inventing the genkan because he was tired of tracking placenta all over the damn house.

[@familyfriendlyart8014]

The placenta with wings is disturbing.

[@sanguiniue]

Something tells me the feet debate was just away for some people to hid their interests in plane sight *Cough* Linfamy *Cough*

[@Linfamy]

👀

[@ampro9019]

Another video another story another story another dose of entertainment

[@mattstyles2498]

U never make me laugh but always think. Heh thats kinda funny

[@johnvonshepard9373]

When will history series be back?

[@Divorceja]

"... all parts of a balanced placenta bowl."

[@jointhearumanati8574]

Designed to mess with archaeologists Lmfao i don't envy the person who dug it up first

[@kiyowokiyowo8862]

In some east and southeast asia countries have similar way to treat placenta

[@justpeachy4851]

Loosely related to the topic of placenta, I am watching this video whilst ignoring calls from my crazy mom

[@Linfamy]

o.o

[@SitiIchsan]

We have a very similar tradition in Indonesia.

[@sam_widge9183]

This is proof that i will click on anything that shows up in my feed, before this video i watched a video on how to make clay from dirt

[@kristenswanepoel1449]

The first 12 seconds of the video just shocked me 😂

[@exploshaun]

I wonder what is left of the 3 layer container after historians got to them

[@dolphin550]

I know that Japan is Japan, but I never expected this. But is pretty interesting nonetheless, thank you for teaching me this.

[@kennethknoppik5408]

God dammit just when I trying to eat you got to drop a video like this. Thanks a lot

[@Linfamy]

:D

[@PouresMaggie]

Mmm... Makes me crave for kinder egg surprise.

[@lannahuxel98]

Is it just me or is they why he says "Babies" cute/kawaii lol

[@theloweffortchannel7211]

Sounds a bit like Haruspexy, Roman divination method using entrails

[@PPP-ww2gt]

So Japan's custom to wrap products in ridiculous layers of packages is older that I suspected.

[@kcdiscipline]

Oh, more placenta, cool.

[@theanafront3746]

Y'know, whatever it is bebbies do.

[@KHowardishereandthefunsbegun]

I just imagine a samurai swinging a placenta around like it’s a lasso or something 😬😬

[@Void.G.Emperor]

Ay yo do a myth about kintoki sakata

[@animejunkie7791]

So unique I guess

[@emptyemptiness8372]

Well I guess it's no different to placing it in a plastic bag, chuck it in the freezer and forget about it until your new hungry boyfriend is rummaging around looking for something quick to cook and asks "what is this?".....it's like a magic new relationship test.

[@Linfamy]

😱

[@souravg6273]

hey man great videos i must say but can you post more folktales or ghost stories please i fucking binged watched your channel

[@stormcherry6064]

0:25 🤣 they weren't far off. The mothers immune system, would attack the baby - due to it technically, being a foreign object. Just like the body attacks sperm before it even reaches the egg 🥚 😀

[@samanthaivyleigh]

Just ask his dominatrix, lady bunions!

[@wrentherainfalls2925]

I’m so confused🧐. Not by the video but by my brain which immediately started playing the music from the wii sports step rhythm game.

[@Fee.1]

Ive got 13 monks on speed dial personally

[@josedubois2295]

Lady bunions hmm I'm guessing you are on the pro feet side of the debate and are therefore are biased.

[@ethanrumley746]

Bloodborne makes a **lot** more sense after watching this

[@sakdaheng8709]

Yum placenta

[@Linfamy]

🤤

[@slook7094]

They were sort of right about the placenta protecting the baby from the mother. The placenta prevents the mother's antibodies from attacking the baby.

[@Kormeister]

Who's Lady Bunion? 🤔😏

[@bokabu9664]

Bobunaga seems like a normal japanese name now.

[@MrZooganopolos]

Any idea what your parents did with your placenta?

[@Linfamy]

Pretty sure they threw it away :p

[@MrZooganopolos]

@@Linfamy Smart Parents.

[@MegaGangsta4life]

Placenta Burrito 🌯. Wish I didn’t hear that 😂😂😂

[@TraphouseTCG]

Throws in a pickle for sea cucumber.