Talk:Oni

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:*Oni are the demon like creatures that inhabit the Chaos Realm in the Mortal Kombat series. Mainly shown in Mortal Kombat: Deception.
Are they really that important to Mortal Kombat as a whole? A simple random appearance of an oni in something is hardly notable. It's like listing every appearance of demons in the demon article. If I had my druthers, I'd avoid any "in popular culture" section altogether (they're magnets for cruft and non-notability, and they grow like cancer), but if we add one, it ought to focus on places where oni are important to the fictional work under discussion. — BrianSmithson 15:50, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh? The "in popular culture" section of this article is already as long as my arm. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. — BrianSmithson 22:24, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Oni in Modern Culture" 

message: I always though that oni disguised themselves as attractive women...What mythical creature is this I'm thinking of? --Josquius 23:19, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disguise 

message: The Oni were the topic of an entire season of Jackie Chan Adventures, season 4, where the king of the Oni was named Tarakudo.  Is this significant enough to add?PokeHomsar (talk) 20:54, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jackie Chan Adventures 

message: The Gaki and Ushi-Tora theories seem sensible, but I always heard that Oni were the Asian interpretation of caucasian people, whom they might have met on extremely rare occasion... Being extremely tall, having wild colorful hair, big round eyes, big ears and noses, etc. Even the metal clubs... well no, I think they had gunpowder before Europeans did.. but still. I can't cite the source, but I think it was an old version of Momotaro with an appendix in the back theorizing about the origins of Oni..  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 04:17, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not without a reputable source. --Human.v2.0 (talk) 04:50, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Not what without a reputable source? God, Wikipedia nowadays. In any case, the source ~exists~ I just don't remember for sure what it was. Someone's publication of Momotaro.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 23:08, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since I assume both good faith and reasonable intelligence from folks, I therefor assumed that you were know I meant "what" to be "statements that Oni are Asian interpretation of Caucasian people", also known as "the entire point of your posting in its entirety."  It's not something that I personally feel like hunting down to find out if there's even any merit to it; you are the one that brings it up, so it falls to you to do the initial legwork if you want to include something that is going appear as ridiculous without sourcing.--Human.v2.0 (talk) 18:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

text: Oni also means demon in Ainu, doesn't this indicate that the concept was passed down from the Jomon? Could also be that the Ainu adopted the Japanese word, if someone knows that is the case please reply, I couldn't find anything in my research.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2804:7F2:88A:FA1B:6C3B:4111:8854:9001 (talk) 02:59, 15 March 2021 (UTC)

text: A Japanese article from 2013 entitled "Formation of the Demon of Pestilence and its Influence in Japan: －Etymology of the Word 鬼 (Oni or Ogre) and its Relationship with Onryo (Grudge-Bearing Spirits) and Goryo (Evil Spirits)" had proposed an alternate etymological root for oni and why the Chinese character for dead spirits was the one adopted for it, found here with an English abstract and here in the full original Japanese. Though I don't know how much has been discussed since on the topic, it may be something worthwhile to note in the Origins section of the article. 82.73.224.206 (talk) 20:06, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins 

message: Literature about oni stretches back 1500 years, what makes "popular culture" particularly important? Shii (tock) 20:53, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: For the same reason that many articles have an equivalent, be it "popular culture" or something like this.  It's relevant information.  The information is too focused for a disambiguation page, but it's still valid mentioned and even better to have it in a non-list form.  I try to prune additions to this category since it is used too loosely, but removal just isn't in the cards. --Human.v2.0 (talk) 00:49, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why an "in popular culture" section? 

message: There was an episode of the Venture Brothers where Doctor Venture is being followed by an oni.  This should be in the pop culture section--67.86.120.246 (talk) 02:38, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Venture brothers 

message: Oni's are in little kings story, so we should add that in.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.74.228.81 (talk) 00:05, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oni in Little Kings story 

message: What does the capitol moving have to do with the oni's relationship to the northeast?--Slowlikemolasses (talk) 04:37, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  move to the northeast 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: * The Unicode Emoji character U+1F479 (👹) represents an oni, under the name "Japanese ogre".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by WATANABE Satoshi (talk • contribs) 05:22, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: In popular culture

message: I’m not entirely sure if this is true but I have read sources claiming that Oni in folklore were once humans corrupted by evil things. I’m not entirely sure if this is based on actual folklore or merely a modern day view.CycoMa (talk) 07:16, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: It is true that there are some stories where humans are described as turning into oni (e.g. Shuten Dōji, the Hashihime of Uji), but as a whole there's really no single answer as to what oni exactly are. I mean, they might be characterized as evil in some folktales (Momotarō comes to mind) but there are certain stories and places where they are considered to be benevolent beings and even worshiped as gods. Pat457 (talk) 10:26, 22 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weren’t Oni once humans 

message: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=edit“The Book of yōkai : Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore : Foster, Michael Dylan, 1965- Author : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, Berkeley : University of California Press, 1 Jan. 1970, archive.org/details/isbn_9780520271029. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=editChiba, Kotaro. Tales of Japan: Traditional Stories of Monsters and Magic. Chronicle Books, 2019. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=editFujita, Hiroko, et al. Folktales from the Japanese Countryside. Libraries Unlimited, 2008. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=edit“Japanese Demon Lore : Oni, from Ancient Times to the Present : Reider, Noriko T : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” Internet Archive, Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 1 Jan. 1970, archive.org/details/JapaneseDemonLore/page/n3/mode/2up. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=edit“Oni.” Handbook of Japanese Mythology, by Michael Ashkenazi, ABC-CLIO, 2003, pp. 230–233. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=editReider, Noriko T. Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan. Utah State University Press, 2016. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Oni&action=editRoberts, Jeremy. Japanese Mythology A to Z. Chelsea House Publishers, 2010.Pandalily89 (talk) 08:23, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links 

message: — Assignment last updated by Rockethound (talk) 21:56, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 - Introduction to Mythology

message: From "Japanese ogre" to Oni#In_popular_culture (because of the emoji). 195.187.108.130 (talk) 14:06, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  An idea for a redirect 

message: — Assignment last updated by Mythgirlie23 (talk) 04:13, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: HUM 202 - Introduction to Mythology

message: Genshin Impact (2020) has a playable character that is an oni, Arataki Itto, with his being an oni being important to his character; as well as his character being an important one to the game as a 5 star character with a role in several events. AverageLinkEnjoyer (talk) 11:33, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have a reliable source discussing the character and his ethnicity, please feel free to add him. NekoKatsun (nyaa) 14:39, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In Popular Culture" possibly missing a popular instance of Oni