Nitpicking, but isn't Tewi probably the oldest one here?
Wouldn't put it past her to mess with Eirin given an excuse, though.
No, Eirin is the oldest one here by several orders of magnitude. Either Tewi or Yukari after her, though. We don't really know how old Yukari is, beyond "Older than Gensokyo", which doesn't really tell us anything at all about her age, and Tewi dates at least as far back as 1100 AD, but is probably a fair bit older.
No, Eirin is the oldest one here by several orders of magnitude. Either Tewi or Yukari after her, though. We don't really know how old Yukari is, beyond "Older than Gensokyo", which doesn't really tell us anything at all about her age, and Tewi dates at least as far back as 1100 AD, but is probably a fair bit older.
From Tewi's wiki entry : "Despite her childish appearance, she is very old (at least 1,300 years old). If she really was the White Rabbit of Inaba then she would be one of the oldest character in the Touhou series (at least more then 1.8 million years old)."
And from Eirin's entry : "In the third chapter of Cage in Lunatic Runagate, Watatsuki no Toyohime mentions that Eirin's participation was critical to the founding of the lunar capital, and that she was older even than Tsukuyomi. Omoikane is the son of Takami-Musubi, one of the great gods that summoned Izanagi and Izanami into existence, but it's unclear whether Omoikane was born before the creation of the Japanese islands, which also saw the births of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo. Regardless of whether she is "meant to be" Omoikane, Eirin clearly draws on Omoikane in many ways."
From Tewi's wiki entry : "Despite her childish appearance, she is very old (at least 1,300 years old). If she really was the White Rabbit of Inaba then she would be one of the oldest character in the Touhou series (at least more then 1.8 million years old)."
Draw whatever conclusions you may.
"at least more then 1.8 million years old"
I'd like to know the basis for this absurd number. The White Hare of Inaba is on the Kojiki, which is from the VIII century AD.
I'd like to know the basis for this absurd number. The White Hare of Inaba is on the Kojiki, which is from the VIII century AD.
Good point. The event itself need not have occurred anywhere near the time the Kojiki was written, but that doesn't necessarily mean it took place that long ago.
I checked the article again, and on the Talk page, an anonymous poster notes, "Please teach me why to be thought that Tewi is 1,300 years old. If she is "The White Hare of Inaba", she must be more than 1,792,470 years old.(According to the description of Kojiki.)"
I can't seem to find a version of the appropriate Kojiki chapter online that indicates how long ago the Hare of Inaba myth was supposed to take place, so I can't verify one way or the other. Still, that's a curiously precise number to use if they were just making it up.
Good point. The event itself need not have occurred anywhere near the time the Kojiki was written, but that doesn't necessarily mean it took place that long ago.
I checked the article again, and on the Talk page, an anonymous poster notes, "Please teach me why to be thought that Tewi is 1,300 years old. If she is "The White Hare of Inaba", she must be more than 1,792,470 years old.(According to the description of Kojiki.)"
I can't seem to find a version of the appropriate Kojiki chapter online that indicates how long ago the Hare of Inaba myth was supposed to take place, so I can't verify one way or the other. Still, that's a curiously precise number to use if they were just making it up.
There's a kojiki online version here but it's kind of hard on our eyes. The translators went the whole Twoflower route and translated the characters names, leading to awesome names like: "Deity-Master-Of-The-Great Land" and "His-Impetuous-Male-Augustness".
I don't have the time now to dig into the whole text, but a weak guess is that somewhere near the beginning there's something like: "all these truthful events happened [buddhistic large number] years ago."
And from Eirin's entry : "In the third chapter of Cage in Lunatic Runagate, Watatsuki no Toyohime mentions that Eirin's participation was critical to the founding of the lunar capital, and that she was older even than Tsukuyomi. Omoikane is the son of Takami-Musubi, one of the great gods that summoned Izanagi and Izanami into existence, but it's unclear whether Omoikane was born before the creation of the Japanese islands, which also saw the births of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo. Regardless of whether she is "meant to be" Omoikane, Eirin clearly draws on Omoikane in many ways."
Draw whatever conclusions you may.
According to the "Izanagi Object" story in the "Neo-traditionalism of Japan" music cd, Izanagi and Izanami created Japan 25 million years ago, so Eirin's age might be on a time scale comparable to that, give or take a few years.
Well, most if not all of that information is from "filler" works, so they're hardly valid to begin with.
Official printworks are not filler, idiot.
What are you, a pubescent middle schooler?However, very young youkai can't control their strength and engage in bizarre behavior.Here, look at my Tewi.Full moon?It's all right. Perhaps it's because of the full moon.Ahh! You see!?So that's why it's strange that Chen is so hyper.They say that on full moon nights, youkais' powers are enhanced.
