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Does the Naruto "Leaf" symbol mean more?

Postby Tommy » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:09 pm

My mom was curious to know what the symbol in Naruto is that they wear on their handbands mean. I told her it was just supposed to be a leaf, representing their village, but she assumes it must stand for something demonic or Buddist or something.
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Postby everdred12a » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:20 pm

I don't know personally, but I assume some of them have more to them. If I remember correct, the Sand Village guy's symbol looks like a lowercase 'i', and the Water village guy's is an eighth note. Of course, I'm not hardcore into the show like some people here are, and they could probably tell you more. But I'd like to know, too.

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Postby Tommy » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:22 pm

No, the Water Village I believe were rain drops, and the Sound people had the Eighth Note.
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:35 pm

If it looks like a leaf and comes from a leaf village, then it must be a leaf. I know it has a swirl in it, and like 3 specific Pokemon, apparently some radicals have thought that it was the swirly witchcraft symbol (which I didn't even know about until I heard people saying that :/) I won't get too much into it, but NO. They don't use magic, they use chakra which is a... well a very different concept^^ A whole other ideology...
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Postby Debitt » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:07 pm

There is no Buddhist symbolism associated with the village's symbols in Naruto - Tenshi no Ai is correct in saying there is no witchcraft or occultic powers utilized in the series. There is, however, a Shinto connection to the hand seals used while preforming jutsu. While I'm pretty sure that the fact that the hand seals correspond to the members of the Chinese zodiac was something that Kishimoto invented, the seals to directly mirror a lot of hand gestures used in kuji-in, a Shinto form of meditation.
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:17 pm

Kokoro Daisuke wrote:There is no Buddhist symbolism associated with the village's symbols in Naruto - Tenshi no Ai is correct in saying there is no witchcraft or occultic powers utilized in the series. There is, however, a Shinto connection to the hand seals used while preforming jutsu. While I'm pretty sure that the fact that the hand seals correspond to the members of the Chinese zodiac was something that Kishimoto invented, the seals to directly mirror a lot of hand gestures used in kuji-in, a Shinto form of meditation.


Also reminds me that Naruto himself, has a seal around his bellybutton in a swirl shape *scratches head at the significance of a simple 'swirl'* But either than that...
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Postby Animus Seed » Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:32 pm

Tenshi no Ai wrote:Also reminds me that Naruto himself, has a seal around his bellybutton in a swirl shape *scratches head at the significance of a simple 'swirl'* But either than that...



The name "Uzumaki Naruto" is itself a pun on whirlpools and spiral-cakes, so that's why there's a lot of spirals in Naruto.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sun Jun 04, 2006 1:58 pm

We need to be careful that we don't read things into Naruto that aren't there.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Jun 04, 2006 2:18 pm

Actually, yes, it does mean more. The meaning of the leaf symbol is explained during the series itself. There is also the obvious point concerning Konoha meaning "Leaf Village."

One basic chakra exercise for ninja of that country was trying to levitate a leaf off their forehead. Evidentally the First Hokage used this with his students while he was founding their village. This technique became associated with the village, and in time many of its shinobi engraved the leaf on their forehead protectors.
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Postby Evangelion » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:40 am

The leaf symbol isn't demonic per se, the fox spirit in him is lol -- and actually that would be Shinto rather than Buddhist.
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Postby Eastkun » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:09 am

I'm pretty sure the leaf symbol is just a leaf.
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Postby Tommy » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:43 am

UC already explained the meaning behind it, Eastkun.
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Sun Jul 30, 2006 2:34 pm

Evangelion wrote:The leaf symbol isn't demonic per se, the fox spirit in him is lol --


Bear in mind, though, that the Japanese definition of 'demon' (Japan being a non Christian based country) has a hoard of entire different meanings other than the common single American definition. ('Minion of Satan')

As a matter of fact, their are multiple words for 'demon', with different meanings each.

This meaning that Naruto doesn't have a literal 'evil spirit' inside of him. ;)
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Postby Etoh*the*Greato » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:52 am

Holy mighty trolling gravedig, batman! You had to seriously dip back to find that one, didn't you, buddy?
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Postby ich1990 » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:02 am

bachino (post: 1331256) wrote:In Naruto Episode One Baby Naruto Is Seen In The Middle Of A Satanic Hexagram With The Seal On His Stomach...in Episode Two Konohamaru Reads To Naruto From His Note Book On How Chakra Is Used To Perform Jutsus. Immediately A Human Diagram With The Ying And Yang In Its Stomach Is Shown. This Symbol Has Been Key In Chineese Occultism...just To Mention But A Few. If Anybody Asks Me What Is Naruto, I Will Say It It A Subtle Satanic Environment Used To Create The Right Vibrations To Cast Spells On Ignorant Viewers.


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Postby Etoh*the*Greato » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:04 am

Ingemar is logged in. I bear suspicions.
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Postby LadyRushia » Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:11 am

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