Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Shinigami Eyes may refer to: Shinigami Eyes, a plot device in the manga Death Note "Shinigami Eyes" (song), ...
Other than that, in Kyōhō 5 (1720), in a performance of The Love Suicides at Amijima, there was the expression, "of one possessed by a god of death". Since the character was seller of paper, the character who confronted death wrote "paper" ( 紙 , kami ) as "god" ( 神 , kami ) , [ 11 ] [ 12 ] but there are also interpretations that ...
Oni, written in kanji as 鬼, is read in China as guǐ , meaning something invisible, formless, or unworldly, in other words, a 'ghost' or the 'soul of the dead'. On the other hand, the Japanese dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō ( 和名類聚抄 ) written in Japan in the 10th century explained the origin of the word oni as a corruption of on/onu ...
Yaoguai (Chinese: 妖怪; pinyin: yāoguài) represent a broad and diverse class of ambiguous creatures in Chinese folklore and mythology defined by the possession of supernatural powers [1] [2] and by having attributes that partake of the quality of the weird, the strange or the unnatural.
The Shinigami King (死神大王, Shinigami Daiō), also known as the King of Death, is the ruler of the Shinigami. An unseen character in the main series, the Shinigami King governs the Shinigami and controls distribution of the Death Notes. It is not made clear if he creates them or just has a certain supply, as he is unwilling to replace ...
This narrative feature is of Chinese influence: in China, the peach is treated as a sacred amulet fruit. [ citation needed ] Izanagi-no-Mikoto burst out of the entrance and pushed a boulder in the mouth of the Yomotsuhirasaka ( 黄泉津平坂 ; cavern that was the entrance of Yomi) to create a separation between the world of the living and the ...
A little boy spirit who plays in the rain, believed by some to be a child servant of the Chinese rain god Ushi. Amemasu A lake-dwelling Ainu creature resembling a giant fish or whale that is known for sinking ships and sometimes taking the form of a beautiful woman to lure sailors to their deaths. Ame-no-Fuyukinu
The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature.. The list includes creatures from ancient classics (such as the Discourses of the States, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and In Search of the Supernatural) literature from the Gods and Demons genre of fiction, (for example, the Journey to the ...