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Glen Grant (February 23, 1947 – June 19, 2003) was a Hawaiian historian, author and folklorist. [1] He was primarily known for his Obake Files, a collection of articles and stories regarding native and imported folktales and mythology in Hawaii .
Hawaiian folklorist Glen Grant was known for his Obake Files, a series of reports he developed about supernatural incidents in Hawaii. The grand bulk of these incidents and reports were of Japanese origin or concerned obake .
Chief Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: Aliʻi Maʻilikūkahi; Hawaiian pronunciation: Mah-ee-leeh-koo-kah-heeh; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii around 1480 A.D. [1] [2] He is known today from the old chants as one of the early and beneficent rulers of Oʻahu.
The most popular legend of the Sazae-oni is that of a group of pirates who rescued a drowning woman from the sea and took her back to the ship. They vied for her attention, but soon found that she was willing to have sex with all of them, then cut their testicles off afterwards.
Ittan momen are thought to appear in the evening, but the general view is that this is because in the past, parents needed to do farmwork for the entire day including at this time and therefore could not keep an eye on their children, so the tales of ittan momen were told to children to warn them of the dangers of playing too late. [1]
Noted Hawaiian historian, folklorist, and author Glen Grant, in a 1981 radio interview, dismissed the story as rumor, only to be called by the witness herself, who gave more details on the event, including the previously unreported detail that the mujina in question had red hair. [10]
In the Ansei period yōkai emaki, the Tosa Obake Zōshi about Tosa Province (now Kōchi Prefecture), under the title "kijo" (鬼女, oni woman), there is the statement, "to speak of Adachigahara, there is this."
His nickname, "Obake", was given to him by Japanese pro wrestler Yuji Nagata, and is a Japanese folklore creature. [4] Catalfo also used this name to found the "Obake Gym" one of MMA's first independent schools. In September 1997, he debuted as a mixed martial artist and defeated his opponent Joe Pardo with a neck crank.