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The most famous Shachihoko today is the kin shachi (golden dolphins) at Nagoya castle, which are plated in 18 karat gold, 0.15 millimetres thick. The male is 2.62 meters high, weighs 1,272 kilograms, and has 112 scales, while the female is 2.58 meters high, weighs 1,215 kilograms, and has 126 scales. [ 7 ]
A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail.
Japanese myths are tied to the topography of the archipelago as well as agriculturally-based folk religion, and the Shinto pantheon holds uncountable kami ("god(s)" or "spirits"). [1] Two important sources for Japanese myths, as they are recognized today, are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki.
The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century. Aquatic humanoids appear in legend and fiction. [1] " Water-dwelling people with fully human, fish-tailed or other compound physiques feature in the mythologies and folklore of maritime, lacustrine and riverine societies across the planet."
In Nordic mythology, Jörmungandr (or Midgarðsormr) was a sea serpent or worm so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard. [4] Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, Saint Olaf killed a sea serpent in Valldal in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet.
Animals in Japanese mythology (4 C, 4 P) D. Japanese demons (2 C, 7 P) ... Pages in category "Japanese legendary creatures" The following 53 pages are in this ...
Researchers said they named the new species after the Kijimunā, an elfin creature of Okinawa’s mythology that lives in banyan trees. The squid’s common name refers to the area where it lives.
Pages in category "Animals in Japanese mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.