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Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The kanji representation of the word yōkai comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese ...
The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95912-5. Foster, M. D. (1998). "The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan". Asian Folklore Studies. 57 (1): 1– 24. doi:10.2307/1178994. JSTOR 1178994. S2CID 126656337. JSTOR 1178994
Also published in Arifumi Sato's "Nihon Yokai Encyclopedia" (1972). [citation needed] Both the illustrations in Sato's writings and Mizuki's are both based on the appearance of the Gashadokuro on the giant skeleton in Utagawa Kuniyoshi's ukiyo-e print, Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre. It has no direct connection to the Gashadokuro ...
Kappa Lambda Chi was founded on July 4, 2013, in Clinton, North Carolina, as an alternative to traditional Greek letter organizations for male service members. [1] [2] [3] Its founding members were Sir Zachary D. S. Wyatt II (Air Force veteran), William C. Dickey (Army retired), and James K. Jackson (Army retired).
The water monster Sha Wujing from Journey to the West, often interpreted in Japan as a kappa. Sakabashira An inverted wooden pillar in a temple that attracts yōkai and causes bad luck. Samebito A shark-man from the undersea Dragon Palace. Sankai An amorphous afterbirth spirit that takes the place of a baby if a pregnant mother is not properly ...
Hyōsube (ひょうすべ) is a Japanese yōkai. There are legends about them in many areas such as Saga Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture. [1] It is a child-sized river monster from Kyūshū that lives in underwater caves. It prefers to come out at night and loves to eat eggplants. It is a cousin of the supernatural yōkai in kappa folklore. [2]
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Hyakki Yagyō (百鬼夜行, "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" [2]), also transliterated Hyakki Yakō, is an idiom in Japanese folklore. Sometimes an orderly procession, other times a riot, it refers to a parade of thousands of supernatural creatures known as oni and yōkai that march through the streets of Japan at night. [ 3 ]