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For example, the expression "Oya ni ninu ko wa oni no ko" (親に似ぬ子は鬼の子) (Translation: "A child that does not resemble its parents is the child of an oni.") may be used by a parent to chastise a misbehaving child.
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' State Shinto ') – Japanese translation of the English term State Shinto created in 1945 by the US occupation forces to define the post-Meiji religious system in Japan. Kokoro (心, lit. ' heart ') – The essence of a thing or being. Kokugakuin Daigaku (國學院大學) – Tokyo university that is one of two authorized to train Shinto priests.
The ushi-oni (牛鬼, ox oni; ox demon), or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan. [1] The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs in most. Ushi-oni generally appear on beaches and attack people who walk there.
Oni (鬼) are ogres or demons in Japanese folklore. Oni may also refer to: Oni (band), a Canadian progressive metal band; Oni Press, an independent comic book publisher; Ooni, the kings of Nigeria's Yoruba people; Oni–Adil, Indian composer; Michael Olorunsogo Oni (born 1994), Nigerian jeweller; Miye Oni (born 1997), American basketball player
The character 燐 at that time in China could also mean the luminescence of fireflies, triboelectricity, and was not a word that indicated the chemical element "phosphorus". [ 1 ] Meanwhile, in Japan, according to the explanation in the "Wakan Sansai Zue", for humans, horses, and cattle die in battle and stain the ground with blood, the onibi ...
There are no folk legends or records that are clearly about the ouni (or the "wauwau" based on Sekien's), so it is presently not clear what kind of yōkai they were intending to depict, but starting in the Heisei period, inferring from how there are many tales that seem highly related to the previous "o" and the yamauba, there have started to be many illustrated references, books, and other ...
Hashihime as appearing in the Kyōka Hyaku-Monogatari from 1853. Hashihime (橋姫) ("the maiden of the bridge" [1]) is a character that first appeared in Japanese Heian-period literature, represented as a woman who spends lonely nights waiting for her lover to visit, and later as a fierce “oni” or demon fueled by jealousy.