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Yaoguai is often translated as "demon" in English, but unlike the European concept of demons, a term heavily laden with moral and theological implications, the yaoguai are simply a category of creatures with supernatural (or preternatural) abilities and may be amoral rather than immoral, capricious rather than inherently wicked. As described in ...
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 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 ...
Mogui 魔鬼 (demons) can be distinguished from yaoguai 妖怪 (goblins, sprites), which refer to folkoric supernatural beings associated with abnormal phenomena (妖怪: 怪异 - 反常的事物与现象), [2] and who are more akin in their nature and quality to the unseelie fae of European folklore.
Hiderigami (Japanese: 日照り神, "god of drought"), or Hanba (Chinese: 旱魃; pinyin: hànbá), is a mythical species of yaoguai or yōkai in Chinese and Japanese folklore that holds the power to cause droughts.
Jinmenju or Ninmenju (Chinese: 人面樹; pinyin: Rénmiànshù; Japanese: 人面樹 [にんめんじゅ、じんめんじゅ]; lit. 'human-faced tree') is a type of Yōkai and Yaoguai in Japanese and Chinese folklore. It is commonly depicted as a tree bearing flowers that resemble human heads.
It originates from ancient Chinese legends about the spirits that harm people in the mountains and swamps, and its original meaning is "all kinds of Yaoguai (demons and ghosts)". Explanation [ edit ]
Sun Wukong and his companions try to save their master but are outnumbered by the yaoguai and their minions, so they seek help from celestial forces. The yaoguai are eventually defeated and killed by the combined efforts of Sun Wukong, his companions, four of the 28 Mansions, and marine forces led by Crown Prince Mo'ang.