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  2. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Shinigami - Wikipedia

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    Even though the kijin and onryō of Japanese Buddhist faith have taken humans' lives, there is the opinion that there is no "death god" that merely leads people into the world of the dead. [6] In Postwar Japan , however, the Western notion of a death god entered Japan, and shinigami started to become mentioned as an existence with a human nature.

  4. Mamushi - Wikipedia

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    Gloydius blomhoffii, commonly known as the mamushi, [3] Japanese moccasin, Japanese pit viper, Qichun snake, Salmusa or Japanese mamushi, [4] is a pit viper species found in Japan. It was once considered to have 4 subspecies, but it is now considered monotypic.

  5. Yūrei - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Yōkai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore. Shinonome Kijin. Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-27102-9. Hearn, Lafcadio (2006). Kwaidan. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-45094-0. Iwasaka, Michiko; Toelken, Barre (1994). Ghosts And The Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese Death Legends. Utah: Utah ...

  6. Ushi-oni - Wikipedia

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    In both the Nurarihyon no Mago manga and anime series, the beast known as Gyūki happens to be an ushi-oni with the head of an ox and the torso of a spider-like creature with large claws that with its demonic powers would lead lost travelers astray and prey on them. In Naruto, Gyūki is Killer B's tailed beast. It is a cross between an ox and ...

  7. 'Your worst nightmares' are washing up on Texas beaches - AOL

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    Surfers beware: Bearded fireworms, caterpillarlike critters that look like they are straight out of a horror movie are lurking in the sand on Texas beaches. " Your worst nightmares are washing up ...

  8. Mutsugoro death: Renowned Japanese filmmaker and ... - AOL

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    Hata was known affectionately as Mutsugoro or ‘mudfish’ in Japanese Mutsugoro death: Renowned Japanese filmmaker and zoologist Masanori Hata dies at 87 Skip to main content

  9. Mutsugoro death: Renowned Japanese filmmaker and ... - AOL

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