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  2. Inugami - Wikipedia

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    The phenomenon of inugami spiritual possession was a kojutsu (also called "kodō" or "kodoku", a greatly feared ritual for employing the spirits of certain animals) that was already banned in the Heian period that was thought to have spread throughout the population, and it was known to involve cutting off the head of a starving dog and burying the dog at a crossroads to inflame its grudges as ...

  3. 200 Japanese Dog Names Steeped in Tradition and Culture - AOL

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    For girl dogs, other popular names included "Hana" (flower) and "Momo" (peach). And if we're talking traditional Japanese dog names, it's pretty hard to go wrong with "Pochi," a classic go-to pup ...

  4. Tengu - Wikipedia

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    A later version of the Kujiki, an ancient Japanese historical text, writes the name of Amanozako, a monstrous female deity born from the god Susanoo's spat-out ferocity, with characters meaning tengu deity (天狗神). The book describes Amanozako as a raging creature capable of flight, with the body of a human, the head of a beast, a long nose ...

  5. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi: (伊邪那岐神) was a creation deity; he makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. [8]Izanami: (伊邪那美神) was a creation deity; she makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with her husband and brother, Izanagi.

  6. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

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    Japanese urban legends, enduring modern Japanese folktales; La Llorona, the ghost of a woman in Latin American folklore; Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend about the ghost of a dead teacher; Ouni, a Japanese yōkai with a face like that of a demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth to ear

  7. Inuyasha (character) - Wikipedia

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    Inuyasha's appearance is a mixture of his dog demon father and human mother: he has his father's long silver hair, yellow eyes, and claws, but does not exhibit facial markings in his half-breed form, or pointed humanoid ears, instead he has a unique pair of furry silver dog ears on top his head.

  8. Kiyohime - Wikipedia

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    The "Anchin-Kiyohime" legend can be summarized as follows: [4] [11] The legend, connected with the founding of the Dōjō-ji temple in Kii Province (modern-day Wakayama Prefecture), relates how a priest named Anchin from Shirakawa in Ōshū province (present-day Shirakawa, Fukushima) making pilgrimage to the Kumano Shrine in southern Kii, lodged at the home of a shōji [] (庄司) (steward of ...

  9. 300 Girl Dog Names That Are Cute, Unique, and Trending Big in ...

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    From ultra-trendy (Bluey) to most popular (Luna, Bella) to cute, unique and funny, find the perfect name for your new girl pup on this list of female dog names. 300 Girl Dog Names That Are Cute ...