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The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔鬼 (Jyutping: mo1 gwai2; Standard Mandarin: 魔鬼; pinyin: móguǐ) meaning 'monster', 'evil spirit', 'devil' or 'demon'. The term mo derives from the Sanskrit māra (मार), meaning 'evil beings' (literally 'death'). Examples include the yecha 夜叉 (yaksha) and the luocha ...
Feng (mythology), an edible monster that resembles a two-eyed lump of meat and magically grows back as fast as it is eaten. Fenghuang, Chinese phoenix; Fenghuang. Feilian, god of the wind who is a winged dragon with the head of a deer and tail of a snake. Feilong, winged legendary creature that flies among clouds. Fish in Chinese mythology ...
Mogwai, a vengeful ghost or demon in Chinese mythology; Nü gui, (Chinese: 女鬼; pinyin: nǚ guǐ; lit. 'female ghost') a vengeful female ghost of Chinese folklore. She appears with untied hair. [9] Yuan gui (Chinese: 冤鬼; pinyin: yuān guǐ; lit. 'ghost with grievance'), the spirits of persons who have died wrongful deaths [10]
Executive producers Tze Chun and Brendan Hay discuss Gizmo, Mr. Wing and reclaiming "the somewhat throwaway origins" of the Mogwai in their new animated show on Max.
HBO Max’s animated prequel series “Gremlins: Spirit of the Mogwai,” which world premiered on June 16 at France’s Annecy Animation Festival, begins with a hint of “The Sound of Music.”
The curupira is a male supernatural being which guards the forest in Tupi mythology. Granny Squannit - a Little People chieftainess of Wampanoag lore who is consulted as a patron saint, of sorts. Jogah are small spirit-folk from Iroquois mythology. Memegwaans- formless little people of the Anishinaabeg who take the forms of other children.
Gremlins is a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character.
Mogwai (Chinese mythology) – Vengeful ghost or demon; Mohan (Latin American folklore) – Nature spirit; Mokèlé-mbèmbé – Water-dwelling creature; Mokoi (Australian Aboriginal mythology) – Malevolent spirit that kills sorcerers; Mokorea (Polynesian mythology) – Amphibious humanoid living in the spirit world (underground world)