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The same 馬鹿 "horse deer" characters that transcribe baka are also used for names in Chinese zoological nomenclature and Japanese mythology. In Chinese, mǎlù (馬鹿) refers to the red deer (Cervus elaphus), Japanese akashika 赤鹿. Mumashika is a rare alternate Japanese reading of 馬鹿 that names a yōkai demon with a horse's head and ...
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.
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A deer or a doe (female deer) usually appears in fairy tales [2] as the form of a princess who has been enchanted by a malevolent fairy or witch, [3] such as The White Doe (French fairy tale) and The Enchanted Deer (Scottish fairy tale), [4] or a transformation curse a male character falls under. Sometimes, it represents a disguise a prince ...
This creature was called "Ma Nin Mangkorn" (Thai: ม้านิลมังกร, "ceylonite dragon horse"), it is depicted as it has diamond fangs, ceylonite scales, and a birthmark on the tongue. It was a mixture of horse, dragon, deer antlers, fish scales, and Phaya Nak tail, with has black sequins all over. Its appearance resembles a qilin.
They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature, and theater [13] and appear as stock villains in the well-known fairytales of Momotarō (Peach Boy), Issun-bōshi, and Kobutori Jīsan. Although oni have been described as frightening creatures, they have become tamer in modern culture as people tell less frightening stories about them ...
A 51-year-old male horse and the reigning Sublime Beastar. As a teenager he was Gosha's best friend and police partner, and they had planned to become Beastars together, and Yahya subsequently came to resent Gosha for abandoning his role in that dream to start a family after Gosha's wolf girlfriend Toki became pregnant.
Akane (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name, ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan, [5] as well as a surname. In fiction, the name Akane has been used for various characters in anime, manga, games, books, and comics. Notable people with the name include: