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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. Ubume - Wikipedia

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    An image of ubume as depicted by Toriyama Sekien, an ukiyo-e artist famous for his prints of yokai and obakemono. [citation needed]In the 16th volume, first half of the Miscellaneous Morsels from Youyang of the Tang dynasty, volume 462 of the Taiping Guangji of Northern Song dynasty, the "night-going leisure woman" is a nocturnal strange bird that steals people's babies and about it is written ...

  4. Kasa-obake - Wikipedia

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    Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) [2] [3] are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore. They are sometimes, but not always, considered a tsukumogami that old umbrellas turn into. They are also called " karakasa-obake " ( から傘おばけ ) , [ 2 ] [ 4 ] " kasa-bake " ( 傘化け ) , [ 5 ] and " karakasa kozō " ( 唐傘小僧 ) .

  5. What is an umbra? A penumbra? Here's some terms to know ... - AOL

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    The umbra is the inner, cone-shaped part of the shadow. It is the part in which all of the light has been blocked. What is the penumbra during an eclipse. The second shadow is called the penumbra.

  6. Stygian - Wikipedia

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    Stygian Witches, name used in Clash of Titans films for the three Graeae of Greek mythology; Stygian Penal Colony, a maximum security prison used by the Multiverse Authority in The One; Stygian Iron, an iron sword from the Rick Riordan novels; A giant worm and core boss in the Fantasy action video game Darksiders

  7. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Nio – In Shinto-Buddhism, nio is the Japanese name for the Kongōrikishi, the two wrathful and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing at the entrance of many Buddhist temples. See also a-un, and Gozu and Mezu. Norito (祝詞, lit.

  8. Umbra, penumbra and antumbra - Wikipedia

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    Umbra, penumbra and antumbra of Earth and images that could be seen at some points in these areas (Note: the relative size and distance of the bodies shown are not to scale.)“… The Earth’s shadow has two distinct parts,… the UMBRA is the part of the shadow where all direct sunlight is blocked by the Earth; the PENUMBRA of the shadow is ...

  9. Stygian owl - Wikipedia

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    The Stygian owl is 38 to 46 cm (15 to 18 in) long and weighs about 400 to 675 g (14 to 24 oz). The sexes have similar very dark plumage. (The adjective "Stygian" means "of, or relating to, the River Styx", but is more widely applied to anything that is dark or dismal.) The face is blackish with a pale border and a whitish forehead, and the head ...