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  2. Rokurokubi - Wikipedia

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    They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely ( nukekubi ). The Rokurokubi appear in classical kaidan (spirit tales) and in yōkai works.

  3. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Feathered serpent - A Mesoamerican spirit deity that possessed a snake-like body and feathered wings. Garuda – A creature that has the head, wings, and legs of an eagle and body of a man. Gorgon – Each of them has snakes in place of their hair; sometimes also depicted with a snake-like lower body.

  4. Mizuchi - Wikipedia

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    Spirited Away (anime, movie) – the character Haku looks like a Mizuchi and he is a river spirit. Inuyasha (manga) - the character a snake yokai called Mizuchi using its spit venom and poison mist. Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (anime) - the character a snake yokai called Mizuchi using its spit venom and poison mist. (games)

  5. Kasa-obake - Wikipedia

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    A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō. [1] 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.

  6. List of legendary creatures from China - Wikipedia

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    Bai Ze, a cow-like monster with a human head, six horns and nine eyes. Baihu; Bai Suzhen; Bailongma; Bashe, a python-like snake that ate elephants. [1] Bifang, a crane-like bird with only one foot that is accompanied by strange fires [2] Bixi, a dragon with the shell of a turtle. Birds in Chinese mythology

  7. Nure-onna - Wikipedia

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    Many Edo Period publications such as the Hyakkai Zukan, Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, among others, depict this yōkai as a woman with a snake body, which would make it appear as if this was a well-known yōkai of the time, but there are no stories about a snake-bodied nure-onna in the classical literature of the time that can be found.

  8. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A low-ranking tengu that looks like an anthropomorphic bird. Karura A divine anthropomorphic eagle akin to the Hindu Garuda. Kasa-obake A paper-umbrella monster that is sometimes considered a tsukumogami. Kasha A cart-like demon that descends from the sky, or a cat-like demon, which carries away the corpses of evildoers. Katawaguruma

  9. Umibōzu - Wikipedia

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    In the early Edo period scroll Bakemono no e, umibōzu is shown to have a shaved, smooth head and appears to be all black but it also looks like a mix between a dog and possibly a sea serpent and an octopus (see image). Its arms end in what resembles hand made up of five tentacle-like appendages constituting a hand.