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The Bakotsu (馬骨, lit. ' horse bone ' ) is one of the 16 yōkai depicted in the Tosa Obake Zōshi , drawn during the Edo period ; it appears as a skeletal, flaming horse , claimed to be the spirit of a horse that perished in a fire.
Baku (獏 or 貘) are Japanese supernatural beings that are said to devour nightmares. They originate from the Chinese Mo. According to legend, they were created by the spare pieces that were left over when the gods finished creating all other animals. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in ...
Horse Bone (馬骨, Bakotsu) A skeletal, flaming horse. It is said to be the spirit of a horse that perished in a fire. [8] Innkeeper (宿守, Yado Mori) A toad, conversing with the skeletal horse. If you kill a toad, the spirit will haunt your house as an innkeeper. [9] Boneless Woman (骨なし女, Hone nashi on'na)
The Itsumade is a harrowing yokai from Japanese folklore. Eiichiro Oda, Shonen Jump, Shueisha ... The Bakotsu. V. Nusjuro might actually be influenced by Western demons and devils.
Human-faced dogs mentioned in Japanese urban legends. Jishin-namazu A giant catfish dwelling beneath the earth, near the kaname-ishi, the rock that holds down the Japanese archipelago, which causes earthquakes and tsunamis when it moves, despite being restrained by Takemikazuchi. It was blamed during the Ansei earthquake and tsunami. [citation ...
Ox-Head and Horse-Face in the Hell Scroll at Seattle Asian Art Museum. Ox-Head (simplified Chinese: 牛头; traditional Chinese: 牛頭; pinyin: Niútóu; Wade–Giles: niu 2-t'ou 2) and Horse-Face (simplified Chinese: 马面; traditional Chinese: 馬面; pinyin: Mǎmiàn; Wade–Giles: ma 3-mien 4) are two guardians or types of guardians of the underworld in Chinese mythology.
Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The kanji representation of the word yōkai comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese ...
One of the first known myths of the Gashadokuro dates back to the tenth century, when it took part in a semi-historical account. During that century in Japan, Taira no Masakado, a prominent samurai from the Kantō region, was ambushed one day by three of his cousins due to quarrelling over marriages. Enraged by this, Masakado retaliated by ...