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Nekomata (original form: 猫また, later forms: 猫又, 猫股, 猫胯) are a kind of cat yōkai described in Japanese folklore, classical kaidan, essays, etc. There are two very different types: those that live in the mountains and domestic cats that have grown old and transformed into yōkai. [1] Nekomata are often confused with bakeneko.
The Cat is the 4th animal symbol in the 12-year cycle of the Vietnamese zodiac, and Gurung zodiac, taking place of the Rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. [1] As such, the traits associated with the Rabbit are attributed to the Cat. Cats are in conflict with the Rat. Legends relating to the order of the Chinese zodiac often include stories as to why ...
Kotobuki. 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.
Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen. Konjin (金神) Kotoshironushi (事代主神) Kuebiko (久延毘古), the god of knowledge and agriculture, represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness. Kukunochi, believed to be the ancestor of trees.
Name. Meaning. Taiyaki. Fish-shaped pastry stuffed with red bean paste or custard. Senbei. Round Japanese rice cracker. Futomaki. A thick sushi stuffed with various fillings, literally "fat sushi ...
An old 1850 Japanese painting describing the Kotobuki. Kotobuki (寿, "congratulations") is a yōkai in Japanese mythology.The Kotobuki is a Japanese Chimera that has the parts of the creatures of the animals on the Chinese zodiac where it sports the head of a rat, the ears of a rabbit, the horns of an ox, the comb of a rooster, the beard of a goat, the neck of a dragon, the mane of a horse ...
Akira, Makoto, Tatsuya, and Mimiko (アキラ、マコト、タツヤとミミ子, Akira, Makoto, Tatsuya to Mimiko) Voiced by: Yumi Tōma (Akira), Noriko Uemura (Makoto), Michiyo Yanagisawa (Tatsuya), Yumiko Shibata (Mimiko) Young children, fellow orphans and admirers of Pegasus Seiya in the Star Children Academy, where they grew up together.
Takaya named most of the cursed Somas after the month in the former Japanese lunisolar calendar that corresponds to their zodiac animal. [15] The exceptions are Kureno and Momiji, whose names were swapped by mistake; [16] Kyo, who as the cat is not part of the official zodiac; and Yuki. [17] According to the author, no other names have special ...