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A lake creature similar to the Loch Ness Monster, found in Lake Ikeda on Kyūshū. Itsumade An eerie fire-breathing reptilian bird monster with an almost human face, named for its cry. Ittan-momen A roll of cotton from Kagoshima Prefecture that has come to life as a tsukumogami and now attempts to smother people by wrapping itself around their ...
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Psoglav - (Bosnia) humanoid monster with dog's head, horse's legs, one eye and iron teeth. Salawa – the "Typhonian Animal," a slender, vaguely canine-animal that is the totemic animal of Set; Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines)
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [ 1 ]
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 ...
The Japanese word kaijū originally referred to monsters and creatures from ancient Japanese legends; [3] it earlier appeared in the Chinese Classic of Mountains and Seas. [4] [5] There are no traditional depictions of kaijū or kaijū-like creatures among the yōkai of Japanese folklore, [6] although it is possible to find megafauna in their mythology (e.g., Japanese dragons).
The following is a list of lists of legendary creatures, beings and entities from the folklore record. Entries consist of legendary and unique creatures , not of particularly unique individuals of a commonly known species.
Japanese folklore encompasses the informally learned folk traditions of Japan and the Japanese people as expressed in its oral traditions, customs, and material culture.. In Japanese, the term minkan denshō (民間伝承, "transmissions among the folk") is used to describe folklore.