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The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95912-5. Foster, M. D. (1998). "The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan". Asian Folklore Studies. 57 (1): 1– 24. doi:10.2307/1178994. JSTOR 1178994. S2CID 126656337. JSTOR 1178994
The water monster Sha Wujing from Journey to the West, often interpreted in Japan as a kappa. Sakabashira An inverted wooden pillar in a temple that attracts yōkai and causes bad luck. Samebito A shark-man from the undersea Dragon Palace. Sankai An amorphous afterbirth spirit that takes the place of a baby if a pregnant mother is not properly ...
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 ...
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.
Hyakki Yagyō (百鬼夜行, "Night Parade of One Hundred Demons" [2]), also transliterated Hyakki Yakō, is an idiom in Japanese folklore. Sometimes an orderly procession, other times a riot, it refers to a parade of thousands of supernatural creatures known as oni and yōkai that march through the streets of Japan at night. [ 3 ]
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Hyōsube (ひょうすべ) is a Japanese yōkai. There are legends about them in many areas such as Saga Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture. [1] It is a child-sized river monster from Kyūshū that lives in underwater caves. It prefers to come out at night and loves to eat eggplants. It is a cousin of the supernatural yōkai in kappa folklore. [2]
An oni (鬼 （ おに ）) (/ ˈ oʊ n iː / OH-nee) is a kind of yōkai, demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. They are believed to live in caves or deep in the mountains. [ 2 ] Oni are known for their superhuman strength and have been associated with powers like thunder and lightning, [ 2 ] along with their evil nature manifesting ...