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Taxidermy altered to resemble a "jackalope" . Jackalope – Rabbit with antlers; Jack Frost - Personified of ice, winter and snow; Jack-In-Irons – Malevolent giant; Jack-o'-lantern (Medieval folklore) – Vegetal lantern
Objects capable of attracting kami, giving them a space to occupy during worship. They are used during ceremonies to call the kami for worship. Once a yorishiro actually houses a kami, it is called a shintai. Yōsei The Japanese version of fairies, and the term for spirits from Western legends. Yosuzume
A bakemono's true form may be an animal such as a fox , a raccoon dog (bake-danuki), a badger , a transforming cat , the spirit of a plant—such as a kodama, or an inanimate object which may possess a soul in Shinto and other animistic traditions. Obake derived from household objects are often called tsukumogami.
Objects don’t have feelings, but some people treat them like they do. It’s called anthropomorphizing, and it’s natural to do to objects and animals, experts say.
J'naii: Star Trek: Jocaceans: Farscape: Humanoid Jophur: David Brin's Uplift Universe: Jorenians: S.L. Viehl's StarDoc series and associated universe: Large blue-skinned humanoid with retractile claws. Jotoki: Larry Niven's Known Space: Joozian: South Park: Their skin is dull yellow, with light brown markings and have beady eyes. Only male ...
Tsukumogami – Inanimate object that becomes animated after existing for 100 years; Tsul 'Kalu – Giant nature spirit; Tsurara-onna – Icicle woman; Tsurube-otoshi – Monster which drops or lowers a bucket from the top of a tree to catch people; Tugarin Zmeyevich – Evil shapeshifter
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 ...
Wikipe-tan, a combination of the Japanese word for Wikipedia and the friendly suffix for children, -tan, [1] is a moe anthropomorph of Wikipedia.. Moe anthropomorphism (Japanese: 萌え擬人化, Hepburn: moe gijinka) is a form of anthropomorphism in anime, manga, and games where moe qualities are given to non-human beings (such as animals, plants, supernatural entities and fantastical ...