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  2. Treasure guardians in folklore - Wikipedia

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    The treasure guardian is a recurring motif in folklore of a being that guards a treasure. Typically, the hero must overcome the guardian in order to obtain the treasure. In some cases the treasure guardians are non-human beings, although one subtype, known as "treasure ghosts", were deceased humans who had been murdered and buried with the treasure to protect it.

  3. List of Genshin Impact characters - Wikipedia

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    Some of Genshin Impact's characters were first introduced in an official manga released prior to the game's launch. [3] Genshin Impact producer Cai Haoyu said that characters are one of the most important components of the game. The characters have unique gameplay based on different elements, which represent the cultural characteristics of the ...

  4. Furina (Genshin Impact) - Wikipedia

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    If said child is saved, then the city would crumble. Wood wrote that Furina was Fontaine's equivalent to the nameless child "almost shockingly one-to-one." He stated that Genshin Impact "does gods better than the vast majority of RPGs", and considered Furina's story to be one of the best in video games from 2023. [12]

  5. List of legendary creatures by type - Wikipedia

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    Griffin – guards treasure and priceless possessions (Greek) Hippogriff – winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (French, England) Hurakan - (Caddoan?/ Native American) called a Thunderbird, but has many dissimilarities to the usual kind. This being is the pet of a local storm god, who rides him through the skies during ...

  6. Tsukumogami - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami (付喪神 or つくも神, [note 1] [1] lit. "tool kami") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. [2] According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the Onmyōki (陰陽記) that foxes and tanuki, among other beings, that have lived for at least a hundred years and changed forms are ...

  7. Tengu - Wikipedia

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    In the "Legends Mode" Tengus are an enemy type that can also summon crows to attack players. Tengu Man is a boss in the 1996 video game Mega Man 8 . In the 2003 television series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , an ancient mystical sword wielded by the great Tengu Shredder came into the possession of modern Tokyo ninja clan of the Foot and ...

  8. List of folk heroes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of folk heroes, a type of hero – real, fictional or mythological – with their name, personality and deeds embedded in the popular consciousness of a people, mentioned frequently in folk songs, folk tales and other folklore; and with modern trope status in literature, art and films.

  9. Raiden Shogun - Wikipedia

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    Raiden Shogun (Chinese: 雷电将军; pinyin: Léidiàn Jiāngjūn) is a character from Genshin Impact, a 2020 action role-playing gacha game developed by miHoYo.Added in a 2021 update for the game, she was initially a boss enemy for players to fight, and then later released as a playable character.