| Enenra | ||
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| Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Enenra | |
| Kanji | 煙々羅 | |
| Meaning | Lightweight-fabric smoke | |
| Other names | Enraenra | |
| Type | Unknown | |
| Book(s) | Konjaku Hyakki Shūi | |
Enenra (煙々羅, Enenra) is a yôkai that is made out of smoke. It is depicted in Toriyama Sekien's works.
Description
It resides in bonfires and, when it emerges, it takes the form of a human. It is said that an enenra can only be seen by the pure of heart.
The character 羅 in the enenra's name is meant to draw a comparison between the enenra and the lofty characteristics of lightweight cloth.
In media
In the 2011 video game Mortal Kombat, it is revealed that the character Smoke (who makes his first human appearance in the game in almost two decades) is an Enenra.
On the anime Shaman king, the character Sharona uses a Spirit called Enra Enra that resembles the power of an Enenra. In the anime Pokémon: creatures named Gastly and Haunter are based off the enenra.
In Forbidden Scrollery, a manga series that is part of the Touhou Project universe, an Enenra is introduced to the story's world, where it goes to different houses creating fake smoke, eventually having Reimu and Marisa exterminating it.
Gallery
References
- Enenra on Wikipedia