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Kitsune
Kitsune (狐, Kitsune) is the Japanese word for fox. Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore; in English, kitsune refers to them in this context. Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing -
Oni
Oni (鬼, Oni) are a kind of yōkai from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre. Oni are one the greatest icons -
Nekomata
Nekomata (猫又, Nekomata) are a kind of cat yōkai told about in folklore as well as classical kaidan, essays, etc. There are two very different types, the beast that lives in the mountains, and -
Jorōgumo
Jorōgumo (絡新婦, Jorōgumo) is a yôkai with the form of a spider, that can change its appearance into that of a seductive woman when it wants to eat a human. Even when it -
Futakuchi-Onna
Futakuchi-Onna (二口女, Futakuchi-Onna) is a type of yōkai that is characterized by it's two mouths – a normal one located on her face and second one on the back of the -
Bakeneko
Bakeneko (化け猫, Bakeneko) is a type of Japanese yōkai, or supernatural creature. According to its name, it is a cat that has changed into a yōkai. It is often confused with the nekomata -
Yuki-Onna
The Yuki-Onna (雪女, Yuki-Onna) is a snow woman ghost described as inhumanly beautiful, whose eyes can strike terror into mortals that get lost traveling in the snowy mountains. She floats across the -
Tengu
Tengu (天狗, "heavenly dog") are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and are also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or yōkai (supernatural beings). Although they take their name -
Aka-Manto
Aka-Manto (赤マント, Aka-Manto) is a Japanese urban legend about a malicious spirit who haunts public and school toilets, who will ask you if you want red paper or blue paper -
Mujina
Mujina (貉, Mujina) is an old Japanese term primarily referring to the badger. In some regions the term refers instead to the raccoon dog (tanuki) or fox (kitsune). The Mujina of Japanese folklore is an -
Rokurokubi
Rokurokubi (轆轤首, Rokurokubi) is a type of Japanese yōkai. They often appear in classical kaidan and essays, and they are often the subject of yōkai depictions, but it has also been pointed out -
Tanuki
The Tanuki (狸, Tanuki) is a Japanese shape-shifting yôkai with the shape of a raccoon dog. This legendary creature is said to be mischievous and joyous, but can also gullible and absentminded. The tanuki -
Kodama
Kodama (木霊, Kodama) are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees, similar to the dryads of Greek mythology. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. The -
Onryō
In Japanese traditional beliefs and literature, onryō (怨霊, literally "vengeful spirit", sometimes rendered "wrathful spirit") refers to a ghost (yūrei) believed to be capable of causing harm in the world of the living, injuring -
Nurarihyon
Nurarihyon (滑瓢, Nurarihyon), or Nūrihyon (ぬうりひょん, Nūrihyon), is a Japanese yōkai said to originate from Wakayama Prefecture. It is also sometimes believed to be descended from the Umibōzu of -
Hinoenma
Hinoenma (飛縁魔, Hinoenma), known also as Enshoujo (縁障女 or えんしょうじょ, Enshoujo), is a creature from Japanese folklore depicted has a flying monster in "Picture Book -
Dodomeki
Dodomeki (百々目鬼, Dodomeki) is a woman with abnormally long arms covered in bird eyes. The more things she stole in life the more eyes she will have. Dodomeki are cursed women with -
Hone-Onna
The Hone-onna (骨女, Hone-onna), as her name says is nothing more than a skeleton who tricks men by portraying herself as an attractive woman. She lures her victim to a spot of -
Ningyo
Ningyo (人魚, Ningyo) is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. Anciently, it was described with a monkey’s mouth with small teeth like a fish’s, shining golden scales, and a quiet voice -
Yama-Uba
Yama-uba (山姥, Yama-uba) is a yōkai that looks like an old woman, usually a hideous one and her kimono is filthy and tattered. Yamauba are the old hags and witches of the -
Hashihime
Hashihime (橋姫, Hashihime) is a yokai that first appeared in the Heian-period literature. The hash'i from Hashihime means'bridge', while hime means'princess', therefore her name meaning "bridge princess". However, the word -
Ōmukade
Ōmukade (大百足, Ōmukade) is a very large centipede-like yokai that lives in the mountains near Lake Biwa, Shiga Prefecture. Ōmukade are monstrous mukade–centipedes (Scolopendra subspinipes) with dark bodies and bright orange -
Aoandon
Aoandon (青行燈, Aoandon) is a creature illustrated by Toriyama Sekien in his Konjaku Hyakki Shūi. It was meant to represent the spirit that appeared during Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai meetings, after the last story was -
Amanojaku
Amanojaku (天邪鬼, Amanojaku) is a demon usually depicted as a small ogre and is able to provoke one's darkest desires and instigate them into committing evil deeds. Amanojaku are wicked monsters which -
Tsukumogami
Tsukumogami (付喪神, "Kami of tool") is a term used to categorize a type of yōkai. Understood by many Western scholars as a type of Japanese yōkai, the Tsukumogami was a concept popular in
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