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Beware the Kappa! Japan’s Creepiest Mythical Creature
The Kappa is one of Japan’s most infamous mythical creatures—both mischievous and terrifying. Known for its love of cucumbers ...
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Strange statues and folklore haunt Japan's Yokai town
Fukusaki (福崎町) is a town located in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the ...
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Plague-fighting monster Amabie goes viral amid COVID-19 crisis
A Japanese feudal-era folklore sea monster with the power to fend off plagues has gone viral as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. People in countries as far away as Italy ...
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Serpent Tales: Snakes in Japanese Mythology and Folklore
The rampaging monster terrorizes the land ... own eyes the appearance of the great serpent.” Snakes appear in Japanese folklore in myriad forms: as gods, symbols of raging rivers, and the ...
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Enchanted by Yokai Monsters: Matthew Meyer / Yokai Illustrator
Japan-based illustrator Matthew Meyer has drawn over 500 varieties of yokai―supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore. We ask him about his fascination with the phenomenon of yokai.
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U.S. illustrator tells all about ‘yokai’ monsters in encyclopedias
FUKUI--Amabie, a folklore sea monster with the power to ... and he came up with the idea of drawing Japanese monsters during the Halloween season in October that year. “I learned there were ...