Japanese Mythology
Enenra
En'enra (煙々羅, lit. "monster made of smoke"), sometimes called enraenra (煙羅煙羅), is a Japanese yōkai, or monster, made of smoke or shadow. It was first mentioned in the Konjaku hyakki...
Enenra
En'enra (煙々羅, lit. "monster made of smoke"), sometimes called enraenra (煙羅煙羅), is a Japanese yōkai, or monster, made of smoke or shadow. It was first mentioned in the Konjaku hyakki...
Basan
The basan (波山, "wave mountain"), alternately referred to as basabasa (婆娑婆娑, "swirling-swirling") or inuhōō (犬鳳凰 "supreme phoenix") is a fowl-like bird whose origins come from Japanese mythology and folklore and...
Basan
The basan (波山, "wave mountain"), alternately referred to as basabasa (婆娑婆娑, "swirling-swirling") or inuhōō (犬鳳凰 "supreme phoenix") is a fowl-like bird whose origins come from Japanese mythology and folklore and...
Akaname
The akaname (垢嘗 literally, "dirt licker") is a monster from Toriyama Sekien's Gazu hyakki yagyō, probably based on a creature called aka-neburi from the Kokon Hyaku Monogatari Hyōban (古今百物語評判), a...
Akaname
The akaname (垢嘗 literally, "dirt licker") is a monster from Toriyama Sekien's Gazu hyakki yagyō, probably based on a creature called aka-neburi from the Kokon Hyaku Monogatari Hyōban (古今百物語評判), a...
Amanojaku
The amanojaku or amanjaku (天邪鬼, "evil heavenly spirit") is a yōkai of Japanese folklore. He is usually depicted as a sort of small oni and is said to have the...
Amanojaku
The amanojaku or amanjaku (天邪鬼, "evil heavenly spirit") is a yōkai of Japanese folklore. He is usually depicted as a sort of small oni and is said to have the...
Futakuchi-onna
Futakuchi-onna (二口女, Futakuchi-onna), literally "woman with two mouths," refers to a yōkai from Japanese folklore. Notably appearing in the Ehon hyaku monogatari, it takes the form of a woman with...
Futakuchi-onna
Futakuchi-onna (二口女, Futakuchi-onna), literally "woman with two mouths," refers to a yōkai from Japanese folklore. Notably appearing in the Ehon hyaku monogatari, it takes the form of a woman with...
Ayakashi
Ayakashi (妖) is a collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of a piece of water. Ayakashi Regional diversities In Nagasaki Prefecture, kaika that appear above the surface...
Ayakashi
Ayakashi (妖) is a collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of a piece of water. Ayakashi Regional diversities In Nagasaki Prefecture, kaika that appear above the surface...
