Japanese Mythology
Wanyūdō
The wanyūdō (輪入道), literally "wheel" (輪) "monk" (入道), is a character from Japanese mythology, a yōkai relatively well known from Japanese folklore. Wanyūdō's Description The wanyūdō is said to take...
Wanyūdō
The wanyūdō (輪入道), literally "wheel" (輪) "monk" (入道), is a character from Japanese mythology, a yōkai relatively well known from Japanese folklore. Wanyūdō's Description The wanyūdō is said to take...
Tenome
Tenome (手の目, hand eyes) is a yōkai from Japanese mythology who appears in Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō ("The Illustrated Night Parade of Hundreds of Demons"). Concept of Tenome...
Tenome
Tenome (手の目, hand eyes) is a yōkai from Japanese mythology who appears in Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō ("The Illustrated Night Parade of Hundreds of Demons"). Concept of Tenome...
Onryō
In traditional beliefs and Japanese literature, onryō (怨霊, literally "avenging spirit," sometimes rendered as "wrathful spirit") refers to a deity (yūrei) supposedly capable of causing harm in the world of...
Onryō
In traditional beliefs and Japanese literature, onryō (怨霊, literally "avenging spirit," sometimes rendered as "wrathful spirit") refers to a deity (yūrei) supposedly capable of causing harm in the world of...
Ubume
An ubume (産女), lit. "woman who bore a child" is a yōkai of Japanese folklore that appears in folk stories or literature as an old woman with a child in...
Ubume
An ubume (産女), lit. "woman who bore a child" is a yōkai of Japanese folklore that appears in folk stories or literature as an old woman with a child in...
Onibi
An onibi (鬼火) is a kind of kaika in Japanese mythology. According to folklore, they are spirits born from human and animal corpses, which pass as people who have become...
Onibi
An onibi (鬼火) is a kind of kaika in Japanese mythology. According to folklore, they are spirits born from human and animal corpses, which pass as people who have become...
Shōjō
A shōjō (猩々/猩猩 lett. big drinker or orangutan) is a yōkai from the Japanese Sea with a red face and hair and a penchant for alcohol. It is a yōkai...
Shōjō
A shōjō (猩々/猩猩 lett. big drinker or orangutan) is a yōkai from the Japanese Sea with a red face and hair and a penchant for alcohol. It is a yōkai...
