Alternate names: tobikura (flying warehouse) Habitat: forests and mountains Diet: primarily blood; also fire, nuts, fruit and berries. Appearance: A bat which lives to a very old age develops magical powers and changes into a yokai known as a nobusuma. They look almost identical to musasabi, or Japanese giant flying squirrels, although they are ...

The following is a list of Akuma (demons), Yūrei (ghosts), Yōkai (spirits), Kami and other legendary creatures that are notable in Japanese folklore and mythology. A small furry tsukumogami formed from the stirrup of a mounted soldier who fell in battle, it typically stays put and awaits its creator's return, unaware of said soldier's death.

Appearance: The nodeppō is an animal yokai which lives in northern Japan, deep in forested mountain valleys. Nodeppō resemble flying squirrels, but are actually born from an animal called a mami, which resembles a badger. When a mami reaches …

Kamaitachi (鎌鼬) is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin'etsu region. It can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes. They appear riding on dust devils and cut people using their sickle -like front claws, delivering sharp, painless wounds. The name is a combination of the words kama (sickle), and itachi (weasel).

Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The Rokurokubi appear in classical kaidan (spirit tales) and in yōkai works. [1]

2021年11月5日 · There is a case where the identity is a flying squirrel youkai. It is also depicted as a flying squirrel-like youkai in Toriyama Sekien's "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakuki". ・ Nobusuma that covers a person's face with a cloth has a murderous intention.

2023年3月9日 · The Tengu are flying bird-like humanoid yokai (spirits) join Japanese mythology as just minor nuisances. However, they evolved in parallel with Japanese culture and by the end of the 19 th century, the Tengu are often viewed as …

Appearance: Furaribi is a small, flying creature wreathed in flames. It appears late at night near riverbanks. It has the body of a bird, and its face is somewhat dog-like. It is a type of hi-no-tama, or fireball yokai. It does very little except for float about aimlessly, which is how it got its name.

Behavior: Nukekubi possess a thirst for blood, and are more violent than rokurokubi. Their flying head sucks the blood of victims like a vampire. Nukekubi also brutally bite humans and animals to death. Origin: Like the rokurokubi, being a nukekubi is considered a curse.

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