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While Jizo's primary role is as protector of children, he is also the guardian deity of travellers. This is my favourite depiction of Jizo, by Lun-art on DeviantArt: https://t.co/Il4DjiY4bu
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The Dragon King and his daughter were very disappointed, but agreed to take him home. As a parting gift, the princess gave him a magical box but said he must promise never to open it. On his arrival home he realised that things were very different and he discovered that...
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Kintaro is a folk hero from Japan. Raised by a mountain witch he had superhuman strength & befriended animals in the mountains. He's depicted here refereeing a wrestling match between a monkey & a #rabbit.
🎨'Moon of Kintoki's Mountain'- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1890
#MythologyMonday

'Rabbit' - Ogata Gekko, ca. 1910s. 🐰
#Easter #ukiyoe #art #rabbit

...where he had been praying. A messenger of Jofuku arrived to say that the god had shown him in a dream what eternal life was like, and that he should give up his quest for the elixir of life and go home to live a productive life instead. Sentaro took this advice and...
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...apparently young blood keeps the trees looking vibrant. The only way to tell if a tree is a jubokko is to cut into it, as these yokai trees bleed just like humans.
#ofdarkandmacabre
🎨1. Abigail Larson
2. Matthew Meyer
3. Julie Sakai
4. Vincent Proce
5. Megami Tensei games
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Considering there are no longer bloody battles raging across Japan, jubokko needed to find other ways to fulfill their desire for blood. Consequently, they are said to snatch passers by, pierce their skin and drain every last drop of their blood. They prefer children as...
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But they also included supernatural themes & #yokai. In the prints below you can see kappa, tengu, tanuki & a ghost. Yoshitoshi actually signed all the prints in this series 'crazy pictures by Yoshitoshi.' But despite the humourous nature of the prints he did not sacrifice...
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...with silliness based on the name. Some say that if you are with someone who suddenly starts 'horsing around' or acting foolish, they may have been possessed by this yokai.
🎨1. Matthew Meyer
2. Sam Kalensky
3. From the Hyakki Yagyō Emaki, 1832.
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In Scottish folklore kelpies are malevolent, shape-shifting water spirits that take the form of black horses and haunt lochs and rivers throughout Scotland. They are sometimes said to take the form of beautiful women in order to lure men to their deaths.
#FairyTaleTuesday
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