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...fortunately was able to overpower the evil cat spirit and kill her with his sword.
🎨1. 'Actor as Cat Spirit of the Old Temple' from the Tokaido Series - Kagematsu, 1841.
2. 'Okazaki' from the series The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1847
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In Japan there is a famous ghost story about Okiku, a servant who was killed and thrown down a well. Her haunting voice could be heard coming from the well night after night, tormenting her killer in revenge.
#WyrdWednesday #JapaneseFolklore

In Greek mythology, the goddess and enchantress Circe was the daughter of the sun god Helios and nymph Perse. In a jealous rage after the sea-god Glaucus chose the nymph Scylla over her, she poisoned her, thus transforming her into a horrifying monster.
#FairyTaleTuesday
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...a pregnant woman is murdered by a bandit. She dies but her baby survives. In an attempt to protect the baby, her spirit enters a rock and cries at night because of a desire to seek vengeance on her killer. The most famous night-crying stone can be found in Kakegawa.
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Today I have been re-watching the Studio Ghibli film Pom Poko. It's all about tanuki, which are real animals but also a shapeshifting trickster #yokai in #JapaneseFolklore. Tanuki are well known for their curious talent involving their magically expandable...
#WyrdWednesday
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In #JapaneseFolklore when the tsubaki tree (Japanese camilia) reaches old age (usually about 100 years old) it develops a spirit & becomes a #yokai. It is then able to detach from the host tree & use its mysterious powers to bewitch humans. The tsubaki...
#MythologyMonday
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In #JapaneseFolklore, Kodama are the spirits of trees. While they are attached to specific trees, they can also move freely through forests often appearing as glowing orbs of light. In some accounts they present as regular trees but with the ability to...
#MythologyMonday
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In #JapaneseFolklore there's a gruesome practice known as hitobashira, where a living human being is buried alive in the foundations of a building, especially castles or bridges. These sacrifices were a form of magic based on the belief that sacrificing a...
#FolkloreSunday
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There are often more toads around in Spring but if you're in Japan you should beware of ogama, giant toad #yokai created when toads reach 1000 years old. They live deep in the forests & the larger they grow, the more dangerous they become.
#SuperstitionSat #dontgointothewoods
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In Japanese mythology, Uzume is the goddess of Spring, the dawn, revelry, happiness and the arts. It was her provocative dancing, and the laughter of onlookers, that lured the sun goddess Amaterasu from the cave where she was hiding after...
#SuperstitionSat #JapaneseFolklore
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