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In #JapaneseFolklore kappa are small reptilian child-sized #yokai that live in lakes and rivers waiting to attack unsuspecting passers-by and drag them to a watery death. However, what they really want is your shirikodama, a mysterious jewel that resides...
#MythologyMonday
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Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) is one of China's most ancient goddesses. She lives in the mythical Kunlun Mountains where she tends the peaches of immortality in her garden. More in thread below.
#FolkloreSunday
🎨'Seiobo - Queen of the West' - Takeuchi Keishu, 1907
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In #JapaneseFolklore long-lived bats are said to transform into yamachichi. This pointy-faced #yokai visits people when they are sleeping and sucks the life force from their mouth before tapping them on the chest, causing them to die the very next day.
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...if you should trip and fall, the wolf will pounce on you and rip you to shreds. But if you can pretend that you fell on purpose, the wolf will wait until you get up and continue to follow you.
#yokai #ukiyoe
🎨1. ? 1853
2 & 3. Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1886
3. Matthew Meyer
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This ukiyo-e print depicts Xiwangmu, the Chinese goddess of immortality, also called the Queen Mother of the West. Her attendant holds a dish of peaches, which are symbols of immortality.
#DailyFolklore #ukiyoe
🎨'Seiobo - Queen of the West' - Takeuchi Keishu, 1907
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In #JapaneseFolklore yuki-onna is a terrifying #yokai appearing on snowy winter nights. She glides across the snow with her blue lips & transparent skin. Her icy gaze can be deadly, and she will suck the life force out of you & leave you to die in the snow.
#FairyTaleTuesday
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'In a Kyoto Sweet Shop' - Yoshida Toshi, 1951.
#ukiyoe #japaneseart #Japan

...and grow beastly claws. If a person looks at it as it grows, their eyes will travel upwards as the creature's neck stretches out, causing them to fall over backwards. At this point mikoshi nyudu will quickly learn forward & tear the victims throat out with its sharp teeth.
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'Two Rabbits in the Moonlight' - Imao Keinen, ca. 1930s.
#ukiyoe #moon #rabbit #Japan

In #JapaneseFolklore, chochin obake (lantern ghost) is a paper or silk lantern that has transformed into a #yokai after many years of service. It has one or two eyes and a long tongue protruding from a split in the lantern that forms a mouth.
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