NINGYO Japanese 'human fish' Appears first in the Nihonshoki in Osaka in the year 619 as a fish child. Ningyo bring good fortune & in some cases immortality as in the myth of Happyaku bikuni, an 800 year old nun who ate a Ningyo as a child 🎨Hsu; Meyer

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Yao "ara ara Im just a powerful onmyoji and totally not because I ate your mommy uwu" bikuni

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cutting back to present, Yao bikuni laments how she couldn't fulfil the queen's last wish, which is to protect both her daughters, but she can only bear witness to senhime's decision to save her country, as that was what the princess wanted

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senhime memory scroll part 5 summary:

https://t.co/GYRzpjqKan

we see a flashback to when Yao bikuni is a child, and she came across a dying Queen washed ashore

the queen begged yao to eat her, and carry on protecting "something" for her

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Fortunately, Yao Bikuni was able to intervene, and she revealed to senhime that her mommy here is a fake all along

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狼物語破戒僧八尾比丘尼

Tale of the Wolf: Depraved Monk, Yao Bikuni

Link in the bio for prints.

 

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Manji, the main character of "Blade of the Immortal", was immortalized by Yaobikuni the old woman who lived for more than 800 years, a parasite called "Kessenchu" that could instantly repair a damaged body.

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The nun of the day is Yaobikuni from Onmyoji!

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Yao Bikuni in a summer dress bcs i think shes neat

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In Japanese myth, eating the flesh of a ningyo (a mermaid-like creature) grants longevity. In the fairy tale "Yao Bikuni," a fisherman's daughter eats ningyo & lives to be 800. But catching a ningyo is bad luck, so sailors usually throw them back into the sea.

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Bikuni Bridge in Snow, Hiroshige, Brooklyn Museum https://t.co/aGUdzlBzOJ (Palette: 🖌🎨

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Yao AKA Corrupted Monk is inspired by the Yao Bikuni folk story.

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GOZU & MEZU

☾ Family bodyguards (and Bikuni's lesser dads.)
☾ PRETTY MUCH MARRIED.
☾ Always seen together.
☾ Been employed to the Yaolins for god knows how long.
☾ Chill dad, serious dad.
☾ If you can catch the reference with these two here I'll give you a cookie.

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WIP Yaobikuni with the Nhật Bình

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NINGYO. Japanese 'human fish' Appears first in the Nihonshoki in Osaka in the year 619 as a fish 'shaped like a child'. Ningyo bring good fortune & in some cases immortality as in the myth of Happyaku bikuni, an 800 year old nun who ate a Ningyo as a child

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yao bikuni and aoandan collab from onmyoji!!!!!
did yao bikuni's lines + colouring for aoandan and i did the colouring for yao bikuni and lines for aoandan !!!! ty bby for collabing w me again!!!😭😭😭💕💕

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