Today's yokai character is Exeggutor from the Pokémon series, They are based of the jinmenju

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Today's is a twofer! It's Jinmenju the human-face tree and Kodama the tree spirit!
This was fanart for a game on Kickstarter that didn't make it called Kodama. Donating a certain amount would get your face on the jinmenju boss. I hate that it didn't get made

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Monstober challenge 2021 https://t.co/g7uzxbr2qP
continued
Day 21 "kikimora Slavic Mythology"
Day 22 "she-wolf of London"
Day 23 "The Violator Image Comics"
Day 24 "jinmenju japanese Yokai"

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07: MOTHMAN
(west virginia) bipedal owl-human hybrid. portent of doom

08: SASQUATCH
(north america) 8-11ft-tall humanoid covered in red/brown fur

09: MERMAID
(all oceans) fish-hybrid, or aquatic evolutionary pivot?

10: JINMENJU
(china & japan) legendary tree w laughing fruit

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Você sabia que o pokémon Exeggutor é baseado numa lenda japonesa do período Edo? Chamada jinmenju (人面樹), era uma árvore que se dizia ter flores em formato de cabeças humanas.

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Toriyama's Monster Design of the Jinmenju (aka "Woody Spawn"), based upon the Edo-era Human-Face Tree, for "Dragon Quest 2 The Gods of Evil Spirits" (1987/01/26)

It'll move at any moment with its countless roots propelling it... Horii decided to name it after seeing it finished.

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In Japanese Folklore, the 'Jinmenju' or 'Ninmenju' is a strange tree with human faces.

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