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One day, one of the most loyal servants saw his master's aged cat carrying in its mouth a shikigami with the samurai's name imprinted on it. Immediately shooting a sacred arrow, the servant hit the cat in its head; and as it lay dead on the floor, everyone could see that the cat had two tails and therefore had become a nekomata. With its death ...
Inside the ball of fire, was a giant cat with two tails, and it attempted to steal the coffin. This yōkai was repelled by the priest of Dontōan, Kitataka, by his incantation and a single strike of his nyoi, and the kesa of Kitagawa was afterwards called the "kasha-otoshi no kesa" (the kesa of the one who defeated a kasha). [18]
It depicts a cat in Nagoya that would wear a napkin on its head and dance. Unlike nekomata which have two tails, the bakeneko has only one tail. [1] The bakeneko (化け猫, "changed cat") is a type of Japanese yōkai, or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a kaibyō, or supernatural cat. [2]
A malevolent cat yōkai with either two tails or a forked tail, different from the bakeneko in that it typically doesn't shapeshift. Ne-no-kuni A mythical realm that is sometimes considered the same as Yomi and Tokoyo no kuni. Susanoo is said to be its ruler. Nikujin Another name for nuppeppō. Ningen
Tatzelwurm – A creature with the face of a cat and a serpentine body. Tlanchana – An aquatic deity that is part woman and part snake. Triton – A Greek God and the son of Poseidon who has the same description as the Merman. Some depictions have him with two fish tails. Valravn – A Danish creature that in some description is half-raven ...
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Meteor showers will be few and far between during the first half of 2025, but two will peak in the spring sky. The Lyrids will unfold first on the night of Monday, April 21, into Tuesday, April 22 ...
Kaibyō (怪猫, "strange cat") [1] are supernatural cats in Japanese folklore. [2] Examples include bakeneko, a yōkai (or supernatural entity) commonly characterized as having the ability to shapeshift into human form; maneki-neko, usually depicted as a figurine often believed to bring good luck to the owner; and nekomata, referring either to a type of yōkai that lives in mountain areas or ...