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Miyamoto Musashi (宮本 武蔵, c. 1584 – 13 June 1645), [1] was a Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer who became renowned through stories of his unique double-bladed swordsmanship and undefeated record in his 62 duels (next is 33 by Itō Ittōsai). [2] Miyamoto is considered a kensei (sword saint) of Japan. [3]
Human-faced dogs mentioned in Japanese urban legends. Jishin-namazu A giant catfish dwelling beneath the earth, near the kaname-ishi, the rock that holds down the Japanese archipelago, which causes earthquakes and tsunamis when it moves, despite being restrained by Takemikazuchi. It was blamed during the Ansei earthquake and tsunami. [citation ...
Category: Characters in Japanese mythology. 5 languages. ... Japanese legendary creatures (9 C, 53 P) D. Japanese deities (8 C, 32 P) P. Legendary Japanese people (2 ...
Character Origin Notes Aloysius III Infinity Train: The emperor and unifier of the hard and soft-shelled turtles. Archie The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists: An elderly Archelon who helps Littlefoot. Baby Shelby Mickey Mouse Works / House of Mouse: A baby turtle who always annoys and takes advantage of Donald Duck. Bert the Turtle
Suppon No Yurei: A turtle-headed human ghost from Japanese mythology and folklore. Tlaloc: Aztec god depicted as a man with snake fangs. Typhon, the "father of all monsters" in Greek mythology, had a hundred snake-heads in Hesiod, [4] or else was a man from the waist up, and a mass of seething vipers from the waist down.
Kenzan is the first game in the series where the games' main characters have their face modeled in 3D after their voice actors who are Japanese celebrities. [9] Cyberware 's color 3D scanner (model PS) [ 10 ] was used to analyze each actor's head & face in order to collect data on its shape and appearance, then this file was worked with the ...
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [ 1 ]
She also happens to be a very close friend of Miyamoto Usagi, whom she and Lord Noriyuki first met as they were being pursued by assassins that Lord Hikiji hired to kill the young lord. [23] Usagi was able to help protect Lord Noriyuki, and as a result Tomoe has become very grateful to Usagi, and the two have helped each other out many times since.