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Takina Inoue is a member of a government-sponsored all-female task force of assassins and spies made up of young orphaned girls known as "Lycoris", an undercover group named after the flower who eliminate criminals and terrorists in Tokyo while disguised as high school students to maintain peace in Japan, with roots in a fictional pre-Meiji group named "Higanbana".
A faceless ghost that enjoys scaring people and is sometimes confused with mujina. Nozuchi A fat snake-like creature. Nue A Japanese chimera with the head of a monkey, the body of a raccoon dog, the legs of a tiger, and a snake-headed tail. It plagued the Emperor with nightmares in the Heike Monogatari. Nukekubi
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 ]
Kurumi (クルミ), a character in the anime Lycoris Recoil ; Kurumi Ebisuzawa (惠飛須沢 胡桃), a character in the anime Gakkou Gurashi; Kurumi (胡桃), a character in the manga Needless; Kurumi (くるみ), the titular character of the manga Steel Angel Kurumi; Kurumi Akino (秋野来実), the protagonist of the shōjo manga Haou Airen
Kuebiko (久延毘古) – A Shinto kami of local knowledge and agriculture, represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow, who cannot walk but has comprehensive self-awareness and omniscience. Kuji-in (九字印, lit. ' Nine Hand Seals ') – A system of mudras and associated mantras that consist of nine syllables. Kuji-kiri (九字切り, lit.
Kusunoki Masashige (楠木 正成, 1294 – 4 July 1336) was a Japanese military commander and samurai of the Kamakura period remembered as the ideal loyal samurai. Kusunoki fought for Emperor Go-Daigo in the Genkō War to overthrow the Kamakura shogunate and restore power in Japan to the Imperial Court .
Chisato Nishikigi (Japanese: 錦木 千束, Hepburn: Nishikigi Chisato) is one of the two main characters of the Japanese anime television series Lycoris Recoil, created by Spider Lily and Asaura. She is depicted in the series as the most skilled agent among the Lycoris, a group of trained young female agents working for the secretive ...
They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and folklore. [1] Fudoki manuscripts also document local myths , rituals , and poems that are not mentioned in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki chronicles , which are the most important literature of the ancient national mythology and history.