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An akuma (悪魔) is an evil spirit in Japanese folklore, [1] [2] sometimes described in English-language sources as a devil or demon. [2] [3] An alternative name for the akuma is ma (ま). [4] Akuma is the name assigned to Satan in Japanese Christianity, and the Mara in Japanese Buddhism.
The chōchō is also featured among engimono (above).It is seen as lucky, especially if seen in pairs; if a symbol contains two butterflies dancing around each other, it is a symbol of marital happiness. Chikushō (畜生, lit. ' animal/livestock ') – The mortal, animal realm of incarnation, the third-lowest realm on the wheel of reincarnation.
Akuma was created by request of Noritaka Funamizu to Akira Yasuda when creating a new Street Fighter character. Akuma was designed in order to please fans who were victims of April's Fools in the claims from journalists that there was a hidden character named Sheng Long. Funamizu wanted the character, Akuma, to be based on Ryu's design.
An image of futakuchi-onna from the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari. Futakuchi-onna (ふたくちおんな - 二口女, "two-mouthed woman") is a type of yōkai or Japanese monster.She is characterized by her two mouths – a normal one located on her face and a second one on the back of the head beneath the hair.
Such ofuda, also called shinsatsu (神札), go-shinsatsu (御神札) or shinpu (神符), are often placed on household Shinto altars and revered both as a symbol of the shrine and its deity (or deities) – containing the kami 's essence or power by virtue of its consecration – and a medium through which the kami in question can be accessed ...
Bakemono no e (化物之繪, "Illustrations of Supernatural Creatures"), also known by its alternate title Bakemonozukushie (化物尽繪, "Illustrated Index of Supernatural Creatures"), is a Japanese handscroll of the Edo period depicting 35 bakemono from Japanese folklore.
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In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami (付喪神 or つくも神, [note 1] [1] lit. "tool kami") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. [2] According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the Onmyōki (陰陽記) that foxes and tanuki, among other beings, that have lived for at least a hundred years and changed forms are ...