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Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The Rokurokubi appear in classical kaidan (spirit tales) and in yōkai works. [1]
A red cow involved in the construction of the Enzō-ji temple in Yanaizu, Fukushima. Aka Manto A ghost in a red or blue mantle that offers either red or blue toilet paper rolls in bathrooms, then kills whoever answers based on their choice: flaying for red, strangulation for blue. Akaname A spirit that licks off filth in untidy bathrooms. Akashita
In kabuki, this lack of legs and feet is often represented by using a very long kimono or even hoisting the actor into the air by a series of ropes and pulleys. [ 13 ] Hitodama : Yūrei are frequently depicted as being accompanied by a pair of floating flames or will o' the wisps ( hitodama in Japanese) in eerie colors such as blue, green, or ...
Japanese urban legends, enduring modern Japanese folktales; La Llorona, the ghost of a woman in Latin American folklore; Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend about the ghost of a dead teacher; Ouni, a Japanese yōkai with a face like that of a demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth to ear
A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō. [1]Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) [2] [3] are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore.
Japanese bathroom ghosts (5 P) R. Reportedly haunted locations in Japan (4 P) Pages in category "Japanese ghosts" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of ...
According to the some legends, the hand will then grab the traveler by the neck and rip them apart, limb by limb, but in most stories the hand is harmless. [1] In Kagawa and Fukushima prefectures, the spirit will travel in pairs, resembling moving feet or legs. [3] Some even suggest that those two creatures are, in fact, two parts of the same ...
Ashinaga-tenaga (足長手長, "Long Legs Long Arms") are a pair of yōkai in Japanese folklore. One, Ashinaga-jin (足長人), has extremely long legs, while the other, Tenaga-jin (手長人), has extremely long arms. They were first described in the Japanese encyclopedia Wakan Sansai Zue. They are said to be found in Kyūshū.