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The ushi-oni (牛鬼, ox oni; ox demon), or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan. [1] The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs in most. Ushi-oni generally appear on beaches and attack people who walk there.
Oni The classic Japanese demon. It is an ogre-like creature which often has horns. Onibaba The demonic hag of Adachigahara. Onibi A demonic flame which sucks out the life of those who come too close to it. Onihitokuchi A species of one-eyed oni that kill and eat humans, large enough to devour a man in one bite. Onikuma
Shuten-dōji (酒呑童子, also sometimes called 酒顛童子, 酒天童子, or 朱点童子) is a mythical oni or demon leader of Japan, who according to legend was killed by the hero Minamoto no Raikō.
There is a theory that, just like Shuten-dōji, Ibaraki-dōji was also born at Echigo. Born at the Sunagodzuka in Ganbara (now Niigata, Tsubame, Sunagodzuka), Ibaraki-dōji was a page at the Kokojou-ji, but since Ibaraki-dōji was born in Karuizawa in the mountain recesses of the Koshi District (now Niigata, Nagaoka, Karuizawa), Ibaraki-dōji was given to the Yahiko-jinja.
Set in Japanese mythology. One of the free-spirited children, Onari, had a unique power yet to be seen by her peers in a world of oddball gods and monsters of the Japanese folklore. Aspiring to be one of the mightiest heroes of her village, she decided to take a journey to discover her own power.
The demon is a female oni (a kijo) named Momiji (Maple Leaves). The play "Momijigari" was created in the latter half of the Muromachi period, and it is widely believed that there was a legend that was originally used as a material (many legends of demons remain on Mt. Togakushi). It is a well-established theory that it was created by Nobumitsu. [1]
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