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The term 悪魔族 may be used to designate evil mazoku specifically (the word 悪, aku, means "evil"). [citation needed] A maō may be a king of the mazoku, or more generally a king of demons, overlord, dark lord, archenemy of the hero or video game boss. The term is not gender-specific. [2]
Her name means "Shines from Heaven" or "the great kami who shine Heaven". For many reasons, one among them being her ties to the Imperial family, she is often considered (though not officially) to be the "primary god" of Shinto. [1] [2] Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry ...
To different interpreters, this early Japanese shaman queen can appear as evidence of communalism (Marxists), Jōmon priestess rulers (Feminist history), the Japanese conquest of Korea, [51] the Mongolian conquest of Japan (Namio Egami's "horserider theory" ), the imperial system originating with tandem rule by a female shaman and male monarch ...
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 544 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Tennō (天皇, lit. "heavenly emperor") or Kōtei (皇帝, lit. "emperor") – Unlike European languages, in East Asia, the titles of female monarchs can also be abbreviated as "king" or "emperor", much like their male counterparts. However, to avoid confusion with male monarchs, they are usually referred to as "female king" or "female emperor".
A blind, cannibalistic female yōkai who hails from Akita Prefecture. She mainly targets young women who have just come of age. Also known as Agubanba (灰坊主, lit. ' ash shaver '). Ahiratsu-hime The daughter of Hosuseri and the first wife of Emperor Jimmu, though she was not made Empress and her children would not inherit the throne.
' Prajñā ') – A female yōkai found in Japanese folklore (and in kagura and Noh), and is most often described as a monstrous oni of a female; a hannya is a yōkai who was originally once a normal mortal human woman, but one who has become so overcome with her jealousy that it has metaphorically consumed her, followed by literally ...
Momiji (Japanese 紅葉) [a] is a female oni in Japanese folklore, whose story is known as The Legend of Momiji (紅葉伝説). The legend has been handed down in Kinasa, Togakushi, and Bessho Onsen [Wikidata] in Nagano prefecture. In the story, the hero, Taira no Koremochi , fights and defeats the kijo named Momiji.