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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 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 ...
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
Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) [2] [3] are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore. They are sometimes, but not always, considered a tsukumogami that old umbrellas turn into. They are also called " karakasa-obake " ( から傘おばけ ) , [ 2 ] [ 4 ] " kasa-bake " ( 傘化け ) , [ 5 ] and " karakasa kozō " ( 唐傘小僧 ) .
Three years after Baby hit a box-office home run, Selleck, Danson and Guttenberg re-teamed for 1990's Three Men and a Little Lady, which proved to be more of a solid double financially.(Nimoy didn ...
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. The figures are hand-painted on paper in vivid pigments with accents ...