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The amanojaku is commonly held to be derived from Amanosagume (天探女), [2] a wicked deity in Shintō mythology, which shares the amanojaku ' s contrary nature and ability to see into a person's heart, "a very perverted demon".
Urikohime, Uriko-hime or Uriko Hime (うりこひめ; English: Princess Melon, [1] Melon Maid [2] or Melon Princess) is a dark Japanese folktale about a girl that is born out of a melon, adopted by a family and replaced by an evil creature named Amanojaku.
Kirin – A mythical creature in Asian mythology; in Shinto, the kirin are considered messengers of the kami. Kisshōten (吉祥天, lit. ' Auspicious Heavens ') – A Japanese goddess of good fortune, wealth and prosperity. Adapted, via Buddhism, from the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. Kisshōten is sometimes named as one of the Seven Gods of Fortune ...
Amanojaku A minor demon that tempts people to perform evil acts, most famously told of in the tale of Uriko-hime. Amanozako A monstrous goddess mentioned in the Kujiki, born from Susanoo's ferocious spirit (his ara-mitama) when he vomited it forth to expel it. She is said to be an ancestor deity for all short-tempered, disobedient yōkai. Amaterasu
In the Edo Period Japanese dictionary, the Rigen Shūran, there is only the explanation "monster painting by Kohōgen Motonobu." [4] According to the Edo Period writing Kiyū Shōran (嬉遊笑覧), it can be seen that one of the yōkai that it notes is depicted in the Bakemono E (化物絵) drawn by Kōhōgen Motonobu is one by the name of "nurarihyon," [5] and it is also depicted in the ...
The amanozako as illustrated by Toriyama Sekien.. Amanozako (天逆毎, "heaven opposing everything", or 天狗神 "tengu kami") is a monstrous goddess mentioned in the Kujiki, which states that she originated when Susanoo let his own ferocious spirit (his ara-mitama) build up inside him until he vomited her out.
Japanese scholarship argues for some relationship between tale type ATU 408 and Japanese folktale Urikohime ("The Melon Princess"), since both tales involve a maiden born of a fruit and her replacement for a false bride (in the tale type) and for evil creature Amanojaku (in Japanese versions).
The name Virūpākṣa is a Sanskrit compound of the words virūpa (ugly; deformed) and akṣa (eyes).Buddhaghosa interpreted virūpa as also meaning "various", which lends to the understanding that Virūpākṣa is endowed with clairvoyance. [1]