Water yokai

和邇 わに Translation: none; this is the creature's name Habitat: oceans, seas, and lakes Diet: omnivorous Appearance: Wani are sea monsters that live in deep bodies of water. They have long, serpentine bodies, fins, and can breathe both air and water. Wani are able to shapeshift into humans, and there are even tales of wani and humans falling in

Akugyo

牛鬼 うしおに Translation: ox demon Alternate names: gyūki Habitat: usually along the coast or near bodies of water; found in West Japan Diet: varies from type to type, but always carnivorous Appearance: A terror from Western Japan, ushi oni is a class of monster that lives near water. The name literally means "ox demon," and it refers to a number

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Ryūtō are kaika which appear just above the surface of the water on calm, peaceful nights. They create no heat, nor do they burn anything. They are only found in bodies of water which are home to dragons. [Ryūtō TRANSLATION: dragon lights HABITAT: oceans, coasts, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water DIET: none ]

“A doodle of the yokai Amabie! Artists have been drawing them as of late, as the legend goes along the lines of if you see a drawing of them, you will be protected from disease. I thought the lore was sweet, so why draw them! #アマビエ #アマビエ様 #amabie”

A Kappa is a funny chimera, its true appearance is still unknown, a bit human a bit monkey-like. But most of the times it is depicted with the face of a tortoise with a yellow beak. From tortoises it borrowed the shell and the scaly skin with its watery colors, usually of a nice seaweed-green.

Today's yokai was a special request via Facebook: kosenjōbi. There are lots and lots of fireball-type yokai. Collectively, they are called hinotama. Taking a step back futher, there is a special word in Japanese for supernatural fires: kaika. While researching for this book, part of what I covered was the etymology of the words used to

Nure Onna is a youkai with the body of a python and the head of a woman. Nure Onna causes quite a lot of fear for residents of coastal and r...

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The rivers and lakes of Japan are have long been the haunts of a wide variety of strange creatures of all shapes and sizes. Although many of these have been regulated to the realm of pure folklore and myth, there are others that have transcended beyond mere legend and become thought of as something more

Ningyo

Kappa - The spirit of a legendary Japanese creature that lives in lakes and rivers and loves cucumbers. He's been spotted all over the country and is considered very influential, probably because humans have always felt a certain closeness to kappas. He is also an excellent judge of cucumbers. His sense of smell is probably better attuned to determining a cucumber's quality than it is to detecting nearby brutes.

"Aka shita" literally means "red mouth," or "red tongue." In spite of its bestial form, it is a benevolent being. These yōkai appear in rice paddies, the staple crop of Japanese farming, which need plenty of water to flourish. In a time of drought, a thief may take advantage of a farmer's aqueducts to steal their water. But should this happen, an Aka shita could appear to redistribute the water and steal the thief away with its long, red tongue. Learn more at http://yokai.com/akashita/

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Suijin, the God of water. Also carries the divine names of The Water God, Mizugami, Sui-ten, and Sui-ō.