lunedì 26 marzo 2012
Monsters from the Kaibutsu Ehon, 1881:
Aoi no Ue - Character from The Tale of Genji who suffers episodes of spirit possession
- Pink Tentacle
Buruburu - Forest-dwelling ghost that causes victims to shiver violently
Daibutsu-kaibutsu - Mysterious pile of crumbling skulls
Futsukeshibaba (a.k.a. Hikeshibaba) - Mysterious old woman in white who extinguishes lanterns
Hitotsume-bōzu - Monk with cyclopean eye
Kasha - Cat-like demon that descends from the sky to feed on corpses before cremation
Mikoshi-nyūdō - Monk-like creature that grows taller the more you look at it
Nekomata - Fork-tailed cat with a host of supernatural abilities
Noderabō - Strange creature standing near a temple bell
Nue - Chimera-like bringer of misfortune that can fly and morph into a dark cloud
Nyūnaisuzume - Sparrows flying from the mouth of exiled poet Fujiwara no Sanekata
Shiriyau (a.k.a. Shiryō) - Spirit of the dead
Shuten Dōji - Fearsome oni known for kidnapping, enslaving and devouring young Kyoto maidens
Sōgenbi - Fiery ghost of oil-thieving monk (based on Kyoto legend)
Tanuki-bō - A monk who turned into a tanuki
Tengu - Bird-like demon
Teratsutsuki - Mononobe no Moriya's resentment changes into a woodpecker
Ubagabi - Fiery ghost of old woman encountered along the Hozu River in Kyoto
Ubume - Ghost of woman who died during childbirth
Umizatō - Blind lute player who walks on the sea
Waraime (a.k.a. Kerakera-onna) - Giant cackling woman
Yamao - One-eyed mountain creature (possibly related to the yama-waro of Kyushu)
Yanari - Little demons that produce the creaking sounds heard in old houses
Yūrei - Ghost
Source: Shinku Nichibun via Pink Tentacle
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