Japanese Mythology

Wanyūdō

Wanyūdō

The wanyūdō (輪入道), literally "wheel" (輪) "monk" (入道), is a character from Japanese mythology, a yōkai relatively well known from Japanese folklore. Wanyūdō's Description The wanyūdō is said to take...

Wanyūdō

The wanyūdō (輪入道), literally "wheel" (輪) "monk" (入道), is a character from Japanese mythology, a yōkai relatively well known from Japanese folklore. Wanyūdō's Description The wanyūdō is said to take...

Tenome

Tenome

Tenome (手の目, hand eyes) is a yōkai from Japanese mythology who appears in Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō ("The Illustrated Night Parade of Hundreds of Demons"). Concept of Tenome...

Tenome

Tenome (手の目, hand eyes) is a yōkai from Japanese mythology who appears in Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō ("The Illustrated Night Parade of Hundreds of Demons"). Concept of Tenome...

Onryō

Onryō

In traditional beliefs and Japanese literature, onryō (怨霊, literally "avenging spirit," sometimes rendered as "wrathful spirit") refers to a deity (yūrei) supposedly capable of causing harm in the world of...

Onryō

In traditional beliefs and Japanese literature, onryō (怨霊, literally "avenging spirit," sometimes rendered as "wrathful spirit") refers to a deity (yūrei) supposedly capable of causing harm in the world of...

Ubume

Ubume

An ubume (産女), lit. "woman who bore a child" is a yōkai of Japanese folklore that appears in folk stories or literature as an old woman with a child in...

Ubume

An ubume (産女), lit. "woman who bore a child" is a yōkai of Japanese folklore that appears in folk stories or literature as an old woman with a child in...

Onibi

Onibi

An onibi (鬼火) is a kind of kaika in Japanese mythology. According to folklore, they are spirits born from human and animal corpses, which pass as people who have become...

Onibi

An onibi (鬼火) is a kind of kaika in Japanese mythology. According to folklore, they are spirits born from human and animal corpses, which pass as people who have become...

Shōjō

Shōjō

A shōjō (猩々/猩猩 lett. big drinker or orangutan) is a yōkai from the Japanese Sea with a red face and hair and a penchant for alcohol. It is a yōkai...

Shōjō

A shōjō (猩々/猩猩 lett. big drinker or orangutan) is a yōkai from the Japanese Sea with a red face and hair and a penchant for alcohol. It is a yōkai...