Today, you’ll be reading about yet another one interesting and, for me, kinda funny, but sometimes deadly yokai creature. Kawa Akago is, when translated, river baby. And it belongs to trickster yokai group. You must be thinking what could be […]
Today I introduce to you another Japanese Yokai member. Wanyudo! The earliest reports about Wanyudo go all the way back to the Heian period. Wanyudo is an evil and dangerous spirit. When we translate “Wa nyūdō” we get “wheel monk”. Seeing […]
Entering a world of Japanese mythological creatures, Yokai creatures to be exact, I came across many interesting figures. One of them is Ashinaga Tenaga. Ashinaga Tenaga is an interesting pair of Yokai creatures. But, unfortunately, I couldn’t find much data […]
Japanese mythology is rather interesting. You can find a lot of monsters, spirits, and demons in them (which belong to Yokai class). It makes you wonder how could someone come up with such creative and imaginative creatures. But, what if […]
