Yokai Kappa Japanese Folklore

Konaki jiji this yokai disguises itself as an abandoned baby then cries until someone picks it up.

Yokai kappa japanese folklore. They re river dwelling reptilian humanoids with flat. One prime example of this would be the yokai kappa who kidnaps children residing near rivers and then eating them whole. River child alternate names. 1 kappa the kappa may appear cute in anime and manga but the kappa of japanese folklore will keep you awake at night.

The kappa s favorite foods are cucumbers and children. Kappa are aquatic reptilian humanoids who inhabit the rivers and streams flowing over japan clumsy on land they are at home in the water and thrive during the warm. Within these pages you ll find an ever growing collection of yokai and legends from all parts of japan and all periods of japanese history. Rivers lakes ponds waterways cisterns wells.

Found throughout japan diet. Koropokkuru a little person from ainu folklore. Prefers cucumbers and human entrails. Some of them have never appeared in english before while others will be intimately familiar to fans of japanese folklore.

Koromodako an octopus like yokai that lives in the waters bordering kyoto and fukui. Transformation from folklore to folklorism in japan asian folklore studies 57 fall 1998. Kappa are a bit of an odd one. The kappa imp like creatures that inhabit the rivers and ponds of japan.

University of california press 2015. The metamorphosis of the kappa. Konoha tengu a bird like tengu. Mysterious creatures of japanese folklore.

The book of yōkai. The mysterious disappearance or death of people is a theme that can be found abundantly in japanese folklore. The name is a combination of the word kawa river and wappa an inflection of warabe child. Here are 6 if japan s greatest yokai.

A kappa 河童 river child also known as kawatarō 川太郎 river boy komahiki 駒引 horse puller kawatora 川虎 river tiger or suiko 水虎 water tiger is an amphibious yōkai demon or imp found in traditional japanese folklore they are typically depicted as green human like beings with webbed hands and feet and a turtle like carapace on their backs. The kappa the lives in ponds and rivers and has a turtle like shell. Kappa 河童 kappa known also as kawatarô 川太郎 komahiki or kawako 川子 is a yôkai from the japanese mythology. Kosenjōbi fireballs that float over former battlefields.

Today we take a look at another strange and unique creature from japanese folklore. Of all the yokai in japanese folklore the tengu are for sure my personal favourites.