Japanese demons mythology

“In Japanese Folklore, 'Jikininki' are human-eating ghosts”

Halloween is coming up, and with the Frankenstorm on it's way, it's the perfect time to hunker down with some candles and blankets and a good ghost story. Maybe even get your friends together for a hyakumonogatari kaidankai ghost story telling party? If you're planning on telling any ghost stories this year, today's entry should

When you take a look into Japan's traditional culture, it's completely natural that Halloween has taken hold in Japan. Here is a Halloween inspired post, covering some common Japanese monsters you might encounter while absorbing the culture.

People, no matter from which era and what traditions, have always felt the need to explain their surroundings. After all, the greatest fear is the fear of the unknown. Before science did better explanations, myths, and mythical creatures fulfilled the need to know what, why, and how our reality exists.

Snow Mountain Doji by Soga Shohaku

Rokurokubi are a type of yokai; Japanese supernatural creatures of various origins and traits. They are perfectly human during the day, but their necks can stretch up to incredibly long lengths at night, and which the rokurokubi will make use of to drain life out of passer us or just give them a good scare. Sometimes the rokurokubi is unaware of its nature as a yokai, leading to a situation where the yokai just thinks that it has a very weird dream every night, where it sees the town at…

"Akaneiro: Demon Hunters" art print. This beautiful original illustration by Spicy Horse artist Joey Zheng. It depicts the lead character of Akaneiro set against a backdrop of Yokai (Japanese demons). If you appreciate dark art and Japanese mythology this piece will be right at home in your collection. Measures: 47 x 67cm - printed on archival poster stock with a smooth, non-glare matte finish. Autographed by American McGee Check out other images in our Art Collection.

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