Almost any mysterious phenomena in Japanese folklore, including many kami, can be considered yokai. “Yokai are simply mythical creatures from Japanese folklore. But they act as a lens to view ...

Primarily, oni are shown as evil and fierce creatures, with a well-known appetite for murder and cannibalism. In Japanese folklore and art ... loincloth and all — there are plenty of female oni, some ...

Yokai (Japanese spirits) and mythical creatures of Japanese lore have inspired artists, writers and poets for millennia. However, as the Japanese culture has changed, so have depictions of the ...

They named two of them after glowing creatures in Japanese folklore, and the other after the former director of Notojima Aquarium who helped find the worms. A research group from Nagoya University ...