No todo lo que anida en la oscuridad da miedo… a veces, fascina.Dibujo hecho con tinta. 👻🕯️🇯🇵✍🏻🎨 #drawing #Yokai #JapaneseFolklore #chochinobake #drawingink #artsky #blueart

The strange eyes that emerge from neglected Japanese homes youtu.be/5CmqysuzZV4?... #Mokumokuren #JapaneseFolklore

ES | Un ritual sereno. 👹🍵

Mi participación para el concurso #DemonChampions creado por neasenpai y evil.marshall 💜

#Hannya #JapaneseFolklore #Stellartcat #DigitalIllustration #Torii #DarkArt #DemonArtist #CharacterDesign

🎃おばけ・妖怪・もののけ図鑑👻Yokai
第百四怪 邪魅（じゃみ）
異称類縁：魑魅(ちみ)
出没場所：山林
中国の書物に記された魔物。
邪魅は人間を害する山林の悪意。山神の一種であり妖邪の総称とも。
「邪魅は魑魅の類で妖邪の悪気である」(鳥山石燕)

#妖怪 #イラスト #Illustration #Yokai #monster #怪 #伝承 #伝説 #文化 #絵 #folklore #paint #美術 #Japan #culture #artwork #lifeisgood #Japanese #youkai #JapaneseFolklore

Hanami - Japan's Cherry Blossom Viewing Festival A virtual gallery of sakura in Japanese woodblock art 🌸

I've just published a new article about hanami with a gallery of woodblock prints featuring sakura and a little bit about the kami of cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji. 🌸
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#JapaneseArt #JapaneseFolklore

Japanese Myths : The Snow Bride ❅❄💙The Snow Bride💙❄❅ Mosaku and his apprentice Minokichi journeyed to a forest, some short distance fr...

Paranormal Japanese Folklore: The Snow Bride ❄️

#paranormal #yokai #japan #cryptids #JapaneseFolklore #supernatural #yukionna

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In Japanese folklore, Kappa are ancient aquatic creatures lurking in rivers and lakes. Humanoid, scaled, with a tortoise shell on their back,webbed hands... and a water-filled dish on top of their skull. Their only weakness. 🐢

#JapaneseFolklore #cozygames #indiedev #gamedev

A woman in water up to her shoulders holds a baby up and their foreheads touch. A glowing blue light swirls around the baby.

In #JapaneseFolklore chinouya are a #yokai that look like kind human women with long black hair and very large breasts. They live in rivers near graveyards where children are buried, and come out of the water to nurture the spirits of the dead children in the afterlife by...
#PhantomsFriday
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If you are interested in #yokai, #JapaneseFolklore and/or cats, you NEED this book.

#Mythology #OriginalCharacter #SFWFurryArt #DigitalArt #digitaldrawing #fox #Conceptart #JapaneseFolklore #Clairethecutepup

Japanese Legends: Ibaraki doji ...Oni Woman.. Art link https://www.wallpaperflare.com/ibaraki-douji-fate-grand-order-fate-series-women-blonde-wallpaper-zblow    /////////////////...

Paranormal Folklore, Japanese Oni Ibaraki Doji .

#paranormal #oni #japan #cryptids #yokai #JapaneseFolklore

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Aoandon, blue flame spirit 🦇🎃Happy 👻Halloween🎃🦇                      Happy Halloween 🎃               time for  ghost story,👻👻👻 Halloween is the best time of...

Paranormal, Japanese Folklore and Yokai. Abandon The Blue Flame Ghost 👻🔥🇯🇵

#paranormal #japan #folklore #ghoststories #JapaneseFolklore #supernatural #urbanlegends #yokai #cryptida

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One of my absolute favorite plushies to finish making! It’s also the first time I’ve made one with a red accent colour, and the main body is actually a reallyyyy pale pink🥰

Pattern by Choly Knight

#kitsune #plushart #japanesefolklore #plushartist #kitsuneart

A large round stone sits in glass, people are nearby, trees and mountains in the distance.

A large stone with offering box in front and canopy over it.

In #JapaneseFolklore, tales are told of yonaki-ishi or night-crying stones. These stones cry loudly at night and it is believed to be because they are possessed by a spirit, usually of someone who has been murdered and is seeking revenge. In one story a pregnant woman is...
#MythologyMonday
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Japanese Folklore and Yokai, Chisai Ojisan Chisai Ojisan / Chiisai Ojisan or Tiny Uncle , Little Mister, Little Old Man" is a popular Japanese urban legend. This little guy is usua...

Japanese Folklore and Yokai, Chisai Ojisan... Little uncle..

#paranormal #yokai #cryptid #JapaneseFolklore #leprechaun #youkai #supernatural #japan

theparanormal411.blogspot.com/2026/03/japa...

Kappa,el misterioso yokai que vive en los ríos y lagos japoneses. #artsky #dibujo #dibujoamano #kappa #Yokai #JapaneseFolklore

The various Japanese Folklore creatures found on Bo Path of the Teal Lotus youtu.be/qqqTAT0XsgY?... #JapaneseFolklore

The blobby monster that would haunt ruins and cemeteries youtu.be/bvDDinDh8Y0?... #Nuppeppo #JapaneseFolklore

Two women sit in a room and a huge dirty foot appears to hang from above. A water bath sits on the floor.

In #JapaneseFolklore there was a strange #yokai phenomenon known as ashiarai yashiki (foot washing manor) where a giant, hairy, bloody, disembodied foot crashed through the roof of a house demanding to be washed. If it was washed it would then disappear only to return again...
#MythologyMonday
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Illustration by Shigeru Mizuki depicting a man running out of a house. Behind him is a paper screen covered in pairs of yellow eyes.

In #JapaneseFolklore, mokumokuren is a strange supernatural phenomenon occurring when the shoji (paper sliding doors) in buildings get old and damaged. Over time, the holes transform into disembodied eyeballs which peer out at you. While this yokai is not particularly...
#MythologyMonday
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Here's the tale of Amaterasu and the cave.
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#JapaneseFolklore

What is known of Osakabehime and understanding kami youtu.be/zaFIxumjyUk?... #Osakabehime #JapaneseFolklore

Finally another full illustration
This started off as just a cat with a certain lighting in my head. It took more time to think how to turn it into smth more:
Bakeneko

#darkartist #catart #japanesefolklore #digitalfineart #madeinprocreate #artistsonbluesky #painter #digitalart #украрт

Yokai And Monsters : The Tsurara-Onna Today's post is another icy beauty the Tsurara-Onna. The Tsurara-Onna is an elemental type yokai from Japanese folklore. She is an  ic...

Paranormal Japanese Folklore and Yokai: The Tsurara Onna 🥶😍

#Japan #paranormal #JapaneseFolklore #yokai #cryptids #supernatural #youkai #folklore

theparanormal411.blogspot.com/2020/10/yoka...

#BookWormSat 📚 🦊
In Japanese folklore, the Kitsune is the sly fox spirit trickster—shapeshifting into humans, creating illusions, possessing people, and leading travelers astray with cunning pranks or vengeful deceptions.
#Tricksters #Kitsune 🦊 #Japanesefolklore

🎨 Iren Horrors

Water Spirits in Japanese Folklore Tales of nushi in ponds, lakes and rivers

After taking a break last month (and most of this month) I have finally published a new article about nushi, the spirits of ponds, lakes and rivers in #JapaneseFolklore. I've included several folktales, some yokai, and plenty of #JapaneseArt. I hope you enjoy it.
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The cursed tree that fed off of the blood of the dead youtu.be/YZO0VRZb0bg?... #Jubokko #JapaneseFolklore

Heikegani crab sculpture! acrylic paint and mouldable clay.

#sculpture #Japanesefolklore #heikegani #declantigerillustration #crab

Cats in Japanese Folklore and Culture From kawaii (cute) to kaibyo (supernatural)

Today in Japan it's National Cat Day. In Japan, cats say "nyan" rather than "meow" and today's date is 22/2 (ni ni ni) which sounds a bit like “nyan nyan nyan”. I don't need any excuse to celebrate cats & I've written about cats in #JapaneseFolklore & culture here:
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Monster's, Cryptid's and Yokai: The Jorogumo Today we talk about Spider Woman.... aka  the Jorogumo.. ========================================== The Jouogumo is a Japanese spider y...

Paranormal Japanese Folklore, The Jorogumo 🕷️🕸️

#JapaneseFolklore #cryptids #Jorogumo #Youkai #Japan #folklore #paranormal #yokai

theparanormal411.blogspot.com/2021/05/mons...