Japanese folk ghost information

Seen in the "Meiji Demon Tales", is the resentment of some infatuated women, due to infatuation with others and can not be with their beloved person jumped from the bridge to the water to commit suicide, if there are men who cross the bridge at night, it will appear and lead it to the water to drown, if there are women who cross the bridge, it will be forcibly pulled into the water, it is said that in Japan women can not be easy to commit suicide, only through the river to commit suicide, so this kind of demon is known as the more pitiful demon.

2, the flying head of the barbarians

See contained in the "Night of the hundred ghosts", in fact, is a person, but due to the possession of the demon, the head will fly away from the body while sleeping, everywhere to scare people for fun, and the possession of the demon called the Lords of the No., is a kind of bird's soul, will generally be attached to the like to kill the captive birds and beasts, birds and beasts of the body of the people who eat them, he possessed the people in 7 days will turn into a withered bone, which is also the karmic retribution

3, bone woman

3, the Japanese woman can not easily suicide, only through the river.

4, the drowning of the female

Onsen inns are often frequented by the demon, if you see the bath soak this beautiful woman, do not approach, perhaps she stood up, you will find that she was immersed in the water part of all the skeletons.

5, the snow woman

The snow woman, the traditional Japanese-style monsters, all for the world's most beautiful women, wearing a white kimono, a long head of light blue hair, cold nature, more than in the mountains, is the subordinate of the mountain god, in charge of the snow in winter. Often into the snowy mountains of men attracted to no one's place, and he kissed, kissing at the same time will be completely frozen, to take their soul to eat, the snow girl's children called snow child, in Japan that the snow child is to bring the first snow in winter demon. It is said that in the early days of the Japanese civilization, when the people were not yet enlightened, the older generation believed in the legends of the gods and demons, and even thought that the gods and demons were responsible for the calamities of nature, hence the strange story of the snow maiden in the snowy field. Whenever a person gets lost in the snowy and icy environment, he or she is bound to encounter the Snow Maiden, who feeds on people's popularity. Moreover, the unpredictable Snow Maiden will intentionally play on men's fickleness and unfaithfulness, and sometimes she will intentionally leave behind a frightened human male, threatening him that he has to keep the "promise" to stay alive by abiding by the Laws of the Demon Realm, and that he must not tell anyone about her existence and his encounter with her, or else the betrayed Snow Maiden will be forced to leave the demon world. If he does not, the betrayed Yuki-nee will go to the man and take his life to teach him the law of the demon world. However, the man who wants to live will panic and beg for Yuki-nee's trust, promising to keep his promise and not to tell anyone about her behavior. However, Yuki-nee, who likes to test the man's character, will then disguise herself as an ordinary, virtuous human woman and deliberately approach the man she made a promise to, to win his favor, and then marry him and have a child with him, who will follow him for the rest of his life. Followed by the side of the whole life, monitoring whether the man can keep the promise, and she is safe and sound to stay together all their lives to old age, but that a period of unforgettable thrilling encounters are always always haunted by the man's doubt and fear of the heart, finally until one day, the man was determined to meet with the snow woman to tell the truth to the closest wife around him, hoping that she can share his nightmares, but the man never thought that the person next to the pillow is his midnight dream! dream back in the most fearful dream eat, the original he long days is with the enemy *** pillow, breaking the "promise", the snow woman had to tearfully kill and he *** have children with the man, and sadly with the child back to the ice and snow. This ancient legend of the Snow Maiden was first recorded in the Japanese monster novel, the classical lore "Koizumi Yakumo's strange story", it fully describes the cold and unforgiving nature of the monster and through this story of betrayal to reflect the marriage between men and women are also close to each other, as well as belonging to the women's delicate and sensible but also dare to love and hate the flavor of the face, although this ancient legend is both sad and cold.

6, Sakutani children

A handsome young man with the appearance of a demon, specializing in seducing virgins, their breasts cut off for food, in some places there is also said to be the appearance of change, is a real virgin killer. The story of Sakuton Tōko is told in the novels such as Gokachako that he was a young monk from Echigo, but because of his handsome appearance, he was envied, and due to his many evil thoughts, he was transformed into an oni (demon). In addition, there is also the story of "the son of Ibusan Myojin (actually Yama) and Himekun of the nearby Hara clan. According to the former legend, Sakuton Boy was later expelled from the temple by a high priest who recognized his evil thoughts, thus ending his childhood. There is also a story that Sakutani, also known as Sakutenko, was the king of the hundred ghosts who was killed by the Shogun Minamoto Yorimitsu, whose sword was named Yasuzuna Toshikiri, and because of this strange origin, Toshikiri, along with the famous sword Daidenta, are also known as the "Five Swords of the World".

The Sakuton Toki lived in the 990s during the Heian period, and was a famous demon that rocked Kyoto. Legend has it that the Sakutani Kid, who lived on Mount Oe in the country of Tamba, entangled a gang of evil spirits who did nothing but evil, building cast-iron palaces, sneaking into the homes of the rich and powerful at night to steal their treasures, and taking women and children as food for their mouths. Such things shocked even Emperor Ichijo, however, something even more terrible happened when Ikeda Nakanayan's daughter disappeared. The result of a divination by a yin and yang master was precisely that she had been captured by the ghosts of Oe-san.

7, Kappa

In the Inagawa Shrine near all have a small lake, the name of the rescue body lake, the lake often appear Kappa, because the Kappa in Japan is a household name, so there are a lot of sayings, the more common is: the bird head with a human body with a tortoise shell, the top of the head there is a bowl-shaped concave mirror, inside the bowl is full of water, such as its life, water is not then die, hands connected to stretch, can fly to the sky with the power of the fart. In the "one hundred ghosts night", "one hundred things", "ten thousand ghosts book", "monster story" ...... often seen in folklore books are recorded.

8. Dosei Temple Bell

A temple bell transforms into a demon that specializes in turning people into monks and that forgets their previous deeds. I don't know how true it is.

Legend: In ancient times, there was a Qing Ji, fell in love with the monk An Zhen who went to Xiong Ye to worship the Bodhisattva; An Zhen as a monk, resolutely left Qing Ji, for the sake of her beloved, Qing Ji chased An Zhen for thousands of miles, all the way to eat a lot of pain, and finally chased to the An Zhen when it was already not like a man, a ghost is not like a ghost, An Zhen was so scared that he pulled his leg to run away, Qing Ji all the way, An Zhen ahead of the other side of the river, Qing Ji chased! Come when there is no boat, she still jumped into the river, the results into a big snake continue to chase the shore, Anzhen run ah run ah run to the "Tao Cheng Temple" in the results of the snake also chased, the temple monks are unable to deal with the snake, Anzhen collection in the bell, the Qing Ji chased in a few times after he knew where he was hiding it, hula a moment! The clock was wrapped, but the clock is strong, in the end, Qing Ji is probably hopeless, but do not want to give up, so they spontaneously combusted, together with their own clock, the clock in the monk are burned into black charcoal. If you can't live with your beloved, then die with them. According to the original exclamation, this Qing Ji was how a poignant, helpless and angry mood

9, red leaves hunting

Anciently, people in the wild mountains in the fall to view the red leaves called "red leaves hunting", that is up to the court of the narrow common people are valued activities. Japanese people prefer "maple leaves redder than February flowers" sense of vitality, and viewing the red leaves often can only look out, can not quietly gaze at the red leaves, and legend has it that the color of the red leaves, is the maple ghosts of the blood stained red. The anniversary of the Maple Ghost is the day after the Red Leaf Festival. Legend - this is known as the "Touhou oni girl" Ms. Red Leaf, compared to the Sakuton Boy can be said to be "magnificent". As a child, her real name was Kureha, and she was born in the Sixth Heaven, the Moryakuten (or Jiraiya Heaven). She was taken care of with great care and grew up to be a beautiful woman, but unfortunately, the term "serpentine beauty" was also used. A few years later, Wu Ye married into the family of a nearby nobleman, but the bride was actually an alter ego of a demoness. Later, she changes her name and becomes the concubine of Minamoto Kageki (Yorimitsu's grandfather). Soon after, Kageki's wife falls seriously ill and ghosts appear in the house. The son of Keiji realizes that she is plotting against him and sends her to Togane. However, after arriving at Togyo, Koba gathered a group of former nobles (mostly descendants of the remnants of the Heisho clan) who were dissatisfied with the imperial court, and they wore ghostly masks, rampaging through the countryside, killing and looting. When the news reached the capital, the Emperor immediately ordered Taira Weimao to go on a crusade. What happened after that, of course, ended with the phrase "the power of justice cannot be ignored": although Red Leaf resisted with the power of the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, Uimo, who wielded a demonic sword, didn't give a damn - and Red Leaf, who wanted to pacify the whole world, was forced to hide in the Sixth Paths for a while.

10, otter

The otter is also known as the otter civet, and there are many stories of otters transforming into people to repay their kindnesses. The otter was originally a kind of animal, and in fact, its true nature is a raccoon, so why did it become a demon that was passed down by word of mouth to its forefathers? It is likely that the otter was hungry and took advantage of the night (because it is a nocturnal animal) to go to the nearby inhabited villages or farmland in the dark to look for food to eat. Sometimes people find that crops have been eaten by unknown people, and grains that were originally placed in warehouses have somehow disappeared, thinking that there is an instigating Chichibu cloud s that cannot be found. There are also rumors that at night will see like a child like a demon into the house to make strange noises, scared to close the door tightly, these are later suspected to be the beaver this guy ghost!