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Top Ten Japanese Legendary Demons

The top ten demons in Japanese legend: the Yamanano Orochi, Sakutani Kid, Pieces, Zashiki Kid, Tengu, Needle Woman, Crazy Bone, Tamamochi, Kawaguchi, and Niguchi Woman.

1, Yamanashi Orochi

Orochi Orochi appeared on the river can be stirred up flooding, the power is very horrible, once swallowed the seven daughters of the God of the mountain, the people of Japan are very fearful of, and ultimately, Yamanashi Orochi was killed by the man of Suzaku.

2, Sakutani child

Sakutani child is the Japanese myth of the strange and vicious demon, belongs to the Japanese legend of one of the three demon king. As the king of the demons of Oyasama, Sakuton Tongzi is a vicious demon that does no harm.

3. Piece

Piece is a very magical demon in Japanese weird talk mythology, and people's rumors about him are more like the beasts in our country's Shanhaijing.

4, Zashiki children

To get back to the story, in Japanese legend, Zashiki children are a kind of demon that will bring happiness to the family, where Zashiki goes, all the misfortunes will be removed.

5. Tengu

Legend has it that his body is no different from a human's, except that he has a pair of wings, a reddish face, and a nose as long as a lying Pinocchio. Although the Tengu is also recorded in China's Yamahai Sutra, the two are completely different. The Japanese Tengu can only fly freely in the sky with its wings, while the Tengu in China's Yamahai Sutra is a divine beast that can swallow the sun and the moon alive.

6, the needle woman

The needle woman is the Japanese strange legend is quite scary demon, she was targeted by her people can live, but are in pain.

7, crazy bone

Crazy bone is the Japanese legend "hundred ghosts in the night" in the ghosts, legend has it that his body is a skeleton, the head of the sticky fur, the body also has some human skin in the hanging, is the image of serious ghosts and monsters.

8, jade algae before

The legend is that this jade algae before the nine-tailed fox with a white face and golden hair changed into the world's most beautiful woman, because she is not only the beauty of the country, but also learned a lot of knowledge of chess, calligraphy and painting are proficient, is a cultured monsters, so her human form at that time was also known as the "Japan's first talented woman".

9, the river child

The river child has a monkey's body, which is more similar to humans, his walking posture is also consistent with humans, but his limbs and look like a frog, and all green, the mouth has a bird's beak, the back will carry a turtle's shell, the top of the head of the dish filled with water.

10, two mouth female

Her image is very scary, two mouth female usually look and ordinary people no two, but in the top of her head but the growth of the second mouth, and this mouth is very huge, there are sharks in the mouth of the sharp teeth, chewing on human bones like eating ribs, crunch, a few mouths can swallow people down.