Look up rokurokubi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like...
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Rokurokubi (ろくろ首) is a tale from Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan. It features a monster by the same name (actually a classification error took place; in reality...
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Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare (section Rokurokubi)
one-legged Kasa-obake, the frightening Futakuchi-onna, the long-necked Rokurokubi, the clay monster Nuppeppō and the wise Abura-sumashi. The yōkai do not...
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and folklore, futakuchi-onna belongs to the same class of stories as rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and yama-uba, women afflicted with a curse or supernatural...
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death of a loved one. Flying Head Manananggal Soucouyant Tlahuelpuchi Rokurokubi Constantino Contreras 2000 (in Spanish). Unidad temática y variedad textual:...
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long-necked rokurokubi depicted in play images in the Edo period are certainly not strange. There are those who think that they are related to the rokurokubi, and...
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folklore) – Reanimated dead Roc (Arabian and Persian) – Gigantic bird Rokurokubi (Japanese) – Long-necked, humanoid trickster Rompo (Africa and India)...
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part-human form. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism mythology. Nukekubi – Rokurokubi whose heads come off and float about. Nuno – Dwarf-like creature in Philippine...
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Dhampir Preta Golden Hind Kappa Kekkai Lamia Manananggal Mandurugo Redcap Rokurokubi Sigbin Vampire Werewolf Yuki-onna Bloody Bones Gashadokuro Grim Reaper...
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"Ubazakura" "Diplomacy" "Of a Mirror and a Bell" "Jikininki" "Mujina" "Rokurokubi" (description of folktale) "A Dead Secret" "Yuki-Onna" "The Story of Aoyagi"...
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she washes her hair and reacts violently to those who bother her. The rokurokubi is a close relative to the nure-onna. 多田克己 (2000). 京極夏彦・多田克己編 (ed.). 妖怪図巻...
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the tales of kasa-obake (an umbrella tsukumogami), and a long-necked rokurokubi. However, the landowner omits the purification ceremony at the end to...
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Mapuche creature that also detaches its head Krasue Langsuyar Leyak Polong Rokurokubi and Nukekubi, Japanese yokai which take the form of a woman with either...
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who try to steal the sword from him, including the kappa, a trio of rokurokubi, a group of nukekubi, a Jorōgumo, Gashadokuro, tengu, Yomotsu-shikome...
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Kuchisake-onna Mononoke Mujina Noppera-bō Nure-onna Obake Ochimusha Onryō Raijū Rokurokubi Shikigami Shinigami Shirime Shiryō Tsukumogami Ubume Umibōzu Yōkai Yōsei...
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Teacher The Uchōten Hotel (2006), Sakura Cherry GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007), Rokurokubi Still Walking (2008), Chinami Kataoka Boys on the Run (2010), Shiho Friends:...
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Azuki-pupiled Katō. Sunekosuri Kirin Bakeneko Noppera-bō Chōchin-obake Rokurokubi Mokumokuren Futakuchi-onna Tsurubebi Karakasa Nurikabe Yuki-onna Sentakugitsune...
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Singapore. Japanese folklore also has yokai creatures called nukekubi and rokurokubi that are quite similar to their Southeast Asian counterparts. According...
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head detaches from its body, often confused with the much more peaceful rokurokubi, whose neck merely extends indefinitely. Nunakawahime A kami who helps...
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fish. Sekibanki (赤蛮奇) Species: Rokurokubi Ability: Detaching her head Residence: Human Village Stage 2 Boss. A Rokurokubi who can detach her head from the...
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Kitamura as Tsuna Watanabe Nanako Matsushima as Reika Watanabe Myra Arai as Rokurokubi Yokaiju Daimajin Fox-Faced Woman Inugami Gyōbu Nurarihyon Ubume Shōjō...
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likes video games. He refuses to battle at the beginning, but when he saw Rokurokubi steal children, he changes his mind. He is driven by his desire for food...
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there also have been slain by her. List of legendary creatures from Japan Rokurokubi Slender Man 村上健司編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0...
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that his stroll with the "Old Coyote" caused the Anothers, including rokurokubi, kappa, tanuki and okurijochin, to panic and hide. 9 "The Dream Demon...
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Raigō became a plague of rats, and went into the world. Kurozuka (ja:黒塚) Rokurokubi (ja:ろくろ首) Sakabashira (ja:逆柱) Makuragaeshi (ja:枕返し) Yuki-onna (ja:雪女)...
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named Tomoko, a kyūso, a noppera-bō, a nue, a nure-onna, various oni, a rokurokubi, Seto taishō, a Sunamura no oryō, two human-sized gashadokuro, various...
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his seventh birthday. 132 "The Extending Head (1)" Transliteration: "Rokurokubi" (Japanese: ろくろ首) October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19) "Strong Tarō (2)" Transliteration:...
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The third child and the second daughter of the Yureimoto clan. She is a rokurokubi. Rin: The fifth child and fourth daughter of the Yureimoto clan. She is...
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notes that while Okiku is a spirit, in Hokusai's print she "resembles a rokurokubi or nure-onna. An intelligent decision on his part as these yokai are much...
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Appleseed (2004) - Deunan (motion capture) The Great Yokai War (2005) - Rokurokubi "Asumi Miwa" (in Japanese). Breath Talent Agency. Archived from the original...
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