Yūrei-Danuki

Yūrei-Danuki (幽霊狸 Yūrei-Danuki, lit. Spirit Tanuki) is a tanuki.
==Appearance==
==Personality==
==History==
===The Tale of Mount Osore===
==Powers and Abilities==
==Legend==
Yūrei-Danuki was a tanuki from the Awa Province who lived in a hackberry tree near a cemetery.
In the village of Inojiri, a bold man named Hyōhachi wanted to find the Yūrei-Danuki's true identity, so he climbed onto a large hackberry tree and waited for the night for Yūrei-Danuki to appear. By midnight, he was alerted by his neighbor that his mother had fallen ill and that he should return home immediately, while surprised, Hyōhachi resisted the urge to return. His neighbor left, but after a while, he returned to inform Hyōhachi that his mother had passed on, but Hyōhachi still refused to leave.
Soon, Hyōhachi saw the light of multiple lanterns surrounding his house, discouraging him for a bit and leaving him to wonder if his mother had really died, but he was still determined to stay. Eventually, a funeral procession reached the cemetery and buried the coffin in a hole before leaving. Hyōhachi began to feel worried about whether his mother really was dead, so he looked into where the coffin was buried. Suddenly, the ghost of his mother appeared out of the ground and stated that she would kill Hyōhachi and jumped at him. 
Desperate, Hyōhachi struck her down with his axe, as the ghost fell to the ground screaming before disappearing. By dawn, the corpse of Yūrei-Danuki was found, and everything that happened that night was all his doing, as the villagers praised Hyōhachi for his boldness.
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