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Dragon Studios' Avalon

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Dragon Studios' Avalon is a series based on the origin of the two Wings of Fire characters, Ava and Lon. The series shows the two sisters fight alongside each other, while facing their haunting past when they were young. Along the way, they must confront the danger ahead of them, and survive, together. The series contain two season with nine episodes each. Each episode span approximately 40-60 minutes.
Inferno

### Cause of Death

Killed by the radiation from the The World CoreNot dead (in Fire & Night: The Cycle of Life)

## Affiliations

### Current

DeceasedWarrior (in Fire & Night: The Cycle of Life)

## Appearance

### First Appearance

Dragon Studios' Wings of Fire: Moon Rising

### Last Appearance

Dragon Studios' Wings of Fire: The World CoreN/A (in Realm 364)

*"I’ve completely lost myself to anger and hatred. I thought I could change, start a new life where I wouldn’t be traumatized by it, but… I couldn’t. It would always come back."*

- Inferno to Sandstorm, *Inferno*

## About

Inferno was an adult male FlameWing who was introduced in *Moon Rising*. Before being killed by the World Core to save the world from Storm, Inferno was an assassin with the only goal to kill the NightWings, until he becomes one of the Winglets founder.

## Abilities

Inferno had the abilities to breathe fire, open portals anywhere in the world, create fireballs with his talons, invulnerable to fire or heat (but not too extreme), Infinite magic, and FlameWings magic.
Dragon Studios' Ascenders II

### Summary

When a new dragon crashed onto his home from another realm, followed by a threat with a goal to seize her powers, Origin must protect the new dragon he just met from a danger who would utilize her power to crash realms together.

Dragon Studios' Ascenders II is the 74th film in the Atlas Cinematic Universe and is the 9th film in Arc 11. The film starred the Origin as the protagonists.
Dragon Studios' Moonwatcher: The Circle of Darkness

### Summary

Moon, a former Winglets, is only one of the few remaining Winglets left. When a dangerous threat from space arrives and threaten her existence, Moon must do everything she can to stop the threat from taking everything she cherished.

### Summary

In this two-part story, explore Moon's journey as she fights and protects the world from a new danger. The destruction of all worlds is coming, and Moon must race against the clock to save the realm she loves.

Dragon Studios' Moonwatcher: The Circle of Darkness is the 80th film in the Atlas Cinematic Universe and is the 5th film in Arc 12. The film starred Moon as the protagonists. The film is also a two-part prequel to Dragon Studios' Moonwatcher: The Lunar Quest.
Dragon Studios' Destiny and the Soul of Eternal

### Summary

A young StellarWing from a peaceful town must learn her new power to understand who she truly is. As she was lost in a realm unheard of, she must discover the new realm and fight against the threat that would come.

Dragon Studios' Destiny and the Soul of Eternal is the 86th film in the Atlas Cinematic Universe and is the 11th film in Arc 12. The film starred Destiny as the protagonist.
Scorch

*"After accepting the fact that my parents died, I went back to Inferno's house, only to see nobody was there. Both of them were gone. So I just assume that he was also killed by the NightWings. And so I hide for the entire night, praying and crying for the NightWings to leave the village. They eventually did, and I... I spent the next half year starving, living in a pile of rubble. No food, resources. I was in a state of about to die."*

- Scorch to Sandstorm, *Inferno*

## About

Scorch is an adult female FlameWing who was introduced in *Inferno*. Before joining the Second Winglets, Scorch was a member of an underground movement with the only goal in mind is to kill Sorrowful. She later join Inferno on his journey with Sandstorm to uncover their tragic past.

## Abilities

Scorch have the abilities to breath fire, maneuver through tight obstacles, and using a kunai chain
Dragon Studios' Sequoia and the Tree War

### Summary

Ten years after the beginning of the Tree War, Sequoia was crowned queen of the LeafWings. Now, with the entire tribe in her talons, she must lead a small team of LeafWings to invade the hives and retrieve the information they need to defeat Queen Wasp once and for all.

Dragon Studios' Sequoia and the Tree War is the 54th film in the Atlas Cinematic Universe and is the 1st film in Arc 10. The film starred Sequoia as the protagonist.
Dragon Studios' Wings of Fire: Quartet

Dragon Studios' Wings of Fire Quartet is a series based on the Wings of Fire characters. The series show the history of Pyrrhia and the dragons that came before the formation of the Dragonets of Destiny, and the Winglets. The series contain one season with four episodes. Each episode span between approximately 80-100 minutes.

## Wings of Fire Quartet

### Season 1

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Turtle

*"Crystal, I don’t think you know this, but animus magic was stripped away from every dragon five years ago. Jerboa III shatters all animus magic, including her own."*

- Turtle to Crystal, *Seadrifters*

## About

Turtle is an adult male SeaWing who was introduced in *Moon Rising*. Before joining the Winglets, Turtle was a SeaWings prince and an heir to Queen Coral.

## Abilities

Turtle have the abilities to control the movements of water, changing the glow of his scale, breathe underwater, and animus magic.
Yuzuki Fujinomiya

**Yuzuki Fujinomiya** (富士宮 柚鬼, *Fujinomiya Yuzuki*?) is a major character in the *Seventh Garden* main canon. She is the Imperial Crown Princess of Japan and carries among the most prestigious bloodlines in all the world. She is a Paladin-class mage of Royal Akasha Academy and is the institution's Student Council President.

## Profile

### Background

Yuzuki Fujinomiya is the only daughter of Emperor Fumihito and his consort, Empress Kouseki. She is the sole heiress to one of the most prestigious magic bloodlines in the entire world and is of such beauty, even as a child, that her hand in marriage is very heavily sought after.
Dragon Studios' Blizzard

### Summary

With the possession of the Strength Fragment, Blizzard's life is now in danger. Dragons from around the world starts targeting him for the Strength Fragment to hopefully redo what Storm did. It's up to Blizzard to protect the world from imminent danger, along with the help of Winter.

Dragon Studios' Blizzard is the 45th film in the Atlas Cinematic Universe and is the 5th film in Arc 8. The film starred Blizzard as the protagonists.
Kinkajou

*"We realize that Wasp have the ability to mind-control other tribes, so this will be our fight, too. If we don’t stop her, she’ll take over this continent and eventually ours."*

- Kinkajou to a female SilkWing, *The Continental War*

## About

Kinkajou is an adult female RainWing who was introduced in *The Hidden Kingdom*. Before joining the Second Winglets, Kinkajou was a captive of the NightWings, but was later rescued and become an assistant/supervisor for Queen Glory.

## Abilities

Kinkajou have the abilities to spit deadly venom out of her talons, change her scale color to hide herself, and ultra-sense.
Amikiri

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## Appearance

**Amikiri** ( or 網剪) is a Japanese yōkai depicted in the *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō* by Toriyama Sekien.

## Concept

It is depicted as a cross between a serpent, bird or a lobster. It has claws similar to that of a crab or a scorpion, but since there is no explanatory text within the book, it is not certain what kind of yōkai it is. Many yōkai depicted in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō were done in reference to predecessor works like the Hyakkai Zukan, so it can be seen that perhaps it is based on the one that is closest to it in those predecessor works, the kamikiri. It uses its claws to cut fisherman and mosquito nests, which it has a bad habit of, and this behaviour leads to people regarding it as a pest.

In various writings from the Shōwa period, Heisei period, and beyond, the amikiri is explained to be a yōkai that cuts meshes and mosquito nets.

According to the yōkai researcher Katsumi Tada, "ami" (meaning nets) can lead one to think about "ami" (meaning mysidacea) due to being homophones, interpreting it as an invention that Sekien created as a result of playing around with words. However, mysidacea do not possess claws on their front limbs, so there are some voices questioning the idea that mysidacea was ever thought about in the drawing.

## Legend

In a book titled *Tōhoku Kaidan no Tabi* by author Norio Yamada, there is a story taking place in the Shōnai region, Yamagata Prefecture about how there was a fishing village where an amikiri repeatedly cut the fishing nets into pieces, and when one person prevented this by taking the net back home quickly and then hiding it, that person found the mosquito nets hung in the rooms all cut by the amikiri, leading to mosquito bites all over this person's body. The yōkai researcher Kenji Murakami was unable to confirm the existence of a legend about a yōkai called "amikiri" from any other source in Yamagata Prefecture, making it likely that this "legend of the amikiri" was simply Yamada's invention.

## Buddhism

Among the twelve signs of the zodiac depicted in the Star Mandala (星曼荼羅), Scorpio is often depicted as a shrimp-like creature. This is reminiscent of the relationship between scorpions and mysidacea in pictorial renditions of the amikiri.
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Dragon Studios' Wings of Fire: Frostfire

### Summary

The Winglets are split into two groups of different viewpoints, but a secret lies between them, a secret that can alter the future of the Winglets.

Dragon Studios' Wings of Fire: Frostfire is the 28th film in the Atlas Cinematic Universe and is the 4th film in Arc 5. The film starred Winter as the protagonist.

## Plot

Eight years-ago, a young IceWings named Blizzard was sent by Sorrowful and the NightWings to spy on the FlameWings. Moments after, the NightWings launch a full-scale attack on the FlameWings, killing every last one of them. In the present day, approximately a week after Inferno returned to Eternity, Winter, Blizzard, Kinkajou, and Qibli tried to stop Amethyst from stealing a radiation orb from a small village, which resulting in Amethyst escaping with the orb.

Returning to Eternity empty handed, unable to catch Amethyst. Moonwatcher (Moon) then warn the Winglets that Amethyst is a very powerful dragon, in which they shouldn't interfere. Inferno agreed with Moon, and told everyone that for now, they should just try their best to stay away from Amethyst and anything she do. Winter, however, disagreed and say that dragon with such power should not be left undealt. He then gather his team, which consist of himself, Blizzard, Kinkajou, Qibli, and Lapis to go to stop Amethyst from creating anymore havoc. Inferno shot a fireball at the exit, preventing them from escaping, he told them they cannot leave and that they should remain at Eternity.

Winter then create a plan, to try to escape Eternity with his team. Unwilling to wait for anymore villages and towns to be destroyed, Winter and his team flew away from Eternity. Inferno assemble a team of his own, including Moon, Turtle, Sundew, and the newest recruit, Sky, to intercept Winter and his team. They fight near the border of Eternity, where eventually Winter and Blizzard flew back to the mountain in Eternity. Inferno flew to the mountain, trying to tell Winter that it is dangerous to go fight Amethyst. Amethyst then appear out of a corner of the cave. She reveal how Blizzard was part of the dragons who murder the FlameWings. Enraged, Inferno turns on Blizzard and Winter, which eventually lead to another fight, in which Inferno scratch Blizzard's eyes and Winter destroying Inferno's FlameWings Gem. The destruction of the gem ultimately lead to Inferno unable to control his powers. Winter depart with Blizzard and his group to fight Amethyst, who escaped after revealing the massacre. Winter went on with his group, together, they create a new group known as Runaways.

In the mid-credit scene, Inferno dreamt of his friends being murder, and he woke up in horror. Knowing that he can't protect anyone anymore, Inferno leave Eternity to go back to Flame Island where he plan his way to get the FlameWings Gem fix. In the post-credit scene, an anonymous dragon from the tribe name ShardWings came to Eternity.
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Harionago

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## Appearance

**Harionago** (Japanese: 針女子), also known as **Harionna** (Japanese: 針女), is a *"frightening female ghoul* in Japanese mythology. Her name literally meaning *"Barbed woman* the Harionago is said to be a *"beautiful woman with extremely long hair tipped with thorn-like barbs,*Her hair is under her *"direct control, and she uses it to ensnare men.* She is said to wander the roads of the Japanese prefecture of Ehime on the island of Shikoku. When she finds a *"young man, she will smile at him, and if the young man dares to smile back, Harionago will drop her terrible, barbed hair and attack.*

## Abilities

* She can use her hair to attack people.
* When she smiles her smile becomes more creepy
Mu-onna

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A Mu-onna is a vengeful spirit of a mother who lost her child to famine or war. She protects children in danger, but may also try to merge or absorb them. They can look into the child's soul to find information while merging with them. To gather the information, or to merge with them, the Mu-onna must cast a spell to put the child's soul to sleep. Since the Mu-onna is made from a mother's tender feelings, she may be willing to allow herself to be destroyed for the sake of the child.

## In popular culture

* Mu-onna appears in the anime Inuyasha as she tries to absorb the main character, but she wasn't depicted in Toriyama Sekien's works, like most of the yôkai. However, no-faced people appear many times throughout Japanese legends.

## Trivia

* Mu-onna is a reference to the pale woman in scary stories in the dark
* However when she puts kids to sleep she merges children's soul with hers
Okubi

In Japanese folklore, **Ōkubi** (大首) are giant heads of either men or women. An Ōkubi appearing in the sky is a sign of impending disaster, which may be a typhoon, earthquake, tsunami, or fire. These disasters are often attributed to the Ōkubi. Ōkubi are otherwise harmless and will disappear soon after the first sighting. They are thought to be sky spirits who protect the sky's or people who died during a natural disaster. They are said to protect people from the natural disasters and protect the sky from demonic sky spirits. It is said if one does not pay respect for the Ōkubi, they will be turned into sky spirits and their face will appear in the sky immediately. Those who do pay respect are said to get good fortune and gifts.

Appearance: Usually it is just their face as a woman's or man's face.

Stories: There are stories from certain provinces and prefectures. Sometimes these stories are passed down from elders to children. There is a certain Story from Iwake prefecture about a face of Ōkubi appearing in the sky when a tsunami was going to hit a small town. "It was stormy day in a small Japanese town". A tsunami was about hit while everybody had to stay in. But before then, A face of a beautiful woman appeared. One man shouted "It's An Ōkubi!. That meant the tsunami was about hit. It washed everything away and knocked over trees but nobody was hurt. Everyone paid respects to the Ōkubi for protecting them.

There is another story about a man who married an Ōkubi. On a misty, windy, blistering day, a man working in the mountains encountered a beautiful woman that approached him and said "Can I come and stay in your place"? The man accepted the woman's pleasing words. Later they got married and had a child. But one-day the woman said "I must return to the skies now".
Kage-onna

## Appearance

Kage onna are the shadows of women projected onto windows and doors when there is no one around to cast them. They usually take the form of young ladies, though occasionally they appear as old crones with bells hanging from their necks. They appear late at night, when the moon is bright. The paper sliding doors and windows of traditional Japanese homes are particularly good at catching kage onna shadows in the moonlight.

## Behavior

Kage onna make no sound, nor do they interact with the house or its inhabitants. Other than projecting an eerie atmosphere, they are not known to cause any harm. In any case, the image of a person who should not be there is enough to startle the bravest person. If the door or window is opened to see who or what created the shadow, there will be nothing waiting in the dark. However, tradition says that a house where a kage onna is seen is likely haunted—or will soon be haunted—by other yōkai as well.

## Origin

The moonlight frequently plays tricks on the eyes, causing people to see things in the darkness that aren’t really there. The bright moon casts eerie shadows on the ground and walls that don’t seem like they should fit. Most of the time, this can be attributed to an overactive mind piecing together ghost stories and wandering thoughts, or constructing some horrible figment of the imagination. Sometimes, however, a shadow is more than a shadow; sometimes it is a kage onna.
Todaiki

## Appearance

A tōdaiki is a magical lamp created using black magic and a living human being.

## Origin

Stories about people visiting strange lands and being transformed, or disappearing into another world and never returning are not uncommon in Japanese folklore. Fanciful stories like these might have originated in true but unsolved disappearances of loved ones.

## Legends

The most famous tōdaiki story involves a real historical figure. Hitsu no Saishō was the nickname of Fujiwara no Arikuni, a Heian period noble who lived from 943-1011 CE.

Long ago, during a period of great movement of culture and ideas between China and Japan, a government minister named Karu no Daijin was sent on a diplomatic mission to Tang China. He never returned, and his family in Japan, including his young son, Hitsu no Saishō, were left not knowing even knowing whether he was alive or dead.

Many years later, when Hitsu no Saishō was an adult, he traveled to China to search for news of his missing father’s whereabouts. He traveled far and wide, and in a particular location he came across something he had never seen before: a a candlestick fashioned out of a living human being! The man had been installed like a piece of furniture onto a fancy platform, and a large candle had been affixed to his head. Every inch of his body was covered in strange tattoos. And by some combination of strange drugs and sorcery, the man’s throat had been blocked up and ability to speak had been removed.

As Hitsu no Saishō looked in amazement at the strange creation, the tōdaiki began to shed tears. Unable to speak, the man bit hard into his finger tip until it began to bleed. Then, using his finger, he wrote out a poem in his blood:

*Long ago I came to China from Japan. I have the same family name as you.*

*The bond between father and son transcends even the seas and mountains that have separated us.*

*For years I have cried in this horrible place. Every day I think of my parents.*

*I have been transformed into this candlestick in this faraway land. I just want to go home.*

Upon reading this, Hitsu no Saishō realized in horror that the tōdaiki was his own father whom he had come to China looking for!
Biwa-bokuboku

## Appearance

The **Biwa-bokuboku** (Japanese: 琵琶牧々; meaning "Biwa goblin") is a fictitious being from Japanese folklore. It belongs to a group of yokai and is said to have an ambivalent character.

## Description

The Biwa-bokuboku is described as an anthropomorphic being with the head of a traditional biwa. He is also said to wear precious kimono. The Biwa-bokuboku comes to life at night and sits calmly in a tatami room, singing and plinking while lamenting the neglect of his former owner. Other stories report of Biwa-bokuboku dancing through inhabited houses while making much noise.

## Background

The Biwa-bokuboku was modeled after the *biwa* (琵琶), a short-necked, wooden lute. Toriyama Sekien reports in his work *Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro* (百器徒然袋) that the biwa was designed after Chinese instruments such as the *bokuma* and the *genjō*.

The Biwa-bokuboku belongs to a special group of yōkai: the *Tsukumogami* (Japanese: 付喪神, lit. 'artifact ghosts'). This special group is believed to comprise nearly all kinds of man-made household artifacts, such as kitchenware, tools and every-day accessories, when 100 years have passed and the artifact was as good as if it had never been used. The Biwa-bokuboku will come to life when feeling ignored or useless. As revenge (and out of frustration), they wander through the rooms of inhabited houses at night and lament loudly over their neglect. Alternatively, they meet with other Tsukumogami and throw noisy parties or they leave home and stroll around in search of others with whom to commiserate.
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## **Ashen Wake Aster Lonkhe**

The **Ashen Wake Aster Lonkhe** is the mythical spear of Achilles, also known as the **Ash Spear** and **Hero Killer**, and the Mythical Armament of Shizuku Uranami. It has three abilities as a Mythical Armament from the Age of Gods.

## Abilities

**Gradual Velocity & Power Change**: The Aster Lonkhe has the ability to gradually increase it's own velocity and force the farther it travels after being thrown. This is further augmented by the spear's ability to also exceed the strength of it's own wielder when wielded.

**Overloaded Weight**: The spear has a strange physical ability that causes it to deal much more damage than what it's user may intend to. This is caused by it's mysterious weight causing to weigh lighter for the wielder, but in reality weighing enough to have itself give off a bigger impact.

**Hero Killer**: Fitting of the name and legend, the Aster Lonkhe is much more effective against those classified as Heroes and are instilled with the essence as such. It primarily causes heavily increased damage to Hero Candidates and Heroes themselves, but will also deal somewhat increased damage against those who simply want to be "Heroes" in general and have a strong spirit and willpower to do so.
Gazu Hyakki Yagyō

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***Gazu Hyakki Yagyō*** (画図百鬼夜行, "*The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons*" or *The Illustrated Demon Horde's Night Parade*) is the first book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō* e-hon tetralogy, published in 1776. A version of the tetralogy translated and annotated in English was published in 2016. Although the title translates to "The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons", it is based on an idiom, *hyakki yagyō,* that is akin to pandemonium in English and implies an uncountable horde. The book is followed by *Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki*, *Konjaku Hyakki Shūi*, and *Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro*.

The book is a supernatural bestiary, a collection of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters from literature, folklore, and other artwork. The art of *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō* heavily references a 1737 scroll-painting called the *Hyakkai Zukan* by artist Sawaki Sūshi; Sekien's innovation was preparing the illustrations as woodblock prints that could be mass-produced in a bound book format. Intended as a parody of then-popular reference books such as the *Wakan Sansai Zue*, it ended up becoming a reference book in its own right, profoundly influencing subsequent *yōkai* imagery in Japan. The book proved popular enough to be reprinted three times over the course of the Edo era by various book-sellers. The book is compiled in three sub-volumes: *Yin*, *Yang*, and *Wind*. *Yin* features a foreword by poet Maki Tōei, while Wind ends with an afterword by Sekien.

## First volume Yin - 陰

KodamaTenguYamabikoKamaitachiKawausoKitsunebiAkanameInugamiYamaubaYamawaroNekomataTanukiAmikiriKappa
## Second volume Yang - 陰

JorogumoNure-OnnaYuki-OnnaTenomeIkiryoItachi
NNN Special Broadcast

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NNN Special Broadcast (sometimes pronounced as NNN Rinji hōsō, NNN臨時放送 or Nippon News Network Special Broadcast) is a Japanese urban legend concerning a subject of late-night television broadcast. The story goes that late one night, a man went to turn on his television, only to find nothing but static. Suddenly, coloured bars appeared on screen. Followed by an image of some factory, and a scrolling list of names. This went on for several minutes, before ending with text, saying something along the lines of "This is towards the future" or "These are tomorrow's victims." The broadcast would suddenly end, and static resumed. This was likely the result of a broadcast signal intrusion, which was either a disturbing joke or deathly serious and sinister.

## YouTube video

On August 2nd, 2007, a video by the name of NNN臨時放送 was uploaded by DarkYKnighT, referencing everything that was included in the legend. It is also well known for briefly including Jeff the Killer, a popular and famous creepypasta on the internet. It did reignite the search for the original Jeff the Killer image. The video accurately follows the first part, and even throws in some spooky imagery and sounds. But it's merely a fan-made recreation and obviously inspired by the legend. In the end, there is even text saying so, and that all the names are fictional but yeah. To this day, the video has claimed over 2.2 million views.
Itachi

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## Japanese superstitions

In Japan, weasels (鼬、鼬鼠, *itachi*) were seen as *yōkai* (causing strange occurrences). According to the encyclopedia *Wakan Sansai Zue* from the Edo

## Itachi

### Aliases

* Weasel
* Ten

## Appearances

### Debut

Yokai

period, a pack of weasels would cause conflagrations, and the cry of a weasel was considered a harbinger of misfortune. In the Niigata Prefecture, the sound of a pack of weasels making a rustle resembled six people hulling rice, so was called the "weasel's six-person mortar", and it was an omen for one's home to decline or flourish. It is said that when people chase after this sound, the sound stops.

They are also said to shapeshift like the fox (*kitsune*) or *tanuki*, and the *nyūdō-bōzu* told about in legends in the Tōhoku region and the Chūbu region are considered weasels in disguise, and they are also said to shapeshift into *ōnyūdō* and little monks.

In the collection of depictions, the *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō* by Sekien Toriyama, they were depicted under the title 鼬, but they were read not as "*itachi*", but rather as "*ten*", and "ten" were considered to be weasels that have reached one hundred years of age and became yōkai that possessed supernatural powers. Another theory is that when weasels reach several hundred years of age, they become *mujina* (Japanese badgers).

In Japanese weasels are called *iizuna* or *izuna* (飯綱) and in the Tōhoku Region and Shinshu, it was believed that there were families that were able to use a certain practice to freely use *kudagitsune* as *iizuna-tsukai* or *kitsune-mochi*. It is said that Mount Iizuna, from the Nagano Prefecture, got its name due to how the gods gave people mastery of this technique from there.

According to the folkloristician Mutō Tetsujō, "They are called *izuna* in the Senboku District, Akita Prefecture, and there are also the ichiko (itako) that use them." Also, in the Kitaakita District, they are called *mōsuke* (猛助), and they are feared as *yōkai* even more than foxes (*kitsune*).

In the Ainu language, ermines are called *upas-čironnup* or *sáčiri*, but since least weasels are also called *sáčiri*, Mashio Chiri surmised that the honorary title *poy-sáčiri-kamuy* (where *poy* means "small") refers to least weasels.

#### *Kamaitachi*

Main article: Kamaitachi

*Kamaitachi* is a phenomenon wherein one who is idle is suddenly injured as if his or her skin were cut by a scythe. In the past, this was thought to be "the deed of an invisible *yōkai* weasel". An alternate theory, asserts that *kamaitachi* is derived from *kamae Tachi* (構え太刀, "stance sword"), so were not originally related to weasels at all.
Itachi/Yokai Info

## Appearance

Like birds and spiders, many other animals develop into yōkai when they reach a certain age. Japanese weasels, known as itachi, are disconcerting animals. They bring ill omens, and people fear their particular brand of magic. Like most animals-turned-yōkai, they possess shape-shifting abilities in addition to a number of supernatural powers.

## Interactions

Itachi are tricksters and pranksters, but generally shy away from interaction with humans. As a result, they are mistrusted and disliked. Itachi calls are also considered to be ill omens. After the yelping cries of a group of itachi are heard, misfortune and despair always follows. Though itachi can transform, they prefer to use other kinds of magic—usually with unfortunate results for their targets. When an itachi is seen standing on its hind legs it is said to be bewitching a human—perhaps hypnotizing them into leaving out food or performing some other task for the weasel’s benefit. Itachi are dangerous in groups. They gather together at night, climb up onto each other’s shoulders, and create huge columns of fire which erupt into whirlwinds. These are frequently blamed for starting conflagrations which can burn down entire towns.

## Origin

In the old days, weasels were believed to transform into ten (martens) or mujina (badgers or tanuki, depending on the region) after reaching an old age. Additionally, the names ten and itachi were often used interchangeably. As a result, there is confusion over which animal is being referred to in many stories.

## Other Forms

Itachi are often considered to be the most skilled shape-changing animals, possessing more forms than any other shape-changer. An old phrase about animal yōkai goes, “Kitsune nanabake, tanuki hachibake, ten kubake”—foxes seven forms, tanuki eight forms, martens (i.e. itachi) nine forms. When an itachi changes its shape, it usually adopts the form of a young priest boy dressed in clothes that are too big for him. This form is used chiefly to acquire alcohol, which the weasels cannot brew. Itachi also frequently adopt the forms of other yōkai in order to scare humans. One of their favorites is the ōnyūdō: a colossal, bald-headed giant who terrorizes villages, destroys houses, devours livestock and even eats people.
Nukekubi

Nukekubi are a variant type of rokurokubi. They are similar in most respects, except that a nukekubi’s head detaches itself completely from its body rather than elongating like a rokurokubi’s neck. Because their heads detach, they can travel further distances than the rokurokubi.

## Behavior

Nukekubi possess a thirst for blood, and are more violent than rokurokubi. Their flying head sucks the blood of victims like a vampire. Nukekubi also brutally bite humans and animals to death.

## Origin

Like the rokurokubi, being a nukekubi is considered a curse. Edo period scientists believed that nukekubi suffered from an infliction similar to somnambulism; only instead of walking about at night the patient’s entire soul and head depart from the body. Uncured, this curse has the potential to tear a family apart, particularly due to its violent nature. Treatments for the curse of the rokurokubi and nukekubi have been long sought after—particularly because these women can often pass their curse on to their daughters who shows signs as they mature. Afflicted girls were sold off to live in brothels or human circuses, or forced to commit suicide in order to preserve their families’ honor.

## Legends

A famous account from Echizen Province (Fukui Prefecture) tells of a young woman afflicted with the curse of the nukekubi. Her head flew about the capital city at night, chasing young men through the streets all the way back to their houses. Locked out, the head would scratch and bite their doors and gates during the night and leave deep gashes in the wood. When the young girl eventually discovered her curse, she was so ashamed that she asked her husband for a divorce. She ritually cut off all of her hair in repentance and committed suicide. She believed it was better to die than to live the rest of her life as a monster.

## According

to lore from Hitachi, a man married to a nukekubi heard from a peddler that the liver of a white-haired dog could remove the curse. He had such a dog, and killed it and fed its liver to his wife. Sure enough she was cured of the affliction. However, her curse was still passed on to her daughter, whose flying head took to biting white dogs to death. Other accounts claim that by removing the sleeping body to a safe place during the night, the head will not be able return, and will eventually die—however this is not a cure that most families are willing to try.

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Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki

***Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki*** (今昔画図続百鬼, "The Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past") is the second book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's famous *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō* tetralogy, published c. 1779. A version of the tetralogy translated and annotated in English was published in 2016. These books are supernatural bestiaries, collections of ghosts, spirits, spooks, and monsters, many of which Toriyama based on literature, folklore, other artwork. These works have had a profound influence on subsequent *yōkai* imagery in Japan. *Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki* is preceded in the series by *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō*, and succeeded by *Konjaku Hyakki Shūi* and *Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro*.

## First Volume – 雨 (Rain)

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Ame-Onna

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**Ameonna** (, "rain woman") is a Japanese yōkai thought to call forth rain, illustrated in Toriyama Sekien's *Konjaku Hyakki Shūi* as a woman standing in the rain and licking her hand.

In modern usage in Japan, "ameonna" (or the male equivalent "ameotoko") refers to an unlucky person that seems to be jinxed to have the rain follow them wherever they may go, thus gaining a reputation for ruining special events such as weddings or sporting events.

## Origin

In the collection of yōkai pictures, the *Konjaku Hyakki Shūi* by Toriyama Sekien, there is a picture titled "ameonna," and the explanatory text says "in Fuzan (Wu Shan), China, the goddesses become a cloud in morning and rain in the evening. The ameonna is probably like one of these" (もろこし巫山の神女は 朝には雲となり 夕には雨となるとかや 雨女もかかる類のものなりや). This quotes from an episode in the *Gaotangfu* (高唐賦) by the Chu literati Song Yu, wherein King Huai of Chu had a dream about falling in love with a woman in Wu Shan who, before leaving, left the words "I will be clouds in the morning, and rain in the evening, so at morning and evening, let's meet down at the balcony," and 朝雲暮雨 (Chaoyunmuyu in Chinese, Chōunbō in Japanese), written as "morning cloud evening rain," is an old chengyu (Chinese proverb) referring to secret relations between a man and woman. There are no statements about any rain-related yōkai to be seen, so it's been suggested that the ameonna is simply a made-up creation by Sekien in order to satirize the Edo Period Yoshiwara Yūkaku.

There is also the idea put forth that women who lose their recently born children on a day of rain due to a kamikakushi (spiriting away) would become rain women (ameonna), so they would appear before crying children carrying a large sack.

Sometimes, they are considered a "bothersome yōkai that calls forth rain," but they are also sometimes considered a holy "rain god" as a "yōkai who saves people by calling forth rain" in times of continuing drought by making it rain.

In Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture, there is an eerie woman called "**yukionba**" (雨おんば) said to appear on rainy nights, and it has been supposed that they are a yōkai that kidnaps children, or a god that visits on rainy days who has fallen and turned into a yōkai, among other suggestions.
Akumu

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## Appearance

The **akuma** (悪魔) is a malevolent fire spirit in Japanese folklore. It is also described as a category of undefined beings who brought afflictions on humans.

Alternative names for the *akuma* is *ma* (ま). It is often translated to devil in English, or demon. *Akuma* is the name assigned to Satan in Japanese Christianity, and the Mara in Japanese Buddhism.

## Mythology

Akuma first appeared in Buddhist texts although it became more popular during the Heian period from 794 to 1186 AD. Later, mainstream usage associated the name with the Christian Satan. It is said that, due to the lack of monotheism, there was no opponent of God so akuma became the equivalent of Satan.

An *akuma* is typically depicted as an entity with a fiery head and eyes, and carrying a sword. The *akuma* is typically said to be able to fly, and to be a harbinger of ominous and terrible fortune and can bring misfortune to those who happen to see it.[*citation needed*]

Traditionally, the Japanese describes mental illness as a direct result of the presence of evil spirits, particularly by akuma.

## In popular culture

* Akuma is featured in the Japanese novels such as Kazai Zenzo's *Akuma* (1912); Akutagawa Ryunosuke's *The Devil's Tobacco* (1916); and, Tamura Taijiro's *The Demon of the Flesh* (1946).
* The Japanese translation of Diana Wynne Jones' *Howl's Moving Castle* was translated into Japanese in 1997 as *Mahotsukai Hauru to hi no akuma* (*The wizard Howl and the fire demon*).
* In the fighting game series *Street Fighter*, Akuma is the American name of a character named Gouki.
* In the television series *Miraculous*, an akuma is a creature resembling a moth that can grant powers to any civilian through negative emotions. No matter their initial intentions, the one granted these powers inevitably goes on a destructive rampage in pursuing whoever caused that emotion.
* In the manga D.Gray-man Akuma are machines created from the souls of deceased humans and are contained within the body of someone who grieves for them.
* Karateka based from Atari/Nintendo family system video game, the final boss is called Warlord Akuma who kidnapped Mariko.
Ao andon

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**Aoandon**, or **Aoandō** ( or 青行燈, "blue *andon*") is a creature illustrated by Toriyama Sekien in his *Konjaku Hyakki Shūi*. It was meant to represent the spirit that appeared during the game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, after the last story was told.[*citation needed*] The candles in the room during these meetings were often placed in blue-paper *andon* lamps in order to create an eerie atmosphere, hence this creature's name.

It appears as a human with a blue complexion and twin horns from its brow, and sharp teeth.[4]

## Popular culture

In the mobile game *Onmyoji*, Aoandon is a shikigami who loves storytelling.
Akaname

## Appearance

The ***akaname*** () is a Japanese *yōkai* depicted in Toriyama Sekien's 1776 book *Gazu Hyakki Yagyō*. Meaning "filth licker", they are stated to lick the filth that collects in bathtubs and bathrooms.

## Shōwa, Heisei, and beyond

In literature about *yōkai* from the periods of Shōwa, Heisei, and beyond, *akaname* and *akaneburi* were interpreted the same way as above. These interpretations state that the *akaname* is a *yōkai* that lives in old bathhouses and dilapidated buildings that would sneak into places at night when people are asleep using its long tongue to lick the filth and grime sticking to bath places and bathtubs. It does not do anything other than lick filth, but since *yōkai* were considered unsettling to encounter, it is said that people worked hard to ensure that the bath places and bathtubs are washed clean so that the *akaname* wouldn't come. There were none who saw what the *akaname* truly were, but since *aka* can remind people of the color red (*aka* in Japanese), they are said to have red faces or be entirely red. Also, *aka* (meaning "filth") also has connotations to the idea of "impurities" such as "depravities", "sins", or "worldly desires" and other things that are not necessary, which leads to the theory that it wasn't simply a lesson to keep bath places clean, but also to keep such impurities from lurking in one's own self.

## In popular culture

The Pokémon Lickitung is partially based on the Akaname.

The *akaname* has been depicted in various media, including in the anime and video game franchise *Yo-kai Watch*.

Lush recently released a bubble bar named for and modeled after the creatures.
Hyakkai Zukan

***Hyakkai-Zukan*** (百怪図巻, "The Illustrated Volume of a Hundred Demons") is a picture scroll by Edo period Japanese artist Sawaki Suushi. Completed in 1737, this scroll is a supernatural bestiary, a collections of ghosts, spirits and monsters, which Suushi based on literature, folklore, other artwork. These images had a profound influence on subsequent *yōkai* imagery in Japan for generations.

## Scroll Gallery

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Kerakera-Onna

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The **Kerakera-onna** ( Japanese. 倩 兮 女; lit. "giggling woman") is a fictional creature of Japanese folk belief . She is a yōkai and is considered vicious.

## Description

The *Kerakera-onna* is described as a gigantic woman covering almost the entire sky. She doesn't show up at first, but her malicious giggle can be heard clearly. She climbs after her victim and giggles until the victim turns around disturbed and annoyed, then she shows herself to him and laughs scornfully. The victim usually runs away in panic and is chased by the kerakera-onna to the point of exhaustion. It itself does not cause any physical harm to the victim, it lives only on people's fear of being persecuted.

## Literature

* Michaela Haustein: *Mythologies of the World: Japan, Ainu, Korea.* ePubli, Berlin 2011, ISBN 3844214070 , p. 26.
* Stephen Addis, Helen Foresman: *Japanese Ghosts and Demons: Art of the Supernatural* . George Braziller, 2001.
Tenjo-Kudari

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## Appearance

Tenjō kudari has the appearance of a naked, ugly, old woman with a long tongue and long, disheveled hair. This yokai was first documented by Toriyama Sekien, and aside from his illustration, little else is known about it.

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## Biography

A few possible connections to origins outside of Toriyama’s imagination exist. One involves the story of a yokai that moved into the roof crawlspace of an inn in Yamanashi. During the night, it would descend from the ceiling and snatch up travelers to eat. However, it’s not clear whether this myth inspired Toriyama Sekien or rather was inspired by his work.

## Trivia

* Tenjo Kudari climbs on the ceiling any time
* Even though she's ugly

## Life

In old Japan, the space above the ceiling was connected with a lot of superstitions about dead bodies rolling about or women being confined like prisoners. Tenjō kudari seems to have been something Toriyama inventioned based on those myths. Fittingly, during his time, the phrase “to show someone the ceiling” was a colloquial expression for causing trouble — which tenjō kudari certainly does.