Assertion: tapir | /r/CapableOf | eat dream
Facets:
value: in chinese and japanese folklore
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Does anyone have any actual references to tapirs eating dreams in Chinese, Korean, or Japanese folklore?
text: What we DO have is a fair amount of manga and anime (like "Lum Urusei*Yatsura") that have tapirs (recognizable ones, too) eating nightmares -- very charming, indeed.
text: In Chinese and Japanese folklore, tapirs, like their chimerical counterpart, are thought to eat people's nightmares.
text: So we're still in limbo, and it's not that trivial either, since by now lots of people out there think they know that the Japanese believe that tapirs eat dreams.
text: But it isn't evidence that the Japanese, or anyone else, believe that tapirs, real ones as re-imagined in folklore, actually eat dreams.