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An '''abumi-guchi''' is a furry yokai in Japanese mythology. | An '''abumi-guchi''' is a furry yokai in Japanese mythology. | ||
The abumi-guchi is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's ''Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro''. | |||
The abumi-guchi (髏吝哨, lit. "stirrup mouth") is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's ''Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro''. | |||
The abumi-guchi is a type of tsukumo-gami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a fallen soldier. It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the fallen solider to return. | The abumi-guchi is a type of tsukumo-gami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a fallen soldier. It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the fallen solider to return. | ||
Latest revision as of 17:11, 28 April 2008
An abumi-guchi is a furry yokai in Japanese mythology.
The abumi-guchi (髏吝哨, lit. "stirrup mouth") is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.
The abumi-guchi is a type of tsukumo-gami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a fallen soldier. It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the fallen solider to return.