...called the '''Jade Rabbit''' , is a rabbit that lives on the moon in East Asian folklore. In Chinese folklore, it is often portrayed as a companion of the
...Earth to beg for alms. Strangely, the same rabbit also appears in Mexican mythology.
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* In the video game Battlefield 2142, the PAC (Pan Asian Coalition) has a futuristic hover tank named the Type 32 Nekomata.
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<blockquote>A god in certain Asian theogonies. From his name is derived the magical word Abracadabra. He is re
[[Category:Persian mythology]]
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...ng the cycle of growth being reborn anew each spring. Speculatively, the [[mythology]] of the Green Man developed independently in the traditions of separate an
...ted that the story of Robin Hood was at least partly born of the Green Man mythology. (A more modern embodiment might be found in Peter Pan, who enters the civi
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...fox-index.shtml Kitsune, Kumiho, Huli Jing, Fox - Fox spirits in Asia, and Asian fox spirits in the West] An extensive bibliography of fox-spirit books.
...h-author.com/kitsune.htm Portal of Transformation: Kitsune in Folklore and Mythology]
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'''Japanese''' dragons include diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore.
Chinese dragon mythology is central to Japanese dragons. The Japanese word for "dragon" is written w
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...nt or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Mythology|Mythological]] creatures possessing some or most of the characteristics typ
...rse exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in [[Persian mythology]] and other cultures.
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...(天狗, "heavenly dogs") are mountain and forest goblins or yokai in Japanese mythology, sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods).
...966). "Types of Japanese Folktales". Asian Folklore Studies 25: pp. 1-220. Asian Folklore Studies, Nanzan University.
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...ls could have wandered to the eastern jungles of Africa. Or it could be an Asian bear that migrated.
[[Category: African mythology]]
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...semi divine serpent creatures beings first depicted in ancient Vedic Hindu mythology and oral folklore from at least 5000 B.C.
Stories involving the Nagas are omnipresent in Hindu and Buddhist mythology and still very much a part of contemporary cultural traditions in predomina
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...of the foxfire produced from [[Kitsune]], an interesting way of combining mythology of the West with that of the East.
...race yearns to adore. Can it adore the simple or venerate the obvious? All mythology and folk lore rise in indignant protest at the thought. The sun gave light,
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...Kingdom also opened The Yak and Yeti restaurant. The restaurant has a new Asian inspired full serve restaurant in the Anandapur section. There is also be a
[[Category:Himalayan mythology]]
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...erestingly used in a manner similar to the bell in buddhist and other east asian meditative practices. The group repeatedly recites Psalm 91 and then the r
...egory:Christian mythology]][[Category:Islamic mythology]][[Category:Jewish mythology]][[Category:Popular culture]]
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...c formalities of the '''Nidanshastra''', authoritative collective on South-Asian symbolism and iconography. In Hindu iconography nothing is included without
However, the symbolism of the previous mentioned mythology is often seen as antiquated and misogynistic. The more thoughtful and Tant
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...e intelligent, supernatural, or highly developed reptile-like humanoids in mythology, popular fiction, and speculative fringe theories. They also appear in some
In pre-columbian mythology from Colombia, ''Bachue'' (the primordial woman) transformed into a big sna
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...otype for the demon [[Kroni]] and his incarnation [[Kaliyan]] of Ayyavazhi mythology.
...t one version of the Kalki Purana in the book The Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology states Kali does not die but, instead, escapes through time and space to li
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...east one reliable witness, the journalist Neil Davis during the South East Asian wars of the 1960s and 1970s. Davis reported that Khmer (Cambodian) troops r
The opening of [[Hell]], the Zoroastrian contribution to Western mythology, is a mouth. According to [Catholic dogma, bread and wine are transubstanti
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...nge from magic-rich to magic-poor, from European medieval settings to east Asian realms, from sword and sorcery to swashbuckling adventure to futuristic or
...s of early D&D versions reflect this history. The game was influenced by [[mythology]], pulp fiction, and contemporary fantasy authors of the 1960s and 1970s.
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