...e''' dragons include diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore.
...indigenous tatsu from Old Japanese ta-tu, Sino-Japanese ryū or ryō 竜 from Chinese lóng 龍, nāga ナーガ from Sanskrit nāga, and doragon ドラゴン fr
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...(人魂, 人玉, Hitodama? "human soul" or "human ball") are believed in Japanese folklore to be the souls of the newly dead taking form of mysterious fireballs.
Ghostly fires in Japan may also be called onibi (鬼火, onibi? "demon fire"). In Chinese they are called guǐ-huǒ (Pinyin) or gwäe-fo (Cantonese). Hitodama is the
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refers to various groups in
folklore who were said to change the physical appearance of human beings by manipula
<blockquote>The Comprachicos worked on man as the
Chinese work on trees. A sort of fantastic stunted thing left their hands; it was r
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*'''[[Ghoul]]s''', from '''Arab [[folklore]] '''
*'''[[Hopping corpse]]s''', of '''Chinese folklore'''
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..., but also known as jiangshi), sometimes called '''hopping corpse''' or '''Chinese vampires''' by Westerners, are reanimated corpses that hop around, killing
[[Image:Chiang-shih.jpg|thumb|Hong Kong movie Chinese vampire]]
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...Kitsune'', and they are both related to mythological belief in Japasese [[folklore]].
...e the Japanese fox, which can be either benevolent or malevolent. Chinese folklore also contains fox spirits with many similarities to kitsune, including the
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'''Dracs''' are fairy creatures in the folklore of South France.
...e. Still other versions confuse this beast with other monsters of regional folklore, and claim the Drac was slain by some saint or heroine.
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...y one of the most effective Vampire apotropaics. It is well known in both folklore and fiction that this potent herb’s pungent odor and spicy taste is known
...to Vampire folklore. While popular in fiction, it also has some basis in folklore. Because of its purity and lustrous white color, silver is believed to pos
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*In China people say that one should not sweep or dust on Chinese New Year's Day lest good fortune also be swept away.
===Superstition and the study of folklore===
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'''Oni''' (鬼) are creatures from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls.
...so take on a variety of forms to deceive (and often devour) humans. Thus a Chinese character (鬼) meaning "ghost" came to be used for these formless creature
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...iry tales <ref>{{cite book|last=Simpson & Roud|title=Dictionary of English Folklore| year=2000| pages= 254}}</ref>. Not every religious narrative is a myth ho
...of its power from being believed and deeply held as true. In the study of folklore, all sacred traditions have myths, and there is nothing pejorative or dismi
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...used to write it are borrowed from the name of a fierce demon from Chinese folklore called [[tiangou]].
...ulated that the early Japanese tengu may represent a conglomeration of two Chinese spirits: the tiangou and the fox spirits called huli jing.
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...man Thomas di Giovanni, contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature.
...n seen with antler-like horns and protrusions running along its spine. The Chinese dragon is often pictured with a pearl: the source of its power.
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...ina, particularly in the Guangzhou area, the Chinese people usually hold a Chinese version of the Day of the Dead ritual for their ancestors in autumn. The ri
The earliest literature to rationally discuss the issue comes from the Chinese philosopher, Mo Tzu (470-391 BC)
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...extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.
...mainly bite the victim's neck, extracting the blood from a main artery. In folklore and popular culture, the term generally refers to a belief that one can gai
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In Japanese folklore, not only the dead are able to manifest their reikon for a haunting. Livin
Like many monsters of Japanese folklore, malicious yūrei are repelled by ofuda (御札), holy Shinto writings cont
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* [[Nue]], a creature from Japanese folklore that is similar in appearance to the Chimera.
* [[Qilin]], a Chinese mythical creature, thought to bring good luck.
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*In modern-day European-based folklore, Death is known as the '''Grim Reaper''' or '''The grim spectre of death'''
*[[Yama]] (Buddhism and Chinese mythology)
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In [[religion]], [[folklore]], and [[mythology]] a '''demon''' (sometimes known as a "Däemon") is a [
...rily evil or even anthropomorphic, but range from the evil [[Oni (Japanese folklore)|oni]] (devils) to the erotic meinaishujin (unseen or invisible masters), a
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...creatures beings first depicted in ancient Vedic Hindu mythology and oral folklore from at least 5000 B.C.
...ms and guard treasure. In China, the nāga was equated with the [[lóng]] or Chinese dragon.
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