Yokai Parade
@yokaiparade
we're artist @lilichin.bsky.social twitter refugee @wombatarama.bsky.social and monster scholar @zackdavisson.com Get our yokai stuff on Etsy and Threadless!
first cucumber of the season party! (please disregard the capybara sumo 😅)
we might get to eat a cucumber soon! unless an animal steals it like happened to the first one😭
happy birthday Folklore Thursday from the Yokai Parade! #FolkloreThursday
The kappa is said to have a special talent for flatulence and even uses it as a method of attack. The phrase "he no kappa," meaning "a kappa's fart," is used like the English "piece of cake!" to mean that something is easy to do #FolkloreThursday
The baku feeds on bad dreams and keeps evil spirits away. It was made at the end of creation from leftover bits of other animals. Its name is also the Japanese word for tapir. #FolkloreThursday
In Japanese folklore, earthquakes are caused by the thrashing of the giant catfish Namazu that lives underground beneath the islands of Japan. This legendary catfish is used as a mascot in earthquake safety information. #FolkloreThursday
The tanuki is a legendary shapeshifter and creator of illusions. It's also a real animal that lives even in the most urban parts of cities like Tokyo. Next time you read one of those articles about weird stuff happening in Japan... think about it 😉 #folklorethursday
On the midsummer Day of the Ox it's traditional to eat grilled eel, which folklore says gives you strength in hot weather. Modern Japanese science has found some evidence for this belief, but it may have really taken off as a sales promotion by an eel shop in the Edo period. #FolkloreThursday
Futakuchi Onna looks like a normal woman, until you notice the second mouth on the back of her head. It is always voraciously hungry, and Futakuchi Onna must have left many a dining companion gaping too - at the size of the bill. #FolkloreThursday Modern Yokai by @lilichin.bsky.social
Dorotabo is the ghost of a farmer who worked hard all his life and is angry that his land is neglected by his heirs after his death. He rises out of the mud and roams the fields calling "Give me back my rice fields!" #FolkloreThursday art by @cattype.bsky.social