Fantastic Beasts

Amanojaku or Amanjaku ("heavenly evil spirit") is a demon-like creature in Japanese folklore. They can be considered evil gods (kami), minor demons (oni) or youkai (youkai). They are often described as a type of small oni. They have the ability to see through a person's heart, "a very perverted demon" and from there can detect and blow up a person's darkest desires, inciting that person to commit bad deeds. Those who become victims will then begin to commit serious evil deeds. Therefore, wherever Amanojaku goes, it will cause a heavy evil spirit to haunt that place. In addition, they are described as a creature of extremely contrary nature. If they are asked to do something, they will do the opposite of what is asked. In Japanese Buddhism, Amanojaku is depicted as representing evil, but has been defeated by righteousness. The most common image is of the Four Heavenly Kings standing on the squashing Amanojaku demons. The mythology of Amanojaku is quite myster...

Ame onna  is depicted as a woman standing in the rain and licking her hands. Ame onna  is a class of youkai that appear on rainy days and nights. They summon rain wherever they go, and are blamed for kidnapping and killing children. They appear as depraved, revealing women, drenched in rainwater. They lick the rainwater off their hands and arms like wild animals. Ame onna  is said to be related to a Chinese mountain goddess that is a cloud in the morning, rains in the afternoon and becomes a woman in the evening. This goddess can be seen walking around the human world on wet, rainy nights. However, unlike the gods, Ame onna  is not benevolent. While the rains they bring can save a drought-stricken village or bring good luck to farmers, they have a more sinister purpose — under the cover of the rain, Ame onna  roam the mountains. village in search of newborn girls. If they found a child born that night, they would grab it and carry it into the dark, sending it of...

Kodama is the spirit of the tree. Kodama is also considered to be something that can be understood as forest gods, and a tree deity. Not all trees have Kodama, Kodama only appear in old trees. The people of Japan say that those who accidentally cut down the trees containing the Kodama, disaster will fall on their village. The sacred rope tied around the trunks of those trees is called shimenawa. According to the concept of the ancient Japanese, the sound of an old tree falling in the forest is the lamenting cry of Kodama residing in that tree. For the Japanese, all things in the world carry miracles and specialities, and so are the trees in the forest. Therefore, the concept of Kodama was born and became a special belief for the Japanese people. Kodama in the past were considered deities residing in tree trunks. They are not linked to only one tree, but can freely move from tree to tree, going around the forest to guard, protect and preserve the balance of nature. However, others belie...

It is a famous Chinese sacred animal, but it is also found quite a lot in ancient books and stories of ancient Japan. The kirin is one of the rarest, most awesome and powerful creatures ever known in East Asia. It is a regal animal, holy and highly revered. The kirin is often considered a god in its own right. Resembling a deer with scales like a dragon’s covering its body, the kirin is a chimerical beast. It has a tail like an ox and a flowing mane. Its body and mane are covered in brilliant, holy fire and its face is the picture of utter serenity. It is also sometimes depicted with one horn, so some people associate it with the unicorn of the West, though it is more commonly depicted with two horns. It is also sometimes depicted with one horn, so some people associate it with the unicorn of the West, though it is more commonly depicted with two horns. A gentle animal, the kirin never eats the flesh of other beings, and takes great care never to tread on any living thing, even insects...

A tengu (天狗, "tengu") is a type of mythical creature found in Japanese folklore and is also considered a type of god in the kami or yōkai. Although the creature's name is taken from a Chinese demon with the shape of a dog ("Tiangu"), the tengu originally took the form of a bird of prey (a crow to be exact), and they are depicted with of both humans and birds traditionally. At first, tengu were described as having a large beak, possessing large wings with long black feathers and sharp claws. But later often the large beak is transformed into an unusually long nose. The tengu's long nose is arguably the most common and characteristic feature of the creature's image today. Tengu are a type of yokai but they are sometimes seen as divine. Tengu live in mountainous areas. Tengu are very good at fighting techniques, so they are often associated with war images. They can fly from place to place in the blink of an eye. They always fly from tree top to tree top or...

Oni (鬼 Demon?) is a common word in modern Japanese for wild-type, beast-men that are usually youkai with a fierce, ferocious appearance. Demons are a common theme in Japanese art and literature. The image of Japanese demons is often taken from Chinese demons (Journey to the West) such as Kim Giac, Ngan Giac, or Niu Ma Vuong. Descriptions of demons vary, but usually they have a fierce, hideous appearance, with claws, and sharp horns on their heads. They often wear tiger skins, loincloths holding a weapon called Kanabou (wolf tooth mace). The Oni demon has the face of someone from hell, which has long been associated with the image of the Bull Demon King. It has bulging eyes and very long horns accompanied by a wicked smile with two pairs of sharp fangs. Hair is always left loose. They usually have red, blue or black bodies. The Oni demon has a background that often wraps around a tiger skin, wielding iron spikes to break people's heads. Completely silent and devilish. Oni are essent...

According to legend, Zhu Rong is a descendant of Emperor Yan. Zhu Rong's image is very peculiar. Although he has a human face, it is the body of a beast. He was born to be able to use fire at will, which ordinary people couldn't. In this way, Zhu Rong was honored by people and became the god of fire. When Zhu Rong traveled, he rode two dragons. He was also known as regent of the southern quadrant of Heaven. He helped to divide heaven and earth from each other. Zhu Rong executed Gun after he stole heavenly soil and tried to stop a great flood.  One story tells how Zhu Rong and Gong Gong were jealous and began to wrestle and fight with each other in heaven, to determine who was the more powerful. Falling out of heaven, Zhu Rong managed to defeat Gong Gong, who was so ashamed that he tried to kill himself by running into a mountain, BUZHOU, but he only managed to cause a massive flood. 📚  Explore more of the Mystical Creatures series here :  Dive into the Enchanted Realms o...

During the Fuxi period, Gonggong was a water god in the sky. He has a copper human head with an iron forehead, red hair, and the body of a serpent, or sometimes the head and torso are human, with the tail of a serpent and a very violent temperament. He is more than ten feet tall and powerful. There are two notorious deities under Gonggong: one is Xiangliu with nine heads. He had body of snake with nine heads, a blue body, with a cruel personality, greed, specializing in killing people for pleasure; the other is a cruel, evil spirit Fuyou, who is said to be able to see through people's hearts and thus confuse people. Gonggong is a bad water god, with a fierce temperament, lawless and an arrogant attitude. He often displays its supernatural powers on a whim, calling on the wind and calling for rain, harming the people of the world with floods, and turning a good land into a vast ocean. The people cried and screamed, suffering the sun and the moon. Although Gonggong is described by ma...

Yingzhao is the god of Huaijiang mountain, also the god that oversees Pingpu of the natural grassland under the Shiwei Emperor's rule. Yingzhao has a human face, horse body, tiger zebra, has wings on his back, so he can fly in the air and travel the world. Yingzhao has participated in hundreds of battles against evil gods and has been one of the patron of peace for generations. Yingzhao is also a friend of the flower god. Yingzhao is responsible for taking care of the group of divine beasts called Tulu. Although it looks like a sheep and has four horns, it is a man-eating beast. Yingzhao responsible for taking care of the group of sacred beasts named Tulu did not allow them to eat people. Yingzhao is also responsible for guarding the group of sacred birds named Qinyuan , and they are not allowed to eat people, wound people or other animals. Yingzhao is also responsible for looking after tree birds with six heads, as well as dragons, serpents , leopards , and various plants and anim...

Zhuyin, also known as Zhulong - is an extremely ancient god in Chinese mythology. He has been there since the time Pangu created the heavens and the earth. He Resides on Zhangwei Mountain north of the Chishui River, outside the Northwest Sea. He has a dragon body with a human face, thousands of staff long, bright red scales, bright eyes, and a torch in his mouth. According to legend, Zhuyin has great power, with open eyes, illuminating everywhere, representing daytime, with eyes closed, dark sky, representing dark sky, breathing in winter, breathing out in summer . He can control the rain and control the wind, neither eat or drink, nor sleep or rest. There is a theory that Zhuyin represents the sun, another says Zhuyin represents fire, and there is a theory that Zhuyin is the god of creation. According to ancient Chinese legend, in the early days, Zhuyin was the god that maintained the world. He opened his eyes day, closed his eyes at night, exhaled into the wind, rotating the four sea...

Sanzuwu has the shape of a three-legged Black Crow. It is a creature found in a variety of myths and works of art in East Asia. It is believed to exist in East Asian culture and represents the sun. In Chinese myth and culture, it is depicted as a three-legged black crow. The whole body glows golden light. It have red eyes, shining like sunlight. The light it emits is the sun as we see it. The most common depiction and mythology of a Sanzuwu is the story of a Three-Legged Golden Crow named Yangwu or more commonly referred to as Jinwu Although it is often depicted as a raven or crow. Usually, it is usually red instead of black. According to folklore, there were initially ten Three-Legged Golden Crows born of the sun goddess Xihe and the god Di Qun. Each son was a Three-Legged Golden a sloar deity, charged with taking it in turns to travel across the sky to nourish the earth. Because, Three-Legged Golden Crow likes to eat two mythical immortal grass, one called Deri or "sun on the gr...

Origin: China Pixiu is a sacred animal in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It is very ferocious and powerful, has a patrol in the sky to prevent demons, ghosts and plagues. According to ancient records, Pixiu was a beast, one of the five great beasts in ancient times (dragons, phoenixes, turtles and Qilins), it was called a lucky beast. Pixiu is depicted as a tiger and leopard-like body, dragon-like head and tail, jade-yellow, covered with dragon-like scales, shoulders with wings but not stretched, head horns protruding backwards. According to legend, PiXiu is divided into male and female, male is called "Pixi" and female is called "Xiu". In ancient times, this animal had one or two horns, one horn was called Bixie and two horns is called Tianlu. Tian lu: This is a Pixiu with a majestic appearance, a big belly and butt, a very wide mouth on top with 2 Horns. Tian lu's main food is Gold, Silver and Treasures. Tian lu's feng shui meaning is to protect wealth...

Origin: China  The four great beasts are what modern people call Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque, Xuanwu. They are actually not divine beasts, but gods. In ancient times, they were also known as the four spirits of the sky. They are the product of the ancient star worship. The four beasts are integrated into the five elements and directions, represented by different colors: Eastern blue is wood, western white is gold, southern red is fire, northern black is water, and central yellow is soil. According to legend, Xuanwu was born in the early days of the universe. large Tortoise, surrounded by a snake. Xuanwu absorbed chaotic aura so he brought great power, to split mountains, to open the land. Xuanwul is a very ancient Chinese god. It is a god of Snake god and Tortoise Sprits, with a Tortoise -like body but surrounded by a snake. The snake itself is a symbol of fertility and proliferation, considered by the ancients as a symbol of mating, reproduction and reproduction of men and women. Wher...

Origin: China  The four great beasts are what modern people call Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque, Xuanwu. They are actually not divine beasts, but gods. In ancient times, they were also known as the four spirits of the sky. They are the product of the ancient star worship. The four beasts are integrated into the five elements and directions, represented by different colors: Eastern blue is wood, western white is gold, southern red is fire, northern black is water, and central yellow is soil. It is said that from the early chaos, humans and all animals did not exist, from the mass of Taiji light that split into heaven and earth and then wind, water, lightning and fire were born. Phoenix is a creature born of fire. It is the first Phoenix born in Heaven and Earth and is called Chu Tuoc to distinguish it from the great Phuong Hoang clan that was born later. Zhuque has a chicken head, a swallow chin, a snake neck, a peacock's tail, and five colors. Because the incarnation of the divine fire ca...

Origin: China  The four great beasts are what modern people call Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque, Xuanwu. They are actually not divine beasts, but gods. In ancient times, they were also known as the four spirits of the sky. They are the product of the ancient star worship. The four beasts are integrated into the five elements and directions, represented by different colors: Eastern blue is wood, western white is gold, southern red is fire, northern black is water, and central yellow is soil Baihu is one of the Four Great Beasts, also born into chaos. It is shaped like a white tiger. Born in the early universe, Baihu absorbed the aura of heaven and earth. It is agile, powerful, and possesses majestic power and superior combat power, and can suppress all other creatures. Baihu has the characteristic of being patient but very definitive. Like the Dragon Dragon, when the celestial realms established it became one of the Four Great Beasts who took the responsibility of defending the West, conqu...

Origin: China The four great beasts are what modern people call Qinglong, Baihu, Zhuque, Xuanwu. They are actually not divine beasts, but gods. In ancient times, they were also known as the four spirits of the sky. They are the product of the ancient star worship. The four beasts are integrated into the five elements and directions, represented by different colors: Eastern blue is wood, western white is gold, southern red is fire, northern black is water, and central yellow is soil Qinglong is blue. Its body resembles a giant snake with a Qilin head and a carp tail. The face has a long beard, horns like retirement, has five clams. A majestic appearance. In the West in mythology, Dragon more like lizard wings. Qinglong is one four great beasts that was born in chaos. It is due to the accumulation of celestial aura. It is the leading of the Four Great Beasts, a symbol of eternal greatness. Legend has it that Qinglong has the greatest strength, wisdom and strength because it is the combin...

Origin: China Táowù is a ferocious ancient beast. It has a tiger-like body but is a fur dog. It has long feathers, a human face, tiger-like legs, and a wild boar's fangs, and a long tail. Sutra of Gods and Western Wilderness said: "The Western Wilderness has a beast that is as big as a tiger, two meters long hair, a human face, a tail of 8.5 meters long, rioting the Western Wilderness, named Táowù". Táowù is later used to refer to those who are by nature brutal, persistent in refusing to change. Legend has it: “Táowù is the son of Northern King Zhuan Xu. When he was still alive, he was incompetent, could not teach, did not choose words, told his best to be stubborn, left to stir, arrogant and brutal, often rebelled, people in the world called Táowù. Because he was a villain who could not teach, when he died he turned into the ancient magic beast - Táowù. 📚  Explore more of the Mystical Creatures series here :  Dive into the Enchanted Realms of Mythology

Origin: China Qiongqi is one of the most evil of the four evil gods - the ancient four great beasts. Sutra of Gods and Western Wilderness said: “The Northwest has a tiger-like, winged, flying, cannibalic animal named Qiongqi.” There are books describing Qiongqi as big as a buffalo, looking like a tiger, wearing a porcupine-like coat and growing wings. The sound of a dog howling. It eats people. When eating human flesh, It will start eating from the head of a person. This is a great evil beast. Qiongqi often appeared where there was a fight. If the people there fought for literature, it would eat it all. If the people there fight for loyalty, it will eat their noses. If the people there fought to do evil deeds, Qiongqi would donate beasts to those people, and at the same time encourage them to do more bad things. However, Qiongqi is also mentioned to be a beneficial creature. In the "Book of Etiquette and Etiquette in the Later Han Dynasty, there are records of twelve beasts that c...

Origin: China Hundun is an ancient evil god, in legend, one of the The Four Evil Gods (Tāotiè, Qiongqi, Táo wù, Hùndùn). It is round in shape, with a crimson body red like fire, four wings and six legs. It does not have five senses, but can understand song, dance, and music. It is also said that Hundun is a dog or a bear. Humanity has neither a vision nor a way of hearing. It used to bite itself on its tail and raise its face to the sky and laugh innocently; if he meets noble people, Hundun will drive him mad; If there is a bad guy, Hundun will respond and obey his orders. There are books that say that Hundun is like a dog-shaped animal, with long fur, bear-like four legs without claws, eyes can not open, no ears, no sleeping organs. It hates virtuous people, depends on wicked people. Called Hundun. However, in any form, Hundun is portrayed as an evil creature. If it meets a noble, talented person, it will devour him. If it meets a wicked person, it will obey that person's orders. ...

Origin: China Fenghuang were originally the mythological birds of the East Asian people influenced by Chinese civilization. It is a ruling animal above all other birds. Previously, the male was called Feng and the female was called Huang, but today, the distinction between male and female has almost disappeared and Feng and Huang have been mixed together into a female entity. is Fenghuang, so that it can pair with the Dragon, which is the animal of masculinity. The Han people often use the expression "Descendants of the Dragon" as a sign of their racial identity. In the Western world, such as English speakers, call it Chinese phoenix Phoenix bird is described with the following characteristics: chicken head, swallow jaw, snake neck, turtle back, peacock tail, 5-color wings and 6 meters high. It represents six celestial bodies that today can be understood roughly as: head is heaven, eyes are sun, back is moon, wings are wind, feet are earth and tail are planets. Its feathers r...