Fantastic Beasts

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...

Nue is a legendary youkai aka a mononoke. It is described as having the head of a monkey, the limbs of a tiger, the body of a tanuki and the front half of a snake for a tail. It is sometimes depicted with the body of a tiger or the back of a tiger, the limbs of a tanuki, the tail of a fox, the head of a cat and the body of a chicken. Due to its appearance, it is sometimes called the Japanese chimera. But by any means, its name is synonymous with gloom, elusiveness, and cunning. It is said to make terribly eerie bird cry "hyoo hyoo" noises that resemble that of the scaly thrush. Nue is also said to have the ability to shapeshift, often taking the form of a dark cloud that can fly. There is a theory that Nue is a thunder beast because the monster appears every time there is a lightning strike. Yokai is also said to be nocturnal as most sightings of it occur at night. Nue is one of the oldest recorded yokai, first appearing in the Kojiki (712 AD), a record of Japan's early h...

Isumade is a creature from Japanese folklore. Itsumade are exotic birds. They have the face of a human with a pointed beak, and the body of a snake with huge wings and terrible claws. Itsumade appears in the night sky during difficult times, such as plagues and disasters, or flies over battlefields where many people have died. In particular, they fly back and forth to places of suffering or death, which have not yet eased the pain of the living or reassured the souls of the dead. Strange birds flew around all night, crying pitifully. According to the Taihei historical records, in the fall of 1334, this bird began appearing in the night sky above the capital's ceremonial hall, breathing fire and emitting mournful weeping sounds. in a wretched voice: “Itsumademo! Itsumademo” (how long! how long!). It's like asking the people below how long this suffering will go unnoticed. Panic flared up among the people of the capital. The same creature returned the next night, and every night ...

Daidarabotchi are giants that look like bald priests. They have large round eyes, long tongues, and ink-black skin. They have a lot in common with other giants, such as Ounyuudou and Umi bouzu, but they are the largest giants found in yōkai folklore. They are a type of omnivorous youkai, found in mountains all over Japan. They have tremendous size and strength. Daidara-botchi is so large that its footprints can create countless holes, ponds, lakes in the ground. They are also considered to be the forerunners of the Godzilla race, appearing before this beast hundreds of thousands of years ago, but the power is far superior to Godzilla many times. In addition to the great strength coming from their bodies, they themselves have very powerful abilities. They are also considered to be the creators of a branch of creatures that develop on the ground of many species of reptiles including crocodiles, snakes, pythons ... Daidarabotchi were so large that their movements contributed to the terrai...

Aonyōbō is a yokai in Japanese mythology. She took on the appearance of an old court aristocrat and dressed in an ornately decorated layered kimono of the ancient era. It used to be great, but it's now torn and patched. She has a white face covered in makeup, eyebrows are drawn high and teeth have been blackened. Unlike other youkai, Ao Nyobo is getting older and older, gradually becoming an old, ugly old woman, with sagging skin but still under the illusion that she is as beautiful as before. Aonyōbō lived in abandoned, empty mansions of bygone ages, covered with cobwebs and cockroaches lurking everywhere in the dark, formerly occupied by corrupt nobles and families dilapidated. The place was full of cold and used to the musty scent emanating from the cracked walls, sleeping on the rotten wood planks. Aonyōbō constantly put on her make-up, hairdo, and image retouching waiting for the arrival of visitors. They can be men who leave their wives, wanderers, flower lovers. She waited f...

Ao-andon is a yokai in Japanese culture Ao-andon is the embodiment of mass human terror, formed from the accumulated fear of large groups of people. It takes the form of a demon woman with long black hair, blue skin, black teeth, sharp claws, and horns. It wears a white or blue kimono and glows with an eerie blue light. Its staple food is fear of humans. However, there are also youkai that choose to eat humans to live alongside youkai that live by eating humans' fear of seeing them. Ao-andon is a special youkai, as it only appears during a ritual held. That ritual is called "Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai", which means "a gathering of one hundred ghost stories". People usually begin the ritual on moonless nights, when it is completely dark (between ten o'clock in the evening and two o'clock in the morning), in a three-room house with only the third chamber lit. In that room will be lit a hundred candles, and a small mirror placed on the table. Participants in...

Betobeto-san is a kind of Japanese yokai, and is said to follow people walking on the night road Betobeto-san is described as having a transparent body, except for its feet wearing getas which is visible. Even though it's said to be transparent, Betobeto-san is always depicted with a smile wide from ear to ear. But no one has heard this youkai laugh, people only mention its footsteps that always follow closely Betobeto-san is said to appear a lot in Nara, in the Kinki region of Japan. However, similar cases were found all over Japan, and since then Betobeto-san is said to be present all over Japan. If you've ever been walking at night and heard strange footsteps behind you, and turned around, you found nothing behind but the footsteps still circled around you, scaring you, you've met a yokai in the district Nara, Betobeto-san. It is said that if you stand on the side of the road and say "betobeto-san, please go first" the footsteps will stop and you can continue w...