If you're interested in cats in #JapaneseFolklore and art, I wrote an article recently that includes a collection of #yokai cats, lucky cats and folktales featuring cats. I thought I'd re-share for #Caturday.
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Cats in Japanese Folklore and ...
#Yokai
While I’m at it! If you’ve drawn any share some #yokai below!
Title: Konbini Side Dishes: Spicy Curry
コンビニのおかず： 辛いーカレー
Chapter 60.1 Released
Camellia Blooms (サザンカの花)
By Nara Moore
Art Mai-sensei
Like Ume and Shishi, nightmares disturb Kan-chan. It starts as an ecchi fashion show, but not one she can enjoy.
Sly kitten spies
A noble pine.
Longs for warmth
Of Camellia red.
Receives winter bloom.
A Spicy Side Story. Kan-chan is hardly innocent. (Ecchi: NSFW)
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At: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=24830397
https://archiveofourown.org/works/65706496
Artist: https://bsky.app/profile/maisart.bsky.social
Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LGBTQ #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer #Yokai #Ecchi #Spicy #NSFW #Otherkin #CatGirl
More strange curse folklore from Japan, this time it's a #yokai with arms covered in bird's eyes.
#MythologyMonday
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In #JapaneseFolklore there is a tale about Shippeitaro, a dog who helped a warrior defeat a terrifying bakeneko ( #yokai cat). This particular bakeneko was terrorising a local village and had put it under a terrible curse. Each year the monstrous creature demanded a young... #MythologyMonday 1/3
In #JapaneseFolklore sessho seki, or the killing stone, is a large boulder believed to give off poisonous gasses and kill anything that touched or even got too near it. Allegedly the spirit of Tamamo-no-mae, an evil nine-tailed fox who took the form of a beautiful... #MythologyMonday #yokai 1/3
If you love Matthew Meyer's #yokai art (see below), I would highly recommend his fabulous books (outline of each in thread). They have all his gorgeous art alongside information about the yokai. I have learnt so much from his work. Follow him @yokai.com and books available here: yokai.com/shop/.
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In #JapaneseFolklore there is an insect #yokai known as tsutsugamushi. They are large and red with huge jaws and long antennae. They live deep in the mountains but come out at night and creep into houses to drink the blood of sleeping humans which can cause all kinds of... #LegendaryWednesday 1/2
In #JapaneseFolklore jorogumo is a spider #yokai that feeds on humans. When regular golden orb spiders reach 400 years of age they develop supernatural powers including the ability to shapeshift. In order to obtain humans to eat, they will often take the form of beautiful... #LegendaryWednesday 1/3
For Love of a Konbini Idol, I Searched for the Kudan
Chapter 60 Released
Hall of the Kudan (件の殿堂)
By Nara Moore
Art Mai-sensei
What did Shishi dream, and how twisted will Yakkai Yogen message be?
Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025
Artist: https://bsky.app/profile/maisart.bsky.social
Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LGBTQ #LightNovel #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer #Yokai #Heian #Idol #JIdol
In #JapaneseFolklore haradashi is a peculiar looking #yokai that can take on many different forms. Its defining feature is a huge belly upon which will appear silly facial features. Sometimes this strange face appears on the body of a woman and other times on a headless torso. #MythologyMonday 1/4
In #JapaneseFolklore a hihi is a type of #yokai resembling a huge monkey with long black hair, a wide mouth and large lips. It is known to prey on humans and will run off laughing (hi-hi-hi) with its catch. The way to escape is to make it laugh, as when it does, its huge lips... #MythologyMonday 1/2
If you are in a Japanese garden, you may want to keep an eye out for a #yokai known as namekujira, which translates as slug-whale. These giant slugs can be as big as humans, if not bigger. They crawl around gardens leaving extensive trails of thick, silvery slime. #FolkloreSunday #SwampSunday 1/2
#PennedPossibilities 667. At the moment, what is your MC’s highest priority?
As where we are published, Finding the Kudan's Mate. A mythical figure said to be the only creature that can nullify a prophecy by the Kudan, the sole loophole in the saying "The Kudan never lies."
In the overall picture, it is to banish or other nutrilize Mikawa-san, a powerful onryo or vengeful ghost.
I painted a Japanese yōkai called 予言の鳥 (Yogen no tori). medium: Nicker poster colour on Arches watercolour paper #Yokai #JapaneseFolklore #JapaneseMythology #Art #Illustration
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