A titanic giant said to have shaped Japan’s geography by moving mountains and forming lakes with his footsteps.
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The most powerful class of tengu, Daitengu are mighty mountain spirits and masters of magic and swordplay, each ruling o...
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An old crone who waits at the banks of the Sanzu River in the underworld, stripping garments from the souls of the recen...
875
A cursed female spirit whose arms are covered in hundreds of eyes — the result of a lifetime of pickpocketing and dishon...
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A sorrowful spirit of a farmer who rises from the muddy rice paddies at night, lamenting the loss and neglect of his lan...
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