[英英] Yokai.Com 2019 [妖怪] Japanese Folklore Dictionary

Yokai.Com 2019

Yokai, 妖怪, are strange and supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore. The word is a combination of the characters 妖 (yō) — attractive, bewitching, calamity — and 怪 (kai) — mystery, wonder.

Many different English words have been used as translations. Yokai is sometimes translated as monster, demon, spirit, or goblin, but it can encompass all of that and more. The world of yokai also includes ghosts, gods (kami), transformed humans and animals (bakemono), spirit possession (tsukimono), urban legends, and other strange phenomena. It is a broad and vague term, and nothing exists in the English language that quite describes it. Like samurai, geisha, ninja, and sushi, yokai is one of those words that just works better in its native tongue.

Within these pages you’ll find an ever-growing collection of yokai and legends from all parts of Japan and all periods of Japanese history. Some of them have never appeared in English before, while others will be intimately familiar to fans of Japanese folklore. They have been collected from books, from the internet, and by word of mouth from yokai lovers who remember the tales from their childhoods. The illustrations accompanying each yokai are based on written descriptions or on Edo-period illustrations painted on scrolls hundreds of years ago.

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✦Yokai Articles: 412
✦Miscellaneous Entries: 4
✦Linked Entries: 0
✦Total Number of Entries: 416

Volume Size: 259.68 MB (2700+ Images, every image repeats 3-4 times for a better viewing, it's original website's, I did nothing...) It will show enlarged image after clicking the thumbnail image of an entry...

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✦Last Modified on December 07, 2019

TinaIsBunny 发表于 2019-12-9 00:47
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