Big Book of Mythology (Yokai Edition)

🏮 Yōkai Types 🏮

• Animal form: Many indigenous Japanese animals are thought to have magical qualities. Most of these are henge.

Examples include: Kitsune, Omukade, and Nure-onna

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• Oni: The most well-known aspects of Japanese folklore, the oni has traits of demons and ogres. They are usually said to be evil.

Examples include: Tsurube-Otoshi and Tearai-Oni

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• Tengu: A goblin from Japanese mythology that has several supernatural powers and skills in martial arts, the tengu were originally extremely dangerous demons and enemies of Buddhism.

Examples include: n/a

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• Tsukumogami: An entire class of yōkai and obake, comprising ordinary household items that have come to life on the one-hundredth anniversary of their birthday.

Examples include: Ittan-Momen, Chochin-Obake, and Karakasa-Kozo

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• Human form: There are a large number of yōkai who were originally ordinary human beings, transformed into something horrific and grotesque usually during an extremely emotional state.

Examples include: Yuki-onna, Kuchisake-onna, and Futakuchi-onna