A large part of the reason is that the Japanese believe that everything is animistic, but anything on the earth can become a monster as long as it has "spirituality". All kinds of animals, plants and even artifacts may become a part of the monster world. Even language has a so-called "speaking spirit". Once a thing is said or written, the "speaking spirit" will go to the "goal" on its own.
In short, there are countless monsters in Japan. These monsters all have their own specific shapes and personalities, emotions, secular desires, and always love to mix with human beings, but it is precisely because of this that all kinds of ghost stories have come into being.
Today, I will list the common Japanese monster images in comics and games and tell the story of monsters.
In ancient books, Babymonster the serpent is a giant monster with eight heads and eight tails, and one of the strongest monsters in ancient Japan. Eight heads represent eight kinds of ghosts, namely, soul, ghost, evil, demon, magic, slaughter, spirit and death. It is big enough to fill eight hills and eight valleys, its eyes are as red as berries, moss and juniper, and its stomach is always bloody.
This year, Susan was sent by God to a place called Bird Hair. He met a girl who was about to be sacrificed to Hachi snake. The girl's parents are crying. When Susano saw this scene, he decided to kill the snake to save the girl. He asked the old couple to prepare strong liquor. At the same time, he built a fence and left eight holes in it. In front of each hole, he put a wine cabinet full of strong liquor. When Hachi the serpent arrived, he was attracted by the strong smell of wine. He couldn't wait to get his eight heads into eight wine troughs and drink wildly. In a short time, he was so drunk that his eight heads drooped. SUSANOO took this opportunity to cut off the eight heads of the serpent with ten punches, and then cut off the eight tails of the serpent in turn. On the tail of the last snake, he found Tiancong Yun Jian (KUSANAGI).
Shan Tong is the Shan Yao of Kyushu. He is short and looks like a child. His whole body is covered with fine hair. He has one eye and long feet. There is a plate on his head, which contains the water of life. When the water runs out, it will die.
Shan Tong occasionally appeared near the temples in the mountains and stole food from monks. They like rice balls and hate salty food. It is said that Shan Tong can speak human language and likes to play tricks on people, but he means no harm. If a hunter is camping in the mountains, he will suddenly appear in front of the hunter, tell all his thoughts, and then make faces at the surprised hunter; Sometimes I break into houses and take a shower, watching the speechless villagers naked.
Instead of hurting people, Shan Tong is ready to help others. If people rushing to the mountain road need help, they can give Shan Tong some rice balls or rice wine, and they will try their best to help. But once someone has a bad idea about it, it will immediately find out and run away, and then punish the bad guys with disease and fire.
The boy who swallowed wine was one of the famous monsters in Heian period, and was ranked as the three most powerful monsters in ancient Japan along with the nine-tailed fox and the big dog.
The boy who swallowed wine was strong, six meters tall, with five horns on his head, his face was red, his head was nearly bald, and he had only a few short hairs. When he was in trouble on earth, he became a handsome boy. Because most people can't see his real body, some people mistakenly think that he is a handsome monster.
Legend has it that the boy who swallowed wine turned out to be a young monk born in Vietnam. Because of his handsome appearance, he attracted jealousy and frame-up, which made him gradually have evil thoughts, accumulated over time, and finally became a monster. As an adult, he used his handsome appearance to confuse unmarried girls and ate them after he succeeded. Sometimes he imprisons beautiful girls in caves as slaves.
Because of his evil deeds, the emperor ordered Yuan, a famous soldier, to conquer the boy with wine, and Yuan came to Dajiangshan with five warriors. In the den of the boy who swallowed wine, Yuan lied about spending the night, offering wine to thank him, getting the boy drunk and beheading him.
Ibaraki, a disciple of the ghost king who swallowed the boy with wine, is a monster with unkempt hair and sharp horns. It is said that he was born with teeth and smiled strangely at his mother. His birth mother was scared to death by him, and everyone in the village hated him, calling him "the devil" and thinking that he was an unknown freak. His father was forced to abandon him in front of a barber shop near Jiutou Forest. It happened that the owner of this barber shop had no children, so when the owner found Ibaraki Jidu, he happily adopted him.
It only took Ibaraki five years to grow into an adult. The barber shop owner taught him hairdressing skills. He often cuts his guests' hair intentionally, and then licks their blood. In the long run, no one dares to get a haircut. After the barber shop owner knew it, he severely reprimanded Ibaraki Jidu. The reprimanded Ibaraki meter cried all night. In the morning, he came to the river to wash his face and found his reflection in the river ghostly. He finally realized the fact that he was abnormal, and he fled into the mountains alone. Later, he took refuge in the monster leader, swallowed the boy with wine and became his assistant.
One day, Ibaraki became a beautiful woman, trying to seduce a rich and lecherous businessman. He happened to meet Junichi Watanabe, one of Yuan's four heavenly kings. Ibaraki tried to kill Watanabe and his gang, but his arm was cut off by Watanabe and he fled into the mountains in pain.
There is a saying that the image of Tiangou comes from a practicing monk. Many believers who practiced Taoism in ancient times lived in seclusion and practiced hard in the mountains. Over time, they merged with the aura of Dashan and gained the magical power of Superman.
The image of Tiangou is usually considered as a red face with a long nose, majestic glare, holding a mallet or a round fan, wearing the clothes of a mountain yogi or the armor of a military commander, wearing a single-toothed clogs on his feet and a mountain city tied around his waist. Although it looks similar to people, it has a pair of wings behind it and can fly in the sky. Heavenly dog with high practice can change the weather with divine power, trigger various natural phenomena, and read minds, instantly tearing human beings to pieces, and uprooting trees with a flick of a round fan in his hand. It is said that Tengu hates mackerel, but someone was abducted by Tengu. You can find the missing person by calling that person to eat mackerel.
Tengu also has categories and grades, with Akihito as the highest leader, followed by Thunder Tengu, Big Tengu and Little Tengu, and Crow Tengu and Muye Tengu as the lowest.
Tamamo no Mae's predecessor is said to be da ji, a famous Kyubi no Youko fox in China. After the demise of Shang Dynasty, Jiang Ziya tried his best to hunt down the nine-tailed fox, which made it impossible for the nine-tailed fox to survive in China, so he fled to India. In India, she returned to her old job and turned herself into Mrs. Huayang, the princess of Prince Banyi. She charmed the monarch, which led to chaos in India and was driven out of India as a result. Later, the nine-tailed fox came to Japan under the pseudonym of Tamamo no Mae.
In Japan, Tamamo no Mae combined with Miriam, and her strength was greatly enhanced. With a little skill, she was elected to the palace by the Emperor Bird Feather. With her beautiful appearance, Tamamo no Mae quickly won the favor of the emperor. She used her charm to attract the emperor's special favor every night, and she took the opportunity to absorb the essence of the emperor, which led to the emperor's illness and dying. The detainees began to get suspicious, so they asked Yin and Yang to divine for Tamamo no Mae and found that Tamamo no Mae was a nine-tailed fox. At this time, the emperor's body has slowly recovered. When he learned this, he flew into a rage and ordered the division of Yin and Yang to cooperate with the general to kill the nine-tailed fox. After two days and two nights of fierce fighting, Tamamo no Mae was shot by the "Three Gods Arrow" and died.
However, the resentment of the nine-tailed fox did not disappear, and the strong resentment turned Tamamo no Mae's Yuan God into a four-foot-high killing stone. Once any creature comes near the killing stone, the killing stone will release venom and miasma, and whoever touches it will die. Later, the famous monk Master Yuan Weng knocked on the killing stone with a diamond hammer, only to eliminate the evil spirits of the nine-tailed fox in the stone.
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