-
Jikininki (食人鬼, "human-eating ghosts")
appear in
Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan:
Stories and
Studies of
Strange Things (1904) as corpse-eating spirits. In ****anese...
- the such
restless ghosts/monsters as Gaki (餓鬼, lit. "Hungry Ghosts"),
Jikininki (食人鬼, lit. "Man-eating Ghost/Oni") and
Muenbotoke (無縁仏, lit. "Without...
- The Grim
Reaper Headless Horseman Hitodama Hortdan Hupia Ikiryō
Inugami Jikininki Korean Virgin Ghost ****ilanak Kuchisake-onna
Lemures Lietuvēns Mavka...
- (Christian demonology) Imp (European Mythology) Jinn (Islamic demonology)
Jikininki (****anese mythology) Kabandha/Kabhanda (Hindu mythology) Kallikantzaros...
- the
Hungry Ghosts are
considered to have two variants: the gaki and the
jikininki. Gaki (餓鬼) are the
spirits of
jealous or
greedy people who, as punishment...
- in Gr****
folklore Wendigo –
Mythical being in
Native American folklore Jikininki –
Short story by
Lafcadio Hearn Ghoul (miniseries)
Earlier etymologies...
-
Spirit that
protects a
specific place Jievaras (Lithuanian) –
House spirit Jikininki (****anese) – Corpse-eating
ghost Jinn (Arabian, Islamic) –
Spiritual creatures;...
- "The
Story of O-Tei" "Ubazakura" "Diplomacy" "Of a
Mirror and a Bell" "
Jikininki" "Mujina" "Rokurokubi" (description of folktale) "A Dead Secret" "Yuki-Onna"...
- from
other classifications of yūrei due to
their religious nature: Gaki
Jikininki In ****anese folklore, not only the dead are able to
manifest their reikon...
- (Guardian)
Inuit mythology Pana,
Sedna ****anese
mythology Izanami-no-Mikoto,
Jikininki, Shikome, Shiryō, Susanoo-no-Mikoto
Judaism Satan,
Malach HaMavet ("Angel...
