...wind and the sound of someone calling 'ikuzo' which is like the English 'timber' to indicate a tree is about to fall. It is believed to be the tengu playing tricks. I've written an article all about the yokai known as tengu here: www.curiousordinary.com/2020/04/teng... 🎨Matthew Meyer 2/2
Tengu are one of the most well known yokai of Japan. Read about their folklore and see how they are depicted in art.
Not all kitsune were terrible tricksters: some, servants of Inari directly, made it their goal to police other kitsune, preventing them from doing too much harm to the pious of the Japanese countryside. These divine kitsune were able to grow more tails, too. #FolkloreSunday
In Chinese folk tales, it is said that when the mythical beasts, Qilins, fight, solar eclipses occur; the death of a whale brings forth comets; when a baby cries loudly, the mother's milk flows automatically; and when silkworms spin new silk, the strings tuned to the Shang music note will break.
Coming into Spooky Season, and I wrote some cool spooky books. They're all really great and you should check them out! www.amazon.com/s?k=zack+davisson
A woman encounters a winged ghost in this ukiyo-e print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1886) titled 'Mt. Yoshino Midnight Moon' from the series 'One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.' #JapaneseArt#ukiyoe#ghosts#JapaneseFolklore
