Many tales from Japanese folklore often feature a fascinating character called the tanuki. Depending on the story, this ...

The popular anime Naruto draws inspiration from Japanese folklore. It explores the story of Gaara and Shukaku. Shukaku is the One-Tailed beast sealed ...

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Historically, the tanuki is a prominent type of yōkai, a type of supernatural being in Japanese folklore. Specifically, it is a henge, or shapeshifter. The two most famous shapeshifters in Japanese ...

In Japanese folklore, the tanuki is a mystical creature known as bake-danuki, or “monster raccoon dog.” First mentioned in the “Nihon Shoki,” one of Japan’s oldest history books from 720 A.D., the ...