Japanese folklore features a mermaid called Ningyo, and Polynesian mythology includes a half-human and half-porpoise creator god called Vatea. In European folklore, mermaids were associated with sirens, beautiful creatures whose singing lures sailors to their doom. Mermaids were commonly pictured as ...
The underworld of Japanese mythology was Yomi, land of night or gloom. It was empty until the creator goddess Izanami died after giving birth to the god of fire. The maggots that appeared in her dead body grew into a host of demons who populated Yomi and tormented the souls of the ...
It was about 4 centimeters (1.6 inches) in size according to folklore, and some scholars maintain that it was flower-shaped. If so, it was very similar to the shape of the Japanese "tokin" worn by the "yamabushi". A Jew with a phylactery blowing a shofar Israel and Japan are the ...
These sprawling structures, mostly earthen mounds, create the type of landscape art most famously seen in the Nazca region of Peru. Discovered using Google Earth, the geoglyphs are designed in a variety of geometric shapes, including squares, rings, crosses and swastikas (the swastika is a d...
Comets and asteroids are usually thought to be the cause, but recent evidence suggests that cosmic plasma plays a crucial role. 99.9% of the universe is plasma (or ionized gas), that can carry electric currents whose forces are a trillion, trillion, trillion times stronger than gravity. ...
combat shining through the experience. For a strictly folklore and mysticism-driven game, the 2006 title (or rather, the current-gen console remakes of the 2006 title) Okami puts you in the role of the sun god who aims to restore the world and defeat fellow monsters of Japan...
From the mighty Jade Emperor, ruler of heaven and earth, to the compassionate goddess Guanyin and the mischievous Sun Wukong, these divine beings hold significant cultural significance in Chinese folklore. Legends like the creation myth of Pangu and the epic journey of Sun Wukong captivate audiences...
Norse* mythology speaks of a moon son and a sun daughter, and Mrs. Sun and Mr. Moon are part of German folklore. sect religious group Other legends explain the appearance of the moon, whose mottled surface has suggested various shapes and identities. The "man in the moon" is one common...
and Tang (618-907) dynasties, or much earlier. In Japan, the work was popular as a geographical chronicle of China's mountains and rivers, and was once regarded as a guidebook for traveling in China. The book's monsters were also popular because of mysticism among Japanese folklore at the...
Note that Na Fir Chlis or Merrydancers were in some ways feared in Scottish mythology, and there is a lot of folklore across Northern Europe suggesting that we can become self-diluded by the light. The meaning of this I am unsure, but, perhaps like sailors and their respect for the sea...