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Added Tue, 18/02/2020
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Most often such creatures found in Japanese mythology. Usually it's some old thing who finds his soul and will.

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Abumi-guti

According to Japanese mythology, a creature that appears from a stirrup lost by a warrior (an animated stirrup).

The name Abumi-guti translates from Japanese 鐙口 (Abumi-guchi is transliterated in Latin) - "stirrup-mouth".

A strange furry creature that is born from an old horse stirrup, which belonged to a warrior-rider who died in the war, in the event that comrades-in-arms left the stirrup abandoned on the battlefield. It was believed that it comes to life and waits forever alone for its owner, since the one who fell in battle will not return the same.

Bad of vagya

Water, the spirit of the mythology of the peoples of the Komi Republic, which is embodied in a snag. Is usually described that out of nowhere brought ice to the shore snag started to demand human sacrifice. Only after it was cut into pieces and burned near her location, was no longer sinking people.

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Baka-dzori

In Japanese folklore, the kind of things that come to life is tsukumogami, arising from an old straw slipper. Usually it is a hundred-year-old slipper, forgotten in the pantry, which comes to life to protect its shoe brethren in those homes where shoes are poorly taken care of.

Able to scream at night (usually "Kararin, kororin, kankororin! Three eyes, three eyes, two tooth!" (jap. カラリン、コロリン、カンコロリン、まなぐ三つに歯二ん枚)).

If a person puts it on, then after a while he will catch himself walking aimlessly to no one knows where.

Biwa-bokoboko

According to Japanese folklore, skillfully made Biwa upon reaching old age can turn into a self-playing creature. It grows a body like a human and wanders around the road like a blind monk playing songs for alms.

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Boroboro-tone

In Japanese folklore, a creature that turns into an old, worn-out blanket-mattress. It can strangle people at night.

The very name of this tsukumogami apparently comes from the "mantra" of Zen Buddhist monks of the Fuke sect, who profess the non-existence of all things: "Boro-boro-boro". Well, plus, the Japanese creators of all kinds of creatures' favorite word game, where "boroboro" means "worn out, crumbling". ​‌​‌​‌​ ​‌‌​‌‌​ ​‌‌‌​‌‌ ​​‌‌‌‌

Vaniguchi

The revived round hollow temple bell, which has grown the trunk and tail of a reptile from Japanese mythology.

Waniguchi (鰐口 is the original Japanese spelling of the name Waniguchi and its transliteration in Latin, わにぐち is a variant of the Japanese spelling of the name Waniguchi with the syllabic alphabet hiragana) literally means "crocodile" (or alligator) mouth. It is so named because of the striking visual similarity of the instrument.

Gargoyle

Gargoyle (fr. Gargouille) is a demonic character, a monster that originally appeared in The Middle Ages as an architectural term, but later reinterpreted.

Initially, it was assumed that the statues would scare away evil spirits, the idea that they could physically come to life appeared later. Like golems, gargoyles as animated statues are usually made of magical stone, have some animal or chimera features, and are often guardians of places such as cathedrals or castles.

Gargoyle statues are also often depicted as demonic shells or as living creatures resembling statues.

Golem

Golem (ft. גולם) - a character of Jewish mythology, a being of one of the main elements, or a combination of them, enlivened by Kabbalistic magicians with the help of secret knowledge. The name comes from the word gel (Hebrew :ללם), meaning "raw, raw material" or simply clay.

Dzorigami

In Japanese folklore, the kind of creatures that an old clock turns into.

Jyatai

Creatures from Japanese folklore that old kimono belts become. At night, these old belts come to life, open the screens and crawl around the house like huge snakes. They can attack people and strangle them in their sleep.

Inulpamahuida

Inulpamahuida is a tree without roots from South American folklore. Its name, belonging to the Mapuche language, means: "climber" (Inulpa, a developed form of huenulún, climb and mahuida cerro). But he has a lot of clawed branches on which he climbs into the mountains.

Kuchiki

Japanese Illustrator Sakyu drew a new type of youkai on the theme of the events of 2020. He reports that new tsukomogami (a type of Japanese spirit: a thing that has acquired a soul and personality; a thing that has come to life) have been noticed in Japan-abandoned masks that now haunt former owners to RUB their dirty side in their faces.

Siro-unary

In Japanese folklore ozhivshie old dish towel or rag. Maybe death to strangle his victim, but most often he's just playing around, not trying to murder.

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Sasse-Seki

In Japanese mythology a large boulder on the sidelines of Nasuno, killing all life around them because of the indwelling in him of the spirit of the murdered kitsune Tamamo no Mae.

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Segoro

In Japanese folklore, undead bowl-shaped Gong, which knock the hammer during Buddhist ceremonies.

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The medium-Caracas

In Japanese tradition, revived a tattered paper umbrella Chinese style. He comes to life in wet, windy days and dancing in the sky like a wild bird. It poyavlyayutsya a sign of coming bad weather.

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