omphaloskepsis

õde ulatab maapähklivõise lusika: tahad lakkuda? palun, mine pähkliks!

...a WHAT?

Abumi-guchi - a furry creature formed from the stirrup of a mounted military commander.
Akaname - the spirit who licks the bathroom clean.
Amefurikozō - a little boy spirit who plays in the rain.
Azukiarai - a spirit that makes the sound of azuki beans being washed.
Azukibabaa - azukiarai's more vicious cousin, a bean-grinding hag who devours people.
Bakeneko - a shapeshifting cat.
Basan - a large fire-breathing chicken monster.
Chōchinobake - a haunted paper lantern.
Kasa-obake - a paper umbrella monster.
Katsura-otoko - a handsome man from the moon.
Kesaran-pasaran - a mysterious white fluffy creature.
Kurage-no-hinotama - a jellyfish that floats through the air as a fireball.
Kyūbi-no-kitsune - a fox with nine tails.
Maikubi - the quarreling heads of three dead miscreants.
Makura-gaeshi (Japanese mythology) - Pillow-moving spirit
Mokumokuren - a swarm of eyes that appear on a paper sliding door in an old building.
Momonjii - an old-man who is waiting for you at every fork in the road.
Nekomusume - a cat in the form of a girl.
Nobusuma - a supernatural wall, or a monstrous flying squirrel.
Nuppeppo - an animated lump of decaying human flesh.
Obariyon - a spook that rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy.
Ohaguro-bettari - a female spook lacking all facial features save for a large, black-toothed smile.
Okiku - the plate-counting ghost of a servant girl.
Sakabashira - a haunted pillar, installed upside-down.
Shiro-uneri - an old, rotten dishcloth appearing in the form of a dragon.
Shōkera - a creature that peers in through skylights.
Sodehiki-kozō - an invisible spirit that pulls on sleeves.
Sunekosuri - a small dog- or cat-like creature that rubs against a person's legs at night
Suppon-no-yūrei - a ghost with a face like a soft-shelled turtle.
Tankororin - an unharvested persimmon which becomes a monster.
Tenjōname - the ceiling-licking spirit.
Tsuchikorobi - a tumbling monster that rolls over travelers.
Tōfu-kozō - a spirit child carrying a block of tofu.
Uma-no-ashi - a horse's leg that dangles from a tree and kicks passersby.
Ungaikyō - a mirror monster that can display assorted wonders in its surface.
Yama-biko - a creature that creates echoes.
Yama-jijii - a humanoid with a head like a large rock, with one eyeball and a constant smile. Often lives in the trees in the mountains.
Yamaarashi - a supernatural porcupine.
Yukinko - a child-like snow-spirit.
Ōkamuro - a giant face that appears at the door.

omphaloskepsis

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