Japanese ghosts, spirits, and demons. Oh my. - Page 9

kokunin · (#81 (**permalink**))

fish nets, sound like a kitsune (fox) aparently the fox is seen as good bad or just plain cool looking...

Aota · (#82 (**permalink**))

Actually, the fish net tearing demon lives in the water. But I can see why'd you say that. Considering how mischeivious (sp?) the kitsune is.

kokunin · (#83 (**permalink**))

i don't knoiw, aparently the 9 tailed fow has the ability to do just about anything by that time, but i must ask this question....How do they get a story about the number (and why do none of them end over nineI mean the thought of a nine tailed fox is amaxing but that the numbe rnever increases gets me)( I mean imagination is imagination but usually it runs rampant (kind like if you play the 'pass it on' game) so why stop at nine. Its a freakin' kami by the time it gets nine tails but it never does anything after that...it just is...

Kayci · (#84 (**permalink**))

I wonder, was the stuff mentioned in Ju-On an actual legend?

You know, the person dying in horrid rage or sadness, then their spirit infesting the place of death, finding a way to destroy anyone who comes across it?

Aota · (#85 (**permalink**))

Have you heard of a game called Blood Will Tell? There's a nine-tailed fox there too. Eh, just wanting to use that once, because there are so many demons in that game.

Um, I think the reason they stop at nine is, now I'm not sure but maybe, because nine is an unholy, or holy number. Or maybe they never saw a twelve-tailed fox. xD There are two types of kitsune. The myobu, who are celestial foxes, and benevolent, and the nogitsune, or field foxes, who are the mischievous or malicious ones. As for why it can only have nine tales, I cannot say. Sorry.

Another reference to Japanese spirits and demons besides Pokemon, is Digimon.

Oh. Amikiri is the name of the net-cutting spirit. Not demon. My bad.

And were you talking about a living ghost earlier?

Aota · (#86 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Kayci

I wonder, was the stuff mentioned in Ju-On an actual legend?

You know, the person dying in horrid rage or sadness, then their spirit infesting the place of death, finding a way to destroy anyone who comes across it?

Hm, could be. I'm not canceling the possibility there are demons though. There's not enough evidence against it, nor for it. You could always wiki it?

Kayci · (#87 (**permalink**))

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Originally Posted by Aota

Hm, could be. I'm not canceling the possibility there are demons though. There's not enough evidence against it, nor for it. You could always wiki it?

I did :3

It says there is a legend of a type of ghost that will haunt a place or person if it died in a familiar way, but sometimes they leave in peace after justice. However, others, like Kayako of the movie Ju-On have their negativity grow stronger, and still linger and attack...

I think the word was Yurei...hmm...

NanteNa · (#88 (**permalink**))

I should consider reading about this. xD

Aota · (#89 (**permalink**))

Mm, I've heard of the yurei. Well, besides that of just Ju-On.

And, yep. NanteNa, if you ever get a chance, just go wiki Japanese creatures. Or ghosts, and things... :P

Aota · (#90 (**permalink**))

I just learned there were three versions of Ringu. Um, Ringu, the original, The Ring, American remake, and The Ring Virus, or Virus Ring, remade by a joint company of Japan and Korea. Wowzahs.