Bake-kujira
TheBake-kujira(Japanese:Hóa kình,ghost whale)[a]is amythicalJapaneseyōkai(ghost,phantom, or strangeapparition) from western Japan. It is described as being a skeletonwhalethat is accompanied by unknown fish and weird birds.[1][2]It takes its revenge against people who hunt whales or eat whale meat,[1][3]and does so by cursing them with plagues and fire.[4]It is also known asHone Kujira(Cốt kình,bone whale).[5]
Legends[edit]
In one story, a fisherman tries to catch it with his harpoon but the harpoon sailed right through it and theBake-kujirafloated away. In other stories people say that theBake-kujirabrings a curse and general misfortune to the area where it is spotted.[citation needed]
In popular culture[edit]
References[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^It can also be written as Bakekujira or Bake Kujira.
Citations[edit]
- ^abBane, Theresa (2016-03-09).Encyclopedia of Spirits and Ghosts in World Mythology.McFarland. p. 29.ISBN978-1-4766-2339-9.
- ^McElroy, D. R. (2020).Superstitions: a handbook of folklore, myths, and legends from around the world.New York, NY: Wellfleet Press. p. 54.ISBN978-1-57715-191-3.
- ^Roberts, Jeremy (2010).Japanese mythology A to Z(2nd ed.). New York: Chelsea House Publishers. p. 11.ISBN978-1-60413-435-3.
- ^Howerton, Alex (2021-04-07)."Toward a Poetics of Allyship: Rajiv Mohabir's Radical, Animal Coolitude".MELUS.46(1): 8.doi:10.1093/melus/mlaa063.ISSN0163-755X.
- ^Mizuki, Shigeru(1994).Thủy mộc しげる の thế giới huyễn thú sự điển(in Japanese).The Asahi Shimbun.pp. 134–135.ISBN978-4-02-258572-1.
- ^"SMITE New God is Bake Kujira, the Whale Yokai".estnn.2023-12-04.Retrieved2023-12-05.
External links[edit]
- Bakekujira and Japan's Whale Cultsat hyakumonogatari (English).
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