Ghost of Japan Short Stories
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Ghost of Japan Short Stories
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Contents
Prologue
Behind the line
The Teke Teke, the horrible Abomination
Kuchisake-Onna, the slit-mouthed woman
The Star Gamesha
The porcelain baby
That night in the forest
Noppera-bō
Akurojin-no-hi
Hidarugami
Oiwa
Okiku, the ghost of Himeji Castle
Aokigahara, the suicide forest
Prologue
Before the horror let me explain very quickly some topics related to this book, the reader must know the difference between Yūrei and Yōkai this will helps you to understand the nature of these nightmares beings.
Japan is a mysteriously land, many people report strange events or even deaths in rare circumstances. In this country exist many haunted places and hundreds of ghost’s stories, the responsible usually are the Yūreis. Meaning faint spirit or dim soul, Yūrei is the Japanese word for ghost. Usually they are vengeful and dangerous; Yūrei is the male or female spirit which didn’t leave this world in the moment of their deaths. Some are bound by feelings such hate, love or sadness, while others are troubled by the violent nature of their death, maybe in accident, murder, or suicides; the yūreis are motivated by vengeance. This dangerous spirits will continue haunting the Earth until they’re able to accept their fate or complete the unfinished business that binds them to the physical world.
The Yūrei then exists on this world until can be able to rest, either by resolving the emotional conflict that still ties him to the physical world, or performing the missing rituals. If the rituals are not completed or the conflict left unresolved, the Yūrei will persist in its haunting.
The people who claim to be witnesses of Yūrei activity describe them as the Yūrei are usually dressed in white; some people think this is because for the white burial kimono used in Edo period funeral rituals. In Shinto, white is the color of ritual purity, traditionally reserved for priests and the dead people. This kimono can either be a plain, white, unlined kimono named katabira or white katabira inscribed with Buddhist sutras called kyokatabira. They sometimes have a forehead cover which is a small white triangular piece of cloth tied around the head. The hair of an Yūrei is often long, black and disheveled; few persons believe this is part of the trademark carried over from Kabuki Theaters and the popular legends from the past. The yūrei's hands dangle lifelessly from the wrists, they typically not had legs and feet, they floating in the air. Yūreis are frequently depicted as being accompanied by a pair of floating flames or wisps called Hitodama, the Hitodama always have strange colors such as blue, green, or red. These ghostly flames are separate parts of the ghost rather than independent spirits.
Another type of spirits is known as Yōkai, these are the non-human spirit or monsters with different kind of powers which using to create chaos. Yōkai can be malevolent and mischievous, beings as the Kappa, Oni and Tengu are examples of Yōkai. Let’s talk about those three.
Kappa has roughly humanoid form, and had the size of a child. Their scaly, reptilian skin ranges in color from blue to green or yellow. Kappas supposedly inhabit the ponds and rivers of Japan. He had webbed hands and feet, he can swim really fast and smell like fish. Although their appearance varies from region to region, the most consistent features are a turtle shell, a beak for the mouth, and a plate, which is a flat hairless region on top of their head and is always wet, the kappa's arms are said to be connected to each other through the torso and able to slide from one side to the other. The kappa can survive in the water and the land, and could be good or bad depending of his humor.
The Oni is cruel and look’s like a demon, but is a sort of mountain-dwelling ogre, usually depicted with brown, blue, black or red skin, two horns on its head, he is pretty big and strong, he had a wide mouth filled with fangs, Oni are mostly described as evil. He often carries an iron kanabo or a giant sword. The legends said the Oni kill persons and eat their flesh.
The Tengu is the a spirits of the Damned, a goblin that has several supernatural powers and is a really good fighter, the Tengu were originally known as a extremely dangerous demons and enemies of Buddhism, they are traditionally depicted with both, human and avian characteristics an unnaturally long nose, which today is widely considered the Tengu’s defining characteristic.
In other times they can appear mostly human, some look like inanimate objects and others have no discernible shape. The Tengu is not the only one, all Yōkais usually have a spiritual supernatural power, and the shape shifting is one of the most commons.
In Japan use the word Onryō referring to yūrei's and Yōkais or vengeful spirits. Exist many legends about Onryōs in the regions; this book contains a lot of stories about Onryōs, this book present all the details from the legends and the most macabre events in the Japanese history,