17 min listen
Gaki: Hungry Ghosts (Ep. 10)
FromUncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
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16 minutes
Released:
Sep 13, 2017
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Description
Careful. Living a life of luxury while being selfish and coveting your neighbors goodies just might lead you to another spin on this Wheel of Life. This means after you die you'll be reborn not as a human again, not even as a squirrel in someone's backyard. You might just come back as a hungry ghost, and let me tell you why that's not a very good thing. This month's podcast is about Japanese hungry ghosts or gaki in Japanese. Not for the feint of heart. Credits The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo). The whole album is just gorgeous as it everything else by FM3.
Released:
Sep 13, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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