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The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia
Richard Freeman
The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia
Richard Freeman
Everyone has heard of vampires and werewolves, but how many have heard of the rokuro-kubi, the tsuchinoki or the sagari? Japan has a wealth of ghosts and monsters, collectively called yokai, which are totally unknown in the West. The bizarre and wonderful folklore of Japan includes giant corpse-eating rabbits, flaming pigs that steal human genitals, perverse water goblins, blood sucking trees, a dragon that impregnates women, cats who animate dead bodies, a zombie whale and a huge flesh eating sea cucumber that grows from a pair of discarded knickers!
418 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 29, 2010 |
ISBN13 | 9781905723546 |
Publishers | CFZ Press |
Pages | 418 |
Dimensions | 188 × 245 × 22 mm · 798 g |
Language | English |
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