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'''Konaki-jiji''' (translated into ''Old man crying'' and also known as the ''Myling'') is a Japanese folklore figure. |
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'''Konaki-jiji''' (子泣き爺, ''Konaki-Jijī'', translated into ''Old man crying'') is a kind of Japanese [[yōkai]], a supernatural spirit in [[Japanese folklore]]. It is similar to the Scandinavian [[myling]] and the Slavic [[poroniec]]. |
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==Description== |
==Description== |
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The Konaki-jiji is said to be able to take the appearance of an old man or a baby.<ref name="News1">{{cite news | last = Baker | first = Tom |
The Konaki-jiji is said to be able to take the appearance of an old man or a baby.<ref name="News1">{{cite news | last = Baker | first = Tom | title = A procession of countless demons; From animated trash to sharp-toothed education mamas, there's a yokai for everything | newspaper = The Daily Yomiuri | pages = 9 | date = December 24, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="News2">{{cite news | last = Kan | first = Saori | title = TV's 'Kitaro' turns 40 | newspaper = The Daily Yomiuri | pages = 12 | date = January 18, 2008 }}</ref> In either case, the spirit lures an unwary passerby towards it and allows him or her to pick it up. After the spirit is picked up, it suddenly becomes a heavy stone that crushes the victim to death.<ref name="News1"/><ref name="News2"/> In some versions of Konaki-jiji stories, the spirit is that of a baby left to die in the wilderness.<ref name="Harper">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Konakijiji | encyclopedia = Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World | pages = 369 | publisher = Harper Collins | date = 2006 }}</ref> |
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The Konaki-jiji can be traced back to family records in [[Shikoku]] where the term was used to describe an old man who sounded like a child when he cried.<ref name="Lunning2008">{{cite book|author=Frenchy Lunning|title=Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human|url= |
The Konaki-jiji can be traced back to family records in [[Shikoku]] where the term was used to describe an old man who sounded like a child when he cried.<ref name="Lunning2008">{{cite book|author=Frenchy Lunning|title=Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FM9Y5EKSOakC&pg=PA27|access-date=28 October 2011|date=5 November 2008|publisher=U of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-5482-6|pages=27–}}</ref> The term was eventually used in a national encyclopedia of yōkai and became a nationally known phenomenon.<ref name="Lunning2008"/> |
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 8 March 2023
Konaki-jiji (子泣き爺, Konaki-Jijī, translated into Old man crying) is a kind of Japanese yōkai, a supernatural spirit in Japanese folklore. It is similar to the Scandinavian myling and the Slavic poroniec.
Description[edit]
The Konaki-jiji is said to be able to take the appearance of an old man or a baby.[1][2] In either case, the spirit lures an unwary passerby towards it and allows him or her to pick it up. After the spirit is picked up, it suddenly becomes a heavy stone that crushes the victim to death.[1][2] In some versions of Konaki-jiji stories, the spirit is that of a baby left to die in the wilderness.[3]
The Konaki-jiji can be traced back to family records in Shikoku where the term was used to describe an old man who sounded like a child when he cried.[4] The term was eventually used in a national encyclopedia of yōkai and became a nationally known phenomenon.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Baker, Tom (24 December 2010). "A procession of countless demons; From animated trash to sharp-toothed education mamas, there's a yokai for everything". The Daily Yomiuri. p. 9.
- ^ a b Kan, Saori (18 January 2008). "TV's 'Kitaro' turns 40". The Daily Yomiuri. p. 12.
- ^ "Konakijiji". Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World. Harper Collins. 2006. p. 369.
- ^ a b Frenchy Lunning (5 November 2008). Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-0-8166-5482-6. Retrieved 28 October 2011.