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{{Short description|Yōkai}}
[[Image:SekienEnenra.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An enenra as depicted in [[Toriyama Sekien]]'s ''[[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]]'']]
[[Image:SekienEnenra.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An enenra as depicted in [[Toriyama Sekien]]'s ''[[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]]'']]
{{nihongo|'''Enenra'''|煙々羅|en'enra|lit. "lightweight-fabric smoke"}}, sometimes {{nihongo|'''enraenra'''|煙羅煙羅}}, is a [[yōkai]], or Japanese [[monster]], composed of [[smoke]] and [[darkness]]. It was first featured in the [[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]], circa 1781.<ref>{{Cite book |last = Toriyama |first = Sekien |author-link = Toriyama Sekien |title=Toriyama Sekien Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Zen Gashū|year=2005 |publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]] |series=Kadokawa Sophia Bunko |language=ja |isbn=978-4-04-405101-3}}</ref>
{{nihongo|'''Enenra'''|煙々羅|en'enra|lit. "lightweight-fabric smoke"}}, sometimes {{nihongo|'''enraenra'''|煙羅煙羅}}, is a [[yōkai]], or Japanese [[monster]], composed of [[smoke]] and [[darkness]]. It was first featured in the [[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]], circa 1781.<ref>{{Cite book |last = Toriyama |first = Sekien |author-link = Toriyama Sekien |title=Toriyama Sekien Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Zen Gashū|year=2005 |publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]] |series=Kadokawa Sophia Bunko |language=ja |isbn=978-4-04-405101-3}}</ref>
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==Popular culture==
==Popular culture==
In the 2011 video game ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'', the character [[Smoke (Mortal Kombat)|Smoke]] (who makes his first human appearance in the game in almost [[Mortal Kombat II|two decades]]) is an enenra.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgmagonline.com/2019/04/22/top-5-kharacters-wed-like-to-see-return-in-mortal-kombat-11/|title=Top 5 Kharacters We’d Like To See Return In Mortal Kombat 11 |work=Comics Gaming Magazine|access-date=July 28, 2020|date=April 22, 2019|author=Ferguson, Liam}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=Citation is outdated, colloquially-phrased listicle from non-vetted Web site.|date=July 2020}}
In the 2011 video game ''[[Mortal Kombat (2011 video game)|Mortal Kombat]]'', the character [[Smoke (Mortal Kombat)|Smoke]] (who makes his first human appearance in the game in almost [[Mortal Kombat II|two decades]]) is an enenra.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cgmagonline.com/2019/04/22/top-5-kharacters-wed-like-to-see-return-in-mortal-kombat-11/|title=Top 5 Kharacters We'd Like To See Return In Mortal Kombat 11 |work=Comics Gaming Magazine|access-date=July 28, 2020|date=April 22, 2019|author=Ferguson, Liam}}</ref>{{Better source|reason=Citation is outdated, colloquially-phrased listicle from non-vetted Web site.|date=July 2020}}

In the 2012 manga Forbidden Scrollery from the [[Touhou Project]] series, Enenra is featured as an evil yōkai that gets exterminated by the series' heroine.

In the 2020 video game [[Nioh 2]], Enenra is featured as one of the game's many yōkai bosses.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 22:53, 13 November 2023

An enenra as depicted in Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi

Enenra (煙々羅, en'enra, lit. "lightweight-fabric smoke"), sometimes enraenra (煙羅煙羅), is a yōkai, or Japanese monster, composed of smoke and darkness. It was first featured in the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi, circa 1781.[1]

Mythology

Enenras mostly reside in bonfires; when they emerge, they take human shape or form. It is said that an enenra can only be seen by the pure of heart.

Enenras are mostly considered to be demons or divine beings of darkness and smoke; legend says that there are two types of enenras, the first and most common type being enenras who are born purely as enenras, whilst the second and more rarely occurring type are humans who have died and been transformed into enenras.

Popular culture

In the 2011 video game Mortal Kombat, the character Smoke (who makes his first human appearance in the game in almost two decades) is an enenra.[2][better source needed]

References

  1. ^ Toriyama, Sekien (2005). Toriyama Sekien Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Zen Gashū. Kadokawa Sophia Bunko (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. ISBN 978-4-04-405101-3.
  2. ^ Ferguson, Liam (April 22, 2019). "Top 5 Kharacters We'd Like To See Return In Mortal Kombat 11". Comics Gaming Magazine. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
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