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The Bake-kujira (化鯨, ghost whale) is a mythical Japanese yōkai (ghost, phantom, or strange apparition) from western Japan.^[1]

It is supposedly a large ghostly skeleton whale and is said to be accompanied by strange birds and fish.

Legends

In one story, a fisherman tries to catch it with his harpoon but the harpoon sailed right through it and the Bake-kujira floated away. In other stories people say that the Bake-kujira brings a curse and general misfortune to the area where it is spotted.

In popular culture

Bake-kujira was featured in the SMITE MOBA as of his December 2023 announcement.

References

^ Bane, Theresa (2016-03-09). Encyclopedia of Spirits and Ghosts in World Mythology. McFarland. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4766-2339-9.

External links

Bakekujira and Japan's Whale Cults at hyakumonogatari.com (English).

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Folktales	Awa Tanuki Gassen Banchō Sarayashiki Bunbuku Chagama Hachikazuki Hanasaka Jiisan Hyakki Yagyō Issun-bōshi Kachi-kachi Yama Kasa Jizō Kintarō Kobutori Jiisan Momotarō Nezumi no Sumō Saru Kani Gassen Shita-kiri Suzume Taketori Monogatari Tawara Tōda Tsuru no Ongaeshi Urashima Tarō Oto-hime Uriko-hime Yotsuya Kaidan
Texts	Konjaku Monogatarishū Otogi-zōshi Uji Shūi Monogatari
Legendary creatures (Yōkai)	Abura-akago Abura-sumashi Aka Manto Akaname Akashita Akateko Akuma Amabie Amazake-babaa Amefurikozō Ameonna Amikiri Aoandon Aobōzu Aonyōbō Aosaginohi Ashinagatenaga Ayakashi Azukiarai Bake-kujira Baku Basan Binbōgami Chimimōryō Daidarabotchi Dodomeki Dragon Mizuchi Nure-onna Enenra Furaribi Fūri Futakuchi-onna Gagoze Gashadokuro Harionago Hibagon Hiderigami Hito-gitsune Hitotsume-kozō Hitotsume-nyūdō Hone-onna Hyōsube Ikuchi Inugami Ishinagenjo Isonade Jinmenju Jorōgumo Jubokko Kaibyō Bakeneko Nekomata Kamaitachi Kamikiri Kappa Yamawaro Kasha Keukegen Kijimuna Kinoko Kirin Kitsune Hakuzōsu Osaki Tamamo-no-Mae Kodama Komainu Konaki-jiji Korpokkur Koromodako Kotobuki Kuda-gitsune Kudan Mazoku Mikaribaba Mikoshi-nyūdō Miage-nyūdō Misaki Mokumokuren Mōryō Mujina Namazu Ningyo Noderabō Noppera-bō Nue Nuppeppō Nurarihyon Nurikabe Nyūdō-bōzu Obake Oboroguruma Ōkubi Ōmukade Oni Amanojaku Ibaraki-dōji Kijo/Onibaba Momiji Kurozuka Suzuka Gozen Yama-uba Kidōmaru Namahage Rashōmon no oni Shuten-dōji Ushi-oni Onibi Janjanbi Kitsunebi Shiranui Onikuma Ōnyūdō Orochi Otoroshi Ouni Raijū Rokurokubi Samebito Sankai Satori Sazae-oni Shachihoko Shidaidaka Shikigami Shinigami Shirime Shōjō Shōkera Sunekosuri Takaonna Tanuki Danzaburou-danuki Inugami Gyōbu Shibaemon-tanuki Yashima no Hage-tanuki Ten Tengu Sōjōbō Tennin Tenome Tesso Tōfu-kozō Tsuchigumo Tsuchinoko Tsukumogami Abumi-guchi Bakezōri Biwa-bokuboku Boroboroton Chōchin'obake Ittan-momen Kasa-obake Koto-furunushi Menreiki Ungaikyō Tsurara-onna Tsurubebi Tsurube-otoshi Ubagabi Ubume Umibōzu Umi zatō Uwan Waira Wanyūdō Yamabiko Yamajijii Yanari Yobuko Yōsei Yosuzume Yuki-onna Yume no seirei Yūrei/Mononoke Funayūrei Hanako-san Ikiryō Onryō Goryō Kuchisake-onna Shiryō Zashiki-warashi
Folklorists	Kunio Yanagita Keigo Seki Lafcadio Hearn Shigeru Mizuki Inoue Enryō

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 == In popular culture ==
-* Bake-kujira's was featured in the [[Smite (video game)|SMITE]] MOBA as of his December 2023 announcement.
+* Bake-kujira was featured in the [[Smite (video game)|SMITE]] MOBA as of his December 2023 announcement.
 == References ==

Revision as of 00:55, 5 December 2023

Legends

In popular culture

References

External links