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[[Image:Genrin Tsurube-oroshi.jpg|thumb|A ''tsurube-otoshi'' (upper right), illustrated in the ''[[Kokon Hyaku-monogatari Hyōban]]'' (古今百物語評判)]] |
[[Image:Genrin Tsurube-oroshi.jpg|thumb|A ''tsurube-otoshi'' (upper right), illustrated in the ''[[Kokon Hyaku-monogatari Hyōban]]'' (古今百物語評判)]] |
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'''Tsurube-otoshi''' (釣瓶おとし) is a creature from [[Japan|Japanese]] [[folklore]]. It lurks in the tops of trees and drops down on unsuspecting humans, and has various descriptions - sometimes it is some sort of [[oni (folklore)|oni]] or [[tengu]], sometimes it is a disembodied head, and sometimes it is a fireball. Its name is an expression for "falling quickly" which literally means "a well-bucket dropping", and sometimes the ''tsurube-otoshi'' instead drops a well-bucket to scoop up its prey. |
'''Tsurube-otoshi''' (釣瓶おとし) is a creature from [[Japan|Japanese]] [[folklore]]. It lurks in the tops of trees and drops down on unsuspecting humans, and has various descriptions - sometimes it is some sort of [[oni (folklore)|oni]] or [[tengu]], sometimes it is a disembodied head, and sometimes it is a fireball. Its name is an expression for "falling quickly" which literally means "a well-bucket dropping", and sometimes the ''tsurube-otoshi'' instead drops a well-bucket to scoop up its prey. |
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Tsurube-otoshi (釣瓶おとし) is a creature from Japanese folklore. It lurks in the tops of trees and drops down on unsuspecting humans, and has various descriptions - sometimes it is some sort of oni or tengu, sometimes it is a disembodied head, and sometimes it is a fireball. Its name is an expression for "falling quickly" which literally means "a well-bucket dropping", and sometimes the tsurube-otoshi instead drops a well-bucket to scoop up its prey.
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