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The {{Nihongo|'''''Bake-kujira'''''|化鯨||literally "ghost whale"}} is a [[myth]]ical Japanese ''[[yōkai]]'' ([[ghost]], phantom, or strange [[apparitional experience|apparition]]) from [[Japanese dialects#Eastern and Western Japanese|western Japan]]. |
The {{Nihongo|'''''Bake-kujira'''''|化鯨||literally "ghost whale"}} is a [[myth]]ical Japanese ''[[yōkai]]'' ([[ghost]], phantom, or strange [[apparitional experience|apparition]]) from [[Japanese dialects#Eastern and Western Japanese|western Japan]]. It is also said that it likes to eat the rice from farms. |
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It is supposedly a large ghostly skeleton [[whale]] and is said to be accompanied by strange birds and fish. The Bake-kujira is {{convert|60|ft}} long and |
It is supposedly a large ghostly skeleton [[whale]] and is said to be accompanied by strange birds and fish. The Bake-kujira is {{convert|60|ft}} long and lives on the Japanese coastline. It is said to be highly aggressive. |
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== Legends == |
== Legends == |
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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 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. |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
Revision as of 10:44, 11 September 2014
The Bake-kujira (化鯨, literally "ghost whale") is a mythical Japanese yōkai (ghost, phantom, or strange apparition) from western Japan. It is also said that it likes to eat the rice from farms.
It is supposedly a large ghostly skeleton whale and is said to be accompanied by strange birds and fish. The Bake-kujira is 60 feet (18 m) long and lives on the Japanese coastline. It is said to be highly aggressive.
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.
External links
- Bakekujira and Japan's Whale Cults at hyakumonogatari.com (English).