Furaribi
Sign in to saveright|thumb|264px|Furaribi (ふらり火) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|200px|Furaribi (ふらり火) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Sekien Toriyama]] thumb|Furaribi () from Bakemono no e (, ), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.|alt=]] The furaribi () is a fire yōkai that appears in Japanese classical yōkai pictures such as in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama, the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi, and the Bakemonozukushi by an unknown author.
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It sits within the topics Atmospheric ghost lights, Mythological and legendary Japanese birds and Yōkai.
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right|thumb|264px|Furaribi (ふらり火) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|200px|Furaribi (ふらり火) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Sekien Toriyama]] thumb|Furaribi () from Bakemono no e (, ), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.|alt=]] The furaribi () is a fire yōkai that appears in Japanese classical yōkai pictures such as in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama, the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi, and the Bakemonozukushi by an unknown author.
==Concept== In the Hyakkai Zukan and Bakemonozukushi among others, they are depicted as birds with a dog-like face and enveloped in fire. The one in the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō is also a bird enveloped in fire, but the face on this one is reminiscent of Garuda of Hindu mythology.
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