Kamaitachi
Sign in to savethumb|"Kamaitachi" () from the "Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]] thumb|"Kamaitachi" () from the Kyōka Hyaku Monogatari by [[Masasumi Ryūkansaijin]]
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Legends by area
- Writings in old literature
- Similar legends
- See also
- References
thumb|"Kamaitachi" () from the "Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]] thumb|"Kamaitachi" () from the Kyōka Hyaku Monogatari by [[Masasumi Ryūkansaijin]]
is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin'etsu region. It can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kamaitachi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.