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	AAS Abstracts: Japan Session 55
		The kappa is a mischievous water goblin of Japanese folklore; versions of the kappa belief and the legends and folktales associated with it are found throughout Japan.
		Recently, however, folklore scholarship has been changing: rather than focusing on the text, and attempting to trace its historical origins, folklorists have been seeking to understand the role played by an item of folklore for the living folk group in which the item exists.
		In particular it might be valuable to probe the borders between folklore and folklorism (essentially the appropriation of folklore for commercial and other purposes).
	www.aasianst.org /absts/1997abst/japan/j55.htm (981 words)

	MTG Salvation - Article - Understanding Kamigawa
		kappa: In Japanese folklore, kappa are mischievous water imps.
		We have foxes (Kitsune, pronounced kit-soo-neh), rats (Nezumi), and giant snakes (Orochi), while the suffix hito/bito means "person." The Orochi is actually a famous creature in Japanese lore, particularly referring to an eight-headed serpent defeated by the legendary Shinto god Susano-o.
		oni: In Japanese folklore, oni are creatures similar to ogres and demons.
	www.mtgsalvation.com /article/121/understanding-kamigawa (3112 words)

	Kappa (mythical creature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name "kappa" may be derived from the term for "robe" used by the Portuguese monks who arrived in Japan in the 16th century; they called this garment a capa, and the monks' appearance is not unlike that of the similarly named Japanese sprites, from the loose, shell-like cloaks to the tonsured hair.
		Kappa (河童) (sometimes Gataro 川太郎) are mythical creatures, water imps found in Japanese folklore, but have also been said to be a part of cryptozoology, due to apparent sightings.
		Kappa are also said to be afraid of fire, and some villages hold fireworks festivals each year to scare the sprites away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kappa_(mythical_creature) (1206 words)

	Kappa (mythical creature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kappa (河童) are mythical creatures, water imps found in Japanese folklore, but have also been said to be a part of cryptozoology, due to apparent sightings.
		The name "kappa" may be derived from the term for "robe" used by the Portuguese monks who arrived in Japan in the 16th century; they called this garment a capa, and the monks' appearance is not unlike that of the similarly named Japanese sprites, from the loose, shell-like cloaks to the tonsured hair.
		Kappa are also said to be afraid of fire, and some villages hold fireworks festivals each year to scare the sprites away.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kappa_(mythical_creature) (1158 words)

	Mythical beast
		This book contains descriptions of 120 mythical beasts from folklore and literature.
		Others were based on real creatures, originating in garbled accounts of travellers' tales; such as the "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary[?]", which supposedly grew tethered to the earth (and was actually the cotton bush).
		Conversely, some creatures once believed to be mythological have been found in recent times, such as the giant squid.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/my/Mythical_creature.html (186 words)

	Tanuki - Japanese God of Restauranteers
		In Japanese folklore, the kitsune (fox) and tanuki are considered masters of transformation, as is the Tengu, the bird-man goblin of the forest and mountain who is revered as the slayer of vanity and pride.
		The Tanuki is said to love Japanese sake (rice wine), and is often depicted with a sake bottle in one hand (usually purchased with fake money made from leaves) and a promissory note in the other (a bill it never pays).
		The Japanese tanuki and the fox (kitsune) are the most popular animals attributed with magical powers.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/tanuki.shtml (186 words)

	Deep North Gothic
		This point is demonstrated in the third legend representing a rape narrative involving the "kappa," a repulsive frog-like humanoid with a water-filled depression in his or her skull.
		But it is somewhat unfair to deprecate Hearn for his Orientalist and colonialist reappropriation of Japanese folklore.
		The image of kappa has long been open to numerous interpretations.
	www.uri.edu /artsci/english/clf/n5_a1.html (186 words)

	Wittenberg University -- Department of Languages
		A recipient of Phi Beta Kappa research awards and Japanese government scholarships, her research and professional papers have focused on contemporary Japanese women writers and the metaphoric use of figures from Japanese folklore in contemporary fiction.
		Amy G. Christiansen, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Japanese, a specialist in classic, premodern, and modern literature, and in narrative theory, teaches courses in Japanese language, Japanese literature, and Japanese literature in translation and is director of Women's Studies.
		She taught elementary and intermediate Japanese at Michigan State University as a teaching assistant for four years and currently teaches first-year and fourth-year Japanese courses at Wittenberg.
	www.wittenberg.edu /academics/lang/faculty/japanese.html (186 words)

	Chinese 691/Japanese 691
		You see that there is a subject heading for Kappa (water goblin), but also that you might be better off doing a slightly broader search for Folklore Japan.
		If you do a keyword search on "kappa" you will come across lots of "noise" (irrelevant citations), so you can try limiting the search to language=Japanese.
		Sometimes the easiest way to begin searching the library catalog is by doing a keyword search, particularly if you know what the word is in Japanese or Chinese but not in English.
	www.library.umass.edu /subject/easian/clsguides/grad691.html (1003 words)

	read my blog or the giant pandas will eat you.: 病院(hospital), tanuki and kappa
		traditionally in japanese folklore, a kappa is a child-sized creature with webbed hands and feet who tries to drown people in pools.
		me: unlike a nightingale, which is real, a phoenix is mythical, like a tanuki or kappa.
		i was trying to teach them 'mythical' using the examples of a nightingale and a phoenix.
	raeamber.blogspot.com /2005/10/hospital-tanuki-and-kappa.html (1188 words)

	Paul Robert Walker - Biography
		My books have been honored by the National Council for the Social Studies, the Children’s Book Council, the American Folklore Society, and Storytelling World.
		We moved a lot in my early years, four times before I turned eleven, for a total of five places, all in the Chicago area.
		I take my literary connecions where I find them.
	www.prwbooks.com /bio.htm (995 words)

	Vampire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vampire folklore also includes multiple ways to sap or hinder the Vampire's superhuman strength; according to myth, the Japanese practice of bowing to say hello was developed to trick the ultra-polite Kappa into tipping his head and spilling his water, thus robbing him of his superhuman strength [2].
		Vampires are often described as having a wide variety of additional powers and character traits, extremely variable in different traditions, and are a frequent subject of folklore, cinema, and contemporary fiction.
		In early Slavic folklore, a vampire drank blood, was afraid of (but could not be killed by) silver and could be destroyed by cutting off its head and putting it between the corpse's legs or by putting a wooden stake into its heart.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vampire (995 words)

	Pike -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		A male ((folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous) elf character (skilled with his namesake weapon) in the (A magazine devoted to comic strips) comic book (additional info and facts about Elfquest) Elfquest
		Pi Kappa Alpha (A social club for male undergraduates) fraternity, see (additional info and facts about Pi Kappa Alpha) Pi Kappa Alpha
		(additional info and facts about Pike, New York) Pike, New York is the name of a town and village.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pi/pike.htm (205 words)

	Deep North Gothic
		What is more, Tono folklore informs us that the kappa as well as Zashiki Warashi "bring prosperity and fortune with them when they decide to take up residence in a house, but they also take it with them when they leave " (Ivy, p.
		Thus, the marginal, subaltern and vanishing character of the kappa unveils a hidden kinship with the "Yamabito," the elusive mountain dwellers, and "Zashiki Warashi," childlike beings who inhabit the inner recesses of old, established households.
		for example, "Oshirasama" as the deity of silkworms, "Zashiki Warashi" as a deity in the form of parlor child, "Nanbu horses" as the sexual symbol of interspecies love, and so on.
	www.uri.edu /artsci/english/clf/n5_a1.html (4458 words)

	John Morgan (comedian)
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		He played numerous characters on the CBC sketch comedy television series " Royal Canadian Air Farce " from 1993 to 2001 and its predecessor on CBC Radio.
		John Morgan was born in Aberdare Wales United Kingdom.
	www.freeglossary.com /John_Morgan_%28comedian%29 (4458 words)

	Japanese Monsters and Myths Free Download by Pixel Paradox: (Japanese prints, monsters, myths, folklore, folk tales, Bakemono, Obake, Yokai, Yurei, Kappa, tengu, Nukekubi, monogatari, Noh Theater, manga, anime)
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		In Japanese folklore, it is a timid demon that can extend it's head on a very long neck.
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	fileboost.net /directory/desktop/screensavers/.../007442/review.html (91 words)

	Creature
		Kappa (mythical creature) Kappa (河童) are mythical creatures, water Japanese folklore.
		Creature of statute A creature of statute is an entity such as a statute.
		Creature from the Black Lagoon Creature from the Black Lagoon is a genre-making hybrid.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/creature.html (91 words)

	User:BrianSmithson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baku (spirit) -- Gaki-- Hitotsume-kozou -- Jengu -- Jikininki-- Kokopelli -- Kappa (mythical creature) -- Kintaro -- Mami Wata -- Momotaro -- Nue -- Nukekubi -- Oni (Japanese folklore) -- Raiju-- Rokurokubi -- Samebito -- Segaki -- Sojobo -- Tengu-- Tennin -- Yama-uba -- Yuki-onna -- Yuurei
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:BrianSmithson (562 words)

	Yurei : BlueChillies.com
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		In this screen saver you can see a Rokurokubi and a host of demons, goblins, witches, and other creatures collectively...
	www.bluechillies.com /list.html?k=yurei (254 words)

	R. Bruce Bickley, Jr.
		Bickley is married to Karen Bickley, who earned her BA in English with a minor in French, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, with Honors, from Duke University, and her MA in English from the University of Pennsylvania, where she held a tuition scholarship.
		Professor Bickley's primary areas of teaching and research are nineteenth-century American literature, African American literature and folklore, Southern literature, cultural studies, and advanced composition.
		Bickley is the former Coordinator of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Religion at Florida State University and the former Coordinator of the Humanities Instititute at Florida State.
	garnet.acns.fsu.edu /~bbickley (1110 words)

	User:BrianSmithson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baku (spirit) -- Gaki -- Hitotsume-kozou -- Jengu -- Jikininki -- Kokopelli -- Kappa (mythical creature) -- Kintaro -- Mami Wata -- Momotaro -- Nue -- Nukekubi -- Oni (Japanese folklore) -- Raiju -- Rokurokubi -- Samebito -- Segaki -- Sojobo -- Tengu -- Tennin -- Yama-uba -- Yuki-onna -- Yuurei
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/User:BrianSmithson (558 words)

	Koku
		The metamorphosis of the kappa: transformation of folklore to folklorism in Japan.
		carrying three employees of SGC Saga Koku, was to arrive at Saga airport at 9:12...
		helicopter of charter flight operator SGC Saga Koku, in the shallow waters of the Ariake Sea...
	hallencyclopedia.com /Koku (453 words)

	Sinister Spirits of Asia Part II: Legendary Creatures of Japan
		Article URL: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4817/29027 Title: Sinister Spirits of Asia Part II: Legendary Creatures of Japan Description: Our look at the sinister creatures of Asian mythology continues with a look at some of the ghosts and goblins of Japanese folklore.--(Okiku, Yuki Onna,Oni, Yama Uba, Kappa, Nukekubi,Tengu, Rokurokubi).
		I thought you might find this article interesting.
	209.52.189.2 /article/send.cfm/4817/29027 (453 words)

	Scotto's Wall Scrawls - December 16th, 2003
		Tengu, Kappa, Rokurokubi, Nukekubi, and Hungry ghosts specifically.
		Spent some lovely time with my sweetie recently, and getting into Asian folklore, too.
		I should be about warmed up to do that Dragon's gate review soon.
	scottobear.livejournal.com /2003/12/16 (454 words)

	Nukekubi : BlueChillies.com
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		In this screen saver you can see a Rokurokubi and a host of demons, goblins, witches, and other creatures collectively...
	www.bluechillies.com /list.html?k=nukekubi (261 words)

	Japanese Monsters and Myths Download Page - Download Japanese Monsters and Myths for Free - Japanese monsters and myths.
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	Monsters and Fabulous Beasts
		Our look at the sinister creatures of Asian mythology continues with a look at some of the ghosts and goblins of Japanese folklore.--(Okiku, Yuki Onna,Oni, Yama Uba, Kappa, Nukekubi,Tengu, Rokurokubi).
		A short suggested reading list and gift guide for monster enthusiasts and their friends.
	www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/monsters (310 words)

	Sinister Spirits of Asia Part II: Legendary Creatures of Japan
		Article URL: http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4817/29027 Title: Sinister Spirits of Asia Part II: Legendary Creatures of Japan Description: Our look at the sinister creatures of Asian mythology continues with a look at some of the ghosts and goblins of Japanese folklore.--(Okiku, Yuki Onna,Oni, Yama Uba, Kappa, Nukekubi,Tengu, Rokurokubi).
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	209.52.189.2 /article/send.cfm/4817/29027 (310 words)

	Kappa (mythical creature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kappa (河童) are mythical creatures, water imps found in Japanese folklore, but have also been said to be a part of cryptozoology, due to apparent sightings.
		A drawing of a kappa which was reported to have been caught in a net on Mito East beach in 1801.
		Stubborn children are encouraged to follow the custom of bowing on the grounds that it is a defense against kappa.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kappa_(mythical_creature) (1138 words)

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