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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Samebito
		Samebito (鮫人, "shark men") are monsters found in Japanese folklore.
		Samebito are the inhabitants of a vast underwater kingdom, so they have little contact with mankind.
		In one story, for example, a samebito repays a debt by crying tears that transform into precious stones.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Samebito (310 words)

	Samebito: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Samebito (鮫人, "shark (shark: Any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales) men") are monster (monster: (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus) s found in Japanese folklore (Japanese folklore: japanese mythology is an extremely complex religion and system of beliefs....
		Samebito are the inhabitants of a vast underwater kingdom, so they have little contact with mankind.
		In one story, for example, a samebito repays a debt by crying (crying: The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)) tears that transform into precious stones (precious stones: A precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/samebito (186 words)

	Samebito
		Unable to come up with such an immense fortune, Totaro went home and lay ill until he was dying.
		When Samebito learned of what happened to its benefactor, it shed tears of sadness until the monster discovered that its tears had turned into pearls, rubies and emeralds.
		Article "Samebito" created on 03 March 1997; last modified on 27 December 1998 (Revision 2).
	www.pantheon.org /articles/s/samebito.html (177 words)

	Samebito - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Samebito (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Samebito (鮫人, "shark men") are monsters found in Japanese folklore.
		They are humanoid for the most part with fl skin and green, luminescent eyes.
		In one story, for example, a samebito repays a debt by crying tears that transform into precious stones.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Samebito.html (136 words)

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	PLUM RAIN SCROLL, DRAGON STONE AND PEONY LANTERN
		However, her mother, the nushi queen, is ill-tempered and a true nushi, but her hatred of the Jewel Maid and liking for Lady Murasaki (actually Taro's mother) saves him.
		Then there is the samebito (shark-person who cries jewel tears) who originally appeared in a folk tale about a samurai, Totaro, who finds one on Seta Bridge and takes it home to live in his pond, feeling sorry for it for it is an exile from the Dragon King's palace.
		With the jewels wept by the samebito, Totaro is able to marry her.
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