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Hantu apu appear to be fairly passive spirits, as it seems all they want to do is attend events quietly and unseen. Despite being shapeshifters, this is most famously done in the form of a mat.

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Large beasts that are cowed by the presence of innocent children, fearing it will be beaten. Otherwise, it is a formidable creature that aggressively attacks many a man or animal.

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A nightly weeper, the yonaki baba may be drawn to or forewarn household calamity. Regardless of if she sobs or cackles, the misery she is around is unmistakable.

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These riverside spirits, like the goddess Mari, subsist on the concept of eza, negation in the terms of calculated and declared amounts of material goods. Particularly they will take the difference in amount between how much someone claims they have and how much they actually had. A lamina isn't unknown to give gifts to those who they believe have helped them, these gifts often end up being gold, although how much and when the gift reveals its true form are also inconsistent.

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A bird with a baleful sting, the qinyuan carries an apian countenance albeit with a far more potent venom.

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Vernal trumpeters described in Yarns of the Big Woods. The respiration of callopodes adds to the chorus of creatures that make noise throughout spring.

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Many-eyed Argus, a faithful servant who could see in all directions. Despite this, Hermes would come to slay him.

While the common and more well known version is where Hermes puts his eyes to sleep, in some versions the god hurls stones at Argus until the giant fell dead. Regardless, Hermes decapitates him in the end.

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An eel-shaped fish with a long red beak. Its body and fins are a mix of colours with reddish stripes. Apparently quite delectable for those who could afford to get one on the table.

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A blinding red light like the Sun gleams from the surface of his head. The Akagashira of Tosa may not be malicious, but it remains dangerous to encounter.

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Powerful black-furred bulls of the lochs. Depending on the region, the calves they sire are either considered calamitous and marked for death, or they will become the herd's strongest.

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A small being of the earth found down in the gold mines across the region of Surigao in the Philippines. This is a marked difference from most duwende that live in rocks, earth, anthills, or trees.

He is consistent in his actions, offering but one type of trade in exchange for a share of the gold he owns, the conditions are always the same. He will always request a child's blood for the gold.

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Lock-bypassing critters, a keyhole crab munches on keyholes.

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The horrific hairy leg, a single disembodied leg that would beat victims senseless in Recife.

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Vicious, flesh-consuming pests that supposedly dwell on an island near British Columbia.

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One of Fujiwara no Chikata's Shikishū, a set of powerful oni that wielded specific supernatural powers to easily weigh the tide of battle heavily in their favour. Sui-ki was elementally affiliated with water.

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A physical manifestation of nature utilized to warn children against getting sunstroke or heatstroke during the summer months.

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A form of get-rich-quick dark magic, pesugihan babi. This bestial transformation has the capabilities of robbing entire villages blind during the dark of the night.