#narikama

[briefbestiary]

An old fortune-telling kettle set over where its head might be. Boiling water in its head, this yokai can be used to peek ahead.

[milkycook]

Narikama from YW4 and Sherma from Hollow knight:Silksong

[nightmaresyrup]

A New Year’s Eve Parade

Well, Shou isn’t so alone this year. He has his housemate/employer, Ahka to enjoy the festivities with him along with the wild procession of Yokai! I know Hyakki Yagyo happens during the summers, but I think Yokai would find any excuse to party! Wow! I finished on time! With hours to spare. I never thought I could paint such a spectacle in my life! Getting lost in the process is rather exhilirating! I may have left some mistakes here and there though XD Well, Happy New Year everyone! May we strive to improve in our own ways and pace :)

[nightmaresyrup]

Yokai: Nari-gama Once Again

It’s the fortune telling Tsukumogami Yokai once again. Its alternatively called Narikama. Although it looks like a hairy beast wearing a huge hat, it’s a cauldron or a kettle that gain sentience through antiquation. For clarity, its a kettle that makes a ringing sound when water is boiled, the ringing sounds are said to tell fortunes. Somehow it retains this ability once transformed. Here it’s currently preparing some Ema, wooden plaques where visitors would write their wishes, and from those, it can read one’s fortunes.

It was supposed to be a rare home doodle, but I liked it too much and couldnt stop adding things. I may have given it too much musculature on  the torso area. Also I loved adding a couple of Yokai cameos among the Ema. I’d understand why visitors would like an Amabie on their Ema, but Shou? I don’t know, maybe he fluffs up futons after he scares everyone out of a house.

[jigokuyeah]

Narigama

Alternatively Narikama, are well kept antique cooking pots that transform into Tsukumogami. Although wild and beastly in appearance, they can accurately read fortunes through Ema. Those are the pentagonal wooden plaques hung on shrines that have visitors’ wishes inscribed onto it. Their fortune telling ability might have something to do with a divination technique that involves listening to the ringing sounds said cooking pot makes when boiling water.

-Submitted by @nightmaresyrup

[nightmaresyrup]

Inktober Day 9: Narigama

It’s a fortune telling yokai, it may look like a strange hairy beast with a funny hat, but it’s actually a kettle. People believed you can tell fortunes by listening to the rattling of a kettle. I think this tsukumogami yokai inherited that ability and perhaps even more.