of mating ritual for the creatures.
Country Cousins:
Although most commonly referred to as Umi-bozu, this yokai is given a variety of names throughout Japan. Fishermen on the island of Sado, located off the west coast of Japan, speak of the Tate-Eboshi, a sixty-five-foot (twenty-meter) tall creature that attempts to swamp any boat it encounters. Meanwhile, fishermen in Shiriyazaki, at the northeastern tip of Japan’s main island of Honshu, have a tradition of mixing miso paste with water and pouring it into the sea to drive away the Mojabune, another towering yokai of the high seas.
BEARDED BOZU
Some accounts describe the skin of the Umi-bozu as being covered in ultrafine hair. The veracity of these claims remains unknown. If true, an Umi-bozu’s “pelt” is probably similar to that of other marine mammals such as the sea otter, the dense fur of which contains some one million hairs per square inch of skin! (By comparison, an average human has only one hundred thousand hairs on their entire head.)
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O-dokuro
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O-dokuro
大髑髏
Pronunciation:
(Oh DOH-koo-row)
English Names:
Giant Skeleton,
Skeleton Spectre
Alternate Japanese Names:
Dokuro-no-kai, Mekurabe
Height:
Up to 150 ft. (45m)
Weight:
Variable depending on size
Locomotion:
Bipedal, quadripedal
Distinctive Features:
A giant skeleton, or a body composed of many bones
Offensive Weapons:
Fearsome appearance; a vengeful appetite
Abundance:
Rare
Habitat:
Unspecified
Claim to Fame:
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