Posts tagged Yokai
Ep 103 - Sessho-Seki, The Killing Stone
Ep 103 - Sessho-Seki, The Killing Stone

We have breaking news of the haunted rock variety! The Sessho-Seki or “The Killing Stone” of Nasu, Japan has been split in half! This mythical rock contained the spirit of Tamamo No Mae, one of Japan’s top 3 ranked Yokai demons, or at least it did until March of 2022. Now after 1000 years, the beautiful nine-tailed fox demon girl is free to terrorize your local emperors.

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Podcast, Spooky MythsChristian MadonnaDrunk Mythology Podcast, comedy, culture, history, myth, mythology, legends, Japan, Japanese, Japanese myth, Nasu, Tokyo, Sessho-Seki, Killing Stone, relic, poison, gas, foxes, fox demon, Yokai, Tamamo-no-mae, China, Hokusai, sorceress, nine-tailed fox, Shang Dynasty, Emperor Zhou, King Zhou, Daji, concubine, India, Tianzhu, Kalmashapada, man-eater, Mizukume, Lady of Duckweed, courtesan, Emperor Toba, Astrologist, Court Magician, Abe no Yasuchika, Kazusa-no-suke, Miura-no-suke, rebellion, Edo, Buddhist, Monk, Gennou Shinshou, pilgrimageComment
Ep 78 - Rokurokubi Talking Heads
Ep 78 - Rokurokubi Talking Heads

Heads up! This week we have a ghost story from Japan featuring the nosiest Yokai on this side of the Pacific - the Rokurokubi. Prepare to learn about what really happens to people who crane their necks to listen on the hot goss. But don’t worry about those long necks, it’s the Nukekubi you really gotta watch out for. It’s samurai monk up to bat against bouncing head ghosts.

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Podcast, Spooky MythsChristian Madonnadrunk, mythology, Podcast, comedy, Culture, History, education, ghosts, Goblin, Japan, japanese, myth, Rokurokubi, Yokai, Oni, demons, pranksters, Nukekubi, Isogai Heidazemon Taketsura, Kikuji, Kyushu, samurai, Eikyo, Buddhist, Daimyo, Kwairyo, Koromo Robes, Lotus of the Good Law, Kai, unsui-no-ryokaku, harry things, ro, hearth, headless, bouncing heads, Suwa, talking heads, sutras, Spirit, demon slayer, long neck ghosts, Spirited AwayComment