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japanese legends
Do the japanese have Urban legends/myths?And if so could you please post some up.I borrowed a book (childrens book) with some but havent found many.
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*giggles at the idea of a japanese big foot*
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Hi Nobora! Long time no see. :ywave: Great idea for a thread, by the way.
I'm not sure if it's one of the most famous ones or not, but my favorite Japanese urban legend has always been "Kuchisake Onna" (口裂け女) I'm not a good story-teller, so I'll let wikipedia do it. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Another one I know is pretty cute to me, even though It's a scary one. Taken from the Japan times: "Toire no Hanako-san" A young girl raises her hand in class. She has to use the facilities. As she walks down the hallway and enters the bathroom, she becomes uncomfortably aware that she is completely alone. But an eerie feeling steals over her as she walks by the empty stalls -- one, two, three. As she walks, she gets the feeling that she is no longer alone, and there is a presence with her in the bathroom. As she passes the fourth stall, she sees a gleaming pair of eyes staring back at her. This is Hanako-san. Found in every elementary school in Japan, Hanako-san, or more formally, "Toire no Hanako-san," inhabits the fourth stall of the girl's bathroom. And the same page has a few more if you care to look: Have you heard the one about . . ? | The Japan Times Online |
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@Alan
Thank you for the stories I liked them. Whats A Hannako ? I read it in the link but didnt understand |
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LOL thats why i love them so much because their not predictable their so creepy and mysterious. Like for me Ive read Mexican and AMerican legends for years now so iknow wats going to happen next. I got tired of them and decided to start lookin for some japanese legends(if they got good anime why not ghost right). And waala i found scary stories! LOL:pompoms: |
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I know a lot of american ghost stories and a few from a couple of other countries. I love urban legends so learning somemore is alway's fun to do!:pinkbow: [ |
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Yup Yup please post the ones that you know:) |
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Okaay!
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I know the ones like the guy with the hook, the Ghost of a hitchiker, and a myth about the Deer-Lady or a Goat-man! :pinkbow:I know other myths but that's all that I can recall right now. I know alot of old myths like the ones about what mermaids are, or Nymph's! I like learning new myths and legends though! I believe The Ghost Rider legend is spanish but I may be wrong, I do know that the comic & the movie are based off a myth about the hellhounds and one of the ones about the devil. Though that would be a matter of your religion if you believe it true or not personally I don't believe it though! I'll put down the full ones later if you want Nobura. Will you put down the ones you know too? |
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Wow thats a lot LOL. Uh i know bout the hook, bloody mary, the hitchhiker, la llorona, the lady in white, el chupacabra, honoka( this ones japanese), fairys( in england which here in american we call trolls), uh alot more i cant think of right now though ^_^ If you wanna know more about one of the ones I listed just ask! |
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Who is La Ilorona and what is Honoka? :pinkbow: |
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Um, yeah, I'm seriously wishing I hadn't followed that link. I'm the last person in the office; it's dead silent here and starting to get dark out; and I'm a scaredy by nature. Guess I'll head home now . . . . :coldbear: |
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hahahahaha ur fault! @Angel La llorona is a mexican story so i'll tell u it one day their was this girl who ws really pretty and all the guys liked her. Her name is maria. Well she wsnt getting married cuz she didnt like anyone in the village. but one day a guy came and they immediatley fell in love and got married. they had 2 kids and were happy. but suddenly her husband was coming home later and later and drunk. then one night when she was washing the dishes she saw her husband come out of a fancy car and inside was a women . he came inside staggering said hello to his kids told them he loved them and told maria " I dont love you im with her , take care of my kids" Maria watched him leave. she was really mad . She grabbed the two kids and went outside by the river where she threw them in. The kids who were small drowned. She saw was she did and regretted it. she started walking fast towards the village but didnt watch where she ws going she triped on a thick branch and hit her head on a huge rock. the next day the villagers saw that maria was missing so they searched for her untill someone found her by the river. They barried her and realized wat she had done. The bodies of the kids was never found. She was told that she couldnt go to heaven that she needed to find her two kids before she goes. Till this day shes walks at night looking through all the rivers and water she can find searching her kids crying out "mis hijos donde estan mis hijos" which means my kids where are my kids. People say that if u go by the arroyo or river at night you can hear her crying out and if your not careful enough she'll pull in thinking that ur her kids. |
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That is so sad!:pinkcry: I love the sadder legends but they alway's make me cry! :pinkbow: |
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LOL its suppose to be scary |
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I know in should be but:kittycry: I doesn't scare me because I grew up on horror and not even stories about the BoogieMan scare's me anymore. I think if she takes a person because she is trying to comfort herself through the people she takes! So do you want to know about the Deer Lady or the Goat Man? :pinkbow: |
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LOl i see. I want to know about the Deer lady |
xD You should watch Kowai Nichiyobi ("Scary Sunday") series, that includes Kowai Nichiyobi ~Shinsho~ (Scary Sundat NEW), Kowai Nichiyobi 2000 (Scary Sunday 2000) too xD plus specials. There are so many episodes and all are about horror legend in Japan. All series are on DVD too, so you can buy them from on-line shop, or you could search them from net. But I must say it is not easy to find all episodes. even harder is to find them with English subtitles...
I think "Nippon no kowai yoru" ("Dark tales of Japan") is good movie too, but I have not seen it.. yet.. wuahaha xD |
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Also "Mokuyou no Kaidan (Kaiki Club)" might be good mini series. It has 13 episodes and first episode is about Hanako O.O
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arigatou gozaimasu |
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okay. Well in sometimes if you go on the backroads in certain parts of texas and oklahoma, There is this deer that is half woman an half deer. well if she catches a very bad kid outside at dark then she takes them an eats them for being bad or something... I'm not sure I remembered right though. its ment to scare kids. |
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I see. SO in like those back open strets right. Yea I can see why parents would tell that to their kids. |
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Yes and the goat-man is a more gruesome version of the deer lady but he attacks an eat's a kid if they get near where he lives. But I focus more on Greek and roman myths and legends. |
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Ahh, yeah it is Awe-Shum but when your parents tell you this when you are little it is very scary. There are ghost stories in oklahoma but They are more like different variants of other stories but based a little different. |
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after a while most seem the same though (or at least to me) |
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