traditional youkai

A class of preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Since many copyrights have elements based on mythology, only use this tag for classical depictions of the youkai. An anime girl that is stated to be a youkai and only has barely noticeable connections to said youkai does not get this tag, unless the youkai is humanoid to begin with.

Notable characteristics are: humans (transformed), shapeshifters, animals, ogres, and even inanimate objects.

List of Youkai

• amabie
• bakeneko
• nekomata
• baku
• betobeto-san
• chouchin obake
• dodomeki
• dorotabou
• gashadokuro
• hitotsume-kozou
• ittan momen
• kasha
• kitsune
• kyuubi
• Tamamo no Mae
• kappa
• karakasa obake
• mokumokuren
• noppera-bou
• nue
• nuppefuhofu
• nurarihyon
• nuribotoke
• nurikabe
• oni
• blue oni
• red oni
• Shuten Douji
• Ibaraki Douji
• otoroshi
• rokurokubi
• satori
• sukima onna
• sunakake babaa
• tanuki
• tatarimokke
• tengu
• tsukumogami
• yuki onna
• zashiki-warashi

Misc

• akaname
• hannya
• hitodama

See also

• Youkai (Youkai Watch)
• Tag Group:Legendary Creatures
• Japanese mythology

External links

• Wikipedia: Youkai

The following tags are aliased to this tag: youkai (learn more).