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Jikininki (食人鬼, "human-eating ghosts") appear in Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904) as corpse-eating spirits. In Japanese Buddhism, jikininki ("human-eating ghosts"; pronounced shokujinki in modern Japanese), are similar to Gaki/Hungry ghost; the spirits of greedy, selfish or impious individuals who are cursed after death to seek out and eat humans and human corpses.
The supernatural species known as Jijinki (or Phantasm) is the byproduct of a pregnant woman outsmarting a corpse-eater. A similar story can be found as "Aozukin" in Ueda Akinari's Ugetsu Monogatari from 1776.
Jikininki (食人鬼, "human-eating ghosts") appear in Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904) as corpse-eating spirits. In Japanese...
the Hungry Ghosts are considered to have two variants: the gaki and the jikininki. Gaki (餓鬼) are the spirits of jealous or greedy people who, as punishment...
the such restless ghosts/monsters as Gaki (餓鬼, lit. "Hungry Ghosts"), Jikininki (食人鬼, lit. "Man-eating Ghost/Oni") and Muenbotoke (無縁仏, lit. "Without...
Late at night, it haunts graveyards in order to look for its own head. Jikininki Bane, Theresa (2016). Encyclopedia of spirits and ghosts in world mythology...
Jibakurei A type of ghost that is bound to a specific place or situation. Jikininki Ghosts of evil people, that have been condemned to eat human corpses....
Dante's Inferno, Jigoku has eight levels. Jikininki (食人鬼, lit. 'human-eating ghost') – In Japanese Buddhism, jikininki are the spirits of greedy, selfish, or...
Akinosuke) for piano, Op. 35 Jyūroku-zakura (十六ざくら) for piano, Op. 36 Jikininki (食人鬼) for piano, Op. 37 Häjyt (The Evil Braggarts), orchestral music for...
performed to stop the suffering of the Gaki (餓鬼, lit. "Hungry Ghosts"), Jikininki (食人鬼, lit. "Man-eating Ghost/Oni") and Muenbotoke (無縁仏, lit. "Without...
Dream of Akinosuke), Op. 35 (1977) Jyūroku-zakura (十六ざくら), Op. 36 (1977) Jikininki (食人鬼), Op. 37 (1977) Kwaidan II, Three Ballads after Japanese Ghost Stories...
Australia's Worst Fears (ed. Angela Challis & Marty Young) "Cursebreaker: The Jikininki and the Japanese Jurist" (2013) in The New Hero: Vol. 1 (ed. Robin D....
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