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Bookmark or Share- Kodama – The Tree Spirit | 百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari KaidankaiKodama is a game set in Japan during the time of Yokai. A nameless Kodama journeys across Japan to find his fellow Kodama and return them to the forest in order to protect it from a powerful Yokai.
- What is the origin of the Japanese Kodama?In Japanese folklore, kodama are tree spirits that inhabit trees that are older than 100 years. In the collection of yōkai depictions, the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien, under the title 木魅 ("kodama"), an aged man and woman are depicted standing alongside the trees, and here it is stated that when a tree has passed a hundred years ...
- Kodama: Mysterious Tree Spirits Of Japanese Folklore ExplainedKodama are 一 without a doubt 一 creatures centered on revering nature. With traces of Japan’s belief in Shinto, as well as influences from animism, the lore of Kodama persists to tell of the different ways life exists in this world. More so, the ways that even a single life can affect those of others.
- Kodama –Mysterious Tree Spirits in Japanese ShintoismA “Kodama” (木魅 ), public domain Known as tree spirits, the kodama yokai are best described as the animated souls of the most ancient trees in Japanese forests. Each individual kodama is connected to its tree and usually lives in it but can also travel around the forest.
- Kodama (spirit) - WikipediaKodama (木霊, 木魂 or 木魅) are spirits in Japanese folklore that inhabit trees. The term is also used to denote a tree in which a kodama supposedly resides. The phenomenon known as yamabiko, when sounds make a delayed echoing effect in mountains and valleys, is sometimes attributed to this kind of spirit and may also be referred to as ...
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