In ancient Japanese folklore, the Kappa is a water demon that inhabits rivers and lakes and devours disobedient little children. While some believe the legend originated from sightings of the Japanese ...

Mythical creatures, legendary beasts, and supernatural, mystical, and god-like beings have fascinated us since ancient times. They have filled folklore, stories, songs, and works of art. Sometimes ...

HARRISONMid Michigan College’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) will host One Upon a Lesson: An Evening Under the Stars from 7-9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27, in the CSS Courtyard on the Mt.Pleasant ...

Gajiro the "kappa" folklore creature rises from a pond to scare visitors in this photo taken around when he started his "work" at Tsujikawayama Park in Fukusaki, Hyogo Prefecture. (Photo courtesy of ...

Five years ago, in the stir-crazy swelter of COVID-19 lockdown, I clung to one ritual: long drives along Massachusetts’s North Shore with Taylor Swift’s album folklore on repeat. Salt air on my Chevy ...

The Kappa (河童) is one of the best-known youkai in Japan, and its fame is fueled by a mix of fear and respect. The term "youkai" refers to supernatural creatures that can be both mischievous and ...

Morgan Pinder is a writer at GameRant and a graduate researcher at Deakin University in Australia. Their research interests are in video games, environmentalism and gothic media. Morgan’s most recent ...

We delve into the mysterious folklore of Virginia, focusing on the legendary Woodbooger. We delve into the mysterious folklore of Virginia, focusing on the legendary Woodbooger—a Bigfoot-like creature ...

Kappa is an amphibian “yokai” mythical creature in Japanese folklore that carries water in the depression--or “dish”--on the top of its head. The surest way to beat a kappa in sumo is to bow deeply to ...