7-405: Ayakashi may refer to: Ayakashi ( yōkai ) , the collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of some body of water Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Ayakashi (video game) , a 2005 video game Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales , a Japanese anime television series Ayakashi Sisters , a group of fictional characters in
14-419: A well and returned to the boat. When this was said to the boatman, the boatman said, "There is no well in that place. A long time ago, there was someone who needed water and went up to land in the same way and went missing. That woman was the ayakashi." When the boatman hurriedly set the ship to sea, the woman chased after him and bit into the hull of the ship. Without delay, they drove it away by striking it with
21-624: Is the collective name for yōkai that appear above the surface of a body of water. In Nagasaki Prefecture , the atmospheric ghost lights that appear above water are called ayakashi, and so are the funayūrei in Yamaguchi Prefecture and Saga Prefecture . In western Japan, ayakashi are said to be the vengeful spirits of those who died at sea and that they are attempting to capture more people to join them. On Tsushima Island , they are also called "atmospheric ghost lights of ayakashi (ayakashi no kaika)", and appear on beaches in
28-667: Is used as a synonym for this type of fish. In the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Sekien Toriyama , the ayakashi are represented by a large sea snake , but this may actually be an ikuchi . In the Kaidanoi no Tsue , a collection of ghost stories from the Edo period , there was as stated above. It was in Taidōzaki, Chōsei District , Chiba Prefecture . A certain ship needed water and went up to land. A beautiful woman scooped up water from
35-411: The evening, and are said to look like a child walking in the middle of a fire. In coastal Japan, atmospheric ghost lights appear as mountains and obstruct one's path, and are said to disappear if one does not avoid the mountain and tries to bump into it intently. There is also the folk belief that if a live sharksucker were to get stuck to the bottom of a boat, it would not be able to move, so ayakashi
42-420: The manga series Sailor Moon See also [ edit ] Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban , a 1997 video game Ayakashi no Shiro , a 1990 video game Ayakashi Triangle , a Japanese manga series Ghost Slayers Ayashi ( Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi ), a Japanese anime television series Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
49-479: The title Ayakashi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ayakashi&oldid=1222970647 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ayakashi (y%C5%8Dkai) Ayakashi ( アヤカシ )
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