The Great Yokai Encyclopaedia (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781905723546)

Everyone has heard of vampires and werewolves, but how many have heard of the rokuro-kubi, the tsuchinoki or the sagari? Japan has a wealth of ghosts and monsters, collectively called yokai, which are totally unknown in the West. The bizarre and wonderful folklore of Japan includes giant corpse-eating rabbits, flaming pigs that steal human genitals, perverse water goblins, blood sucking trees, a dragon that impregnates women, cats who animate dead bodies, a zombie whale and a huge flesh eating sea cucumber that grows from a pair of discarded knickers

Author: Richard Freeman
ISBN-10: 1905723547
ISBN-13: 9781905723546
Publisher: CFZ Press
Language: English
Published: 04/29/2010
Pages: 418
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.85d