Despite the vast geographical divide, Indian and Japanese folktales exhibit striking thematic parallels rooted in moral ...

Discover the profound spiritual and cultural significance of black butterflies. Explore their meaning as symbols of ...

In a world filled with Japanese mythological oddball gods and monsters, one of the creatures' free-spirited daughters, Onari, ...

Based on a mythological creature recorded in several Malay and Indonesian accounts, the WWII-set Orang Ikan makes a bold ...

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There are a wide variety of new and returning monsters to fight, some taking inspiration from Japanese folklore. In addition, each monster has a unique fighting style, such as the Tetranadon’s ...

Art and supernatural lovers were left spellbound as the ‘Yokai Parade — Supernatural Monsters from Japan’ exhibition ... Pakistani culture as well, like folklore and myths.” ...

Join Oliver Crimmen, Senior Curator of Fish, and Jon Ablett, Senior Curator of Mollusca, as they explore the real-life inspiration behind fantastic sea monsters of yore that are lurking in the ...

Or, monsters that arose out of the Japanese seas, like Godzilla ... a retired Queens College professor who used to teach a class on myth and folklore, said that Gein cast a long shadow in ...

The City and Its Uncertain Walls” is set in a magical place that figured heavily in an earlier work by the popular Japanese ...