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A nine-tailed fox spirit ( kyūbi no kitsune) scaring Prince Hanzoku; print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century. In Japanese folklore, kitsune ( 狐, きつね, IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞] ⓘ) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser. According to folklore, the kitsune -foxes (or perhaps the ...
Muspelheim was described as a hot and glowing land of fire, home to the fire giants, and guarded by Surtr, with his flaming sword. It is featured in both the creation and destruction stories of Norse myth. According to the Prose Edda, a great time before the Earth was made, Niflheim existed. Inside Niflheim was a well called Hvergelmir, from ...
Reideen The Brave. Reideen the Brave[ 2] (勇者ライディーン, Yūsha Raidīn), also known as "Brave Reideen" or "Heroic Raydeen", is a super robot anime series created by Tohokushinsha and Produced by Soeisha (later renamed as Sunrise). It aired on Nihon Educational Television (now TV Asahi) from 4 April 1975 to 26 March 1976, with a ...
The sacred fire of Vesta was a sacred eternal flame in ancient Rome.The Vestal Virgins, originally numbering two, later four, and eventually six, were selected by lot and served for thirty years, tending the holy fire and performing other rituals connected to domestic life—among them were the ritual sweeping of the temple on June 15 and the preparation of food for certain festivals.
Years active. 1987–present. Agent. Axlone. Toshiyuki Morikawa (森川 智之, Morikawa Toshiyuki, born January 26, 1967) is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and singer who is the head of Axlone, a voice acting company he founded in April 2011. [ 1] His name is sometimes, although incorrectly, transliterated as Tomoyuki Morikawa.
Kyo Kusanagi ( Japanese: 草薙 京, Hepburn: Kusanagi Kyō) is a character in SNK 's The King of Fighters series of fighting games. The character was first introduced in the 1994 video game The King of Fighters '94 as the leader of the Japan team from the series' title tournament. Kyo, heir to the Kusanagi clan, is first introduced as a cocky ...
Hungry ghost is a term in Buddhism, and Chinese traditional religion, representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. The terms 餓鬼 èguǐ literally " hungry ghost ", are the Chinese translation of the Sanskrit term preta [ 1] in Buddhism . "Hungry ghosts" play a role in Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, and in ...
Evil laughter or maniacal laughter is manic laughter by a villain in fiction. The expression dates to at least 1860. [ 1] ". Wicked laugh" can be found even earlier, dating back to at least 1784. [ 2] Another variant, the "sardonic laugh," shows up in 1714 and might date back even further. [ 3] A 2018 paper argued that this specific type of ...