Ushi-oni
thumb|Ushi-oni, from Bakemono no e scroll, [[Brigham Young University]] right|thumb|"Ushi-oni" (うし鬼) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|upright|"Ushi-oni" (牛鬼) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Sekien Toriyama]] The , or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan. The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs in most. Ushi-oni generally appear on beaches and attack people who walk there.
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- Description
- Legends by area
- Mie Prefecture
- Wakayama Prefecture
- Okayama Prefecture
- San'in region
- Kōchi Prefecture
- Ehime Prefecture
- Tsubaki root theory
- Shimane Prefecture, Iwami Area (島根県石見)
- Izumo Region (出雲)
- Kagawa Prefecture, Takamatsu City (香川県高松市)
- Kyoto, Kumihama Bay (京都府久美浜湾)
- Tokushima Prefecture, Shirokiyama Village (徳島県白木山)
- Classical literature
- As atmospheric ghost lights
- Relics
- In festivals
- Shape
- Festivals
- History
- Other
- ''Ushi-oni'' mask (''kabu'')
- The ''ushi-oni'' of Kikuma
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
thumb|Ushi-oni, from Bakemono no e scroll, [[Brigham Young University]] right|thumb|"Ushi-oni" (うし鬼) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|upright|"Ushi-oni" (牛鬼) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Sekien Toriyama]] The , or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan. The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs in most. Ushi-oni generally appear on beaches and attack people who walk there.
==Description== Ushi-oni have brutal, savage personalites. Their appearance varies, mainly based on geographical location. They usually have an ox's head with sharp upward-curving horns, wicked fangs and a slender tongue. They spit poison and enjoy killing and eating humans. Their body is most commonly depicted as spider-like with six legs and long singular claws at the end of each appendage.