[Liste] 55 Japanese Folklore Umibozu

Japan is one country with beautiful culture and nice people and their beliefs are also very interesting.

Japanese folklore umibozu. May 29 2018 japan has always had a strong connection with the sea. Supposedly umibozu are the vengeful spirits of priests who drowned at sea. The legend of the umibozu sailors in japan s yokai haunted waters had many things to dread. They have also been described as having. Other names include umihōshi 海法師 sea priest or uminyūdō 海入道 sea priest. An encounter with an umibozu rarely leaves any survivors. Translated and sourced from mizuki shigeru s mujara yokai jiten japanese wikipedia and other sources if you find yourself out sailing strange tides in an unfamiliar sea the umibozu is not the kind of monk you should pray to for help.

When something plays such a big role in society stories naturally develop. They appear abruptly on calm nights attacking ships by pushing waves or outright smashing them. With the size of its fishing market many of its resources come from the surrounding water. The word for these japanese weird folklore creatures is yokai which means supernatural monsters or spirits. Their appearance is that of a giant human head with a shaved scalp and a perpetual smile. The weird folklore creatures we will look into today have their back story in japanese folklore from hundreds of years ago. Umibozu japanese folklore monsters.

Its name is derived from the characters for sea and buddhist monk which also alludes to this spirit s possible origins. In japanese culture most folklore and urban legends involve sp. Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a sea spirit and as such has multiple sightings throughout japan.