Pine Cones: Doomsday Fish [Giant Oarfish] | Rowan & Pine Shorts

During the Edo period, tales of mysterious yokai prophesying danger began to sweep across Japan. First came the Amabiko, a three-legged monkey-like spirit predicting hard times. Later, off the coast of Higo, stories spread of the Amabie, a strange, glittering creature with three legs, long flowing hair, a bird’s beak, and mermaid scales, surfacing to warn humanity of an impending epidemic.

Over the centuries, the names and shapes shifted, but the core legend remained: a visitor from the deep foretelling doom. While most of these creatures faded into myth, one legend never truly died...

S O U R C E S

• https://yokai.com/ryuuguunotsukai/?srsltid=AfmBOopDp0eMbhF4OvdhPqDzqlhr6G32D67Zh-oPBF-XUv4TqrcOGIqq
• https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%9C%E5%AE%AE%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC-1607081
• https://note.com/maruyomi4049/n/n5cea87a31c84?hl=en
• https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/18/us/rare-oarfish-california-beach

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