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unusual facts about Nurarihyon


Hyakki Yagyō

Legend has it that "every year yōkai led by the yokai Nurarihyon, will take to the streets during summer nights."


Emperor Sutoku

Alternatively, he was said to have transformed into an Ootengu (greater tengu), whom, along with nurarihyon, the nine-tailed kitsune Tamamo-no-Mae and the oni Shuten-dōji, are often called the four greatest yōkai of Japan.


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