Amabie
Amabie is a mermaid or merman with three legs in Japanese myths. It is believed that it will emerge from the sea and make prophecies about harvest or epidemic. [1]
Legend
It is believed that an amabie appeared before a officer and gave a prophecy that good harvest will get for six years, if disease spread draw its picture and show to the people affected by disease and they will be cured. Believers argue that similar events are reported in different places also. [2]
COVID-19
During the COVID-19 pandemic, amabie become popular in Twitter in Japan. Manga artists (e.g., Chica Umino, Mari Okazaki and Toshinao Aoki) published their cartoon versions of amabie on social networks.[3][4]
Amabie Media
Amabiko seen in Higo, painting, property of Kōichi Yumoto
"Amabiko", illustrated in the Kōbunko encyclopedia.
Yamawarawa (山童)
References
- ↑ Yumoto 1999, pp. 178–180
- ↑ 水木しげる [Mizuki, Shigeru]. Zusetsu yōkai taizen (in ja). Kodansha +α bunko (1994)Kodansha. p. 50. ISBN 978-4-06-256049-8.
- ↑ Plague-predicting Japanese folklore creature resurfaces amid coronavirus chaos. 25 March 2020. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200325/p2a/00m/0na/021000c.
- ↑ Chihō hatsu Meiji yōkai nyūsu (in ja) (2001)Kashiwa Shobo. p. 174–175. ISBN 978-4-7601-2089-5.
Related books
- Yōkai jiten (1999)毎日新聞社. p. 23–24. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0.
- Nagano, Eishun (長野栄俊). Yogenjū amabiko—amabiko wo tegakari ni. Jakuetsu Kyōdoshi Kenkyū (若越郷土研究) 49 (2) (2005). p. 1–30. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- Yumoto, Kōichi (湯本豪一). Nihon genjū zukan (in ja) (2005)Kawaide Shobo. ISBN 978-4-309-22431-2.
- Yumoto, Kōichi (湯本豪一). Meiji yōkai shimbun (in ja) (1999)Kashiwa Shobo. p. 196–198. ISBN 978-4-7601-1785-7.