http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:16:53 +0900 hourly 1 http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-416437 Upstairs at Kitaro’s: Mini monster peepshow ::: Pink Tentacle Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:49:17 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-416437 [...] The Kappa, probably the most well-known y?kai in Japan, is a mischievous and often dangerous river imp. [More] [...] [...] The Kappa, probably the most well-known y?kai in Japan, is a mischievous and often dangerous river imp. [More] [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-353100 Chris8c8 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:29:14 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-353100 so this is where the ninja turtles vame from lol so this is where the ninja turtles vame from lol

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-343891 Wednesday Round Up #50 « Neuroanthropology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:43:43 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-343891 [...] Tentacle, Edo-Period Kappa Sketches The Japanese creature of legend seen in fantastical [...] [...] Tentacle, Edo-Period Kappa Sketches The Japanese creature of legend seen in fantastical [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-330723 Kappa: Japonlar?n Milli Canavar? | Avam Kamaras? Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:40:08 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-330723 [...] bu ucubeler hakk?nda bilimsel ara?t?rmalar yap?lm?? ve ortaya tuhaf çizimler ç?km??. Pinktentacle isimli bir blog üzerinde biraz minyatürü hat?rlatan ama sanki sanatsal bir motivasyonu da olan [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-304662 belleabdul Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:52:59 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-304662 and i really sure they walking just like human and the phisycal really weird.. just like turtle...am i right about this? someone i need explanation of this creature.and for fredrick that not a kappa and i really sure they walking just like human and the phisycal really weird.. just like turtle…am i right about this? someone i need explanation of this creature.and for fredrick that not a kappa

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-304660 belleabdul Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:48:21 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-304660 before this i have seen a true form kappa, he was walking in the jungle and someone has take picture of that creature and i'm not sure where the picture right now, as far as i know the picture is true and came from japan and some article said that they really cleaver in madical field.. before this i have seen a true form kappa, he was walking in the jungle and someone has take picture of that creature and i’m not sure where the picture right now, as far as i know the picture is true and came from japan and some article said that they really cleaver in madical field..

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-249651 Fredrik Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:16:47 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-249651 This creature might be a kappa i mean they is prette look a like.But myth legend or truth whos know maybe it´s also a bluff but im not the man who can tell you. But if it would be a kappa it would had to travel a very far bit to come to the states http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00699/seamonster1_699174w.jpg check it out guys

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-209524 Seven mysterious creatures of Japan ::: Pink Tentacle Tue, 27 May 2008 10:51:49 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-209524 [...] Kappa (river imps) have appeared in countless stories and folk legends for centuries, and they rank among Japan’s most well-known cryptids. While most people nowadays regard the amphibious child-sized troublemakers as pure myth, stories of kappa encounters still crop up from time to time, such as the following two reports from Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. [...] [...] Kappa (river imps) have appeared in countless stories and folk legends for centuries, and they rank among Japan’s most well-known cryptids. While most people nowadays regard the amphibious child-sized troublemakers as pure myth, stories of kappa encounters still crop up from time to time, such as the following two reports from Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-181961 Video: Mononoke Dance ::: Pink Tentacle Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:45:56 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-181961 [...] Jizo (guardian deity of children), Noppera-bo (faceless ghost), Rokurokubi (long-necked monster), Kappa (water imp), Hoichi the Earless, someone who dances like Yoshio Kojima, and many [...] [...] Jizo (guardian deity of children), Noppera-bo (faceless ghost), Rokurokubi (long-necked monster), Kappa (water imp), Hoichi the Earless, someone who dances like Yoshio Kojima, and many [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-159749 Sawaki Suushi - Often Imitated, Never Duplicated « Girl Tears Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:19:38 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-159749 [...] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized [...] [...] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-154780 Edo-period monster paintings by Sawaki Suushi ::: Pink Tentacle Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:27:36 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-154780 [...] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized [...] [...] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33780 Episode 58 - Mysterious Universe « Mysterious Universe Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:46:54 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33780 [...] Edo Period Sketches of the Kappa [...] [...] Edo Period Sketches of the Kappa [...]

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33307 robuzo Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:24:36 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33307 Does anyone else share my suspicion that the origin of the kappa myth might be the Japanese Giant Salamander, which is "typically about the size of a child and greenish in color" and has "skin [that] is moist and slick." Giant Salamander skeletons have been mistakenly identified as human, and in fact the Latin name is Andrias japonicus, andrias meaning "image of man". Inokashira-koen zoo aquarium in Tokyo has a couple of them on display for those wanting to see this increasingly rare animal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_salamander Does anyone else share my suspicion that the origin of the kappa myth might be the Japanese Giant Salamander, which is “typically about the size of a child and greenish in color” and has “skin [that] is moist and slick.” Giant Salamander skeletons have been mistakenly identified as human, and in fact the Latin name is Andrias japonicus, andrias meaning “image of man”. Inokashira-koen zoo aquarium in Tokyo has a couple of them on display for those wanting to see this increasingly rare animal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_salamander

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