伝説 | [でんせつ, densetsu] (n) tradition; legend; folklore; (P) #1,356 [Add to Longdo] |
伝承 | [でんしょう, denshou] (n, vs, adj-no) transmission; hand down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; (P) #4,555 [Add to Longdo] |
民話 | [みんわ, minwa] (n, adj-no) folklore; (P) #15,739 [Add to Longdo] |
ろくろっ首;轆轤っ首 | [ろくろっくび, rokurokkubi] (n) (See 轆轤首) rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) [Add to Longdo] |
ろくろ首;轆轤首 | [ろくろくび, rokurokubi] (n) rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) [Add to Longdo] |
ケサランパサラン;ケセランパセラン;ケセランパサラン;テンサラバサラ | [kesaranpasaran ; keseranpaseran ; keseranpasaran ; tensarabasara] (n) (1) flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness; (2) animal from popular folklore with a white fluffy down made from dandelions and a rabbit's tail resembling a fluffy hairball [Add to Longdo] |
コボルト;コーボルト;コボルド | [koboruto ; ko-boruto ; koborudo] (n) kobold (evil spirit in German folklore) (ger [Add to Longdo] |
ピクシー;ピグシ;ピスキー | [pikushi-; pigushi ; pisuki-] (n) pixie (mythical creatures from Cornish folklore) [Add to Longdo] |
フォルクローレ | [forukuro-re] (n) folklore [Add to Longdo] |
口承文芸 | [こうしょうぶんげい, koushoubungei] (n) (See 口承文学) oral literature; folklore [Add to Longdo] |
口碑 | [こうひ, kouhi] (n) oral tradition; legend; folklore [Add to Longdo] |
子泣き爺;子啼爺;子なき爺;子泣きじじい | [こなきじじい, konakijijii] (n) Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry) [Add to Longdo] |
生剥;生剥げ | [なまはげ, namahage] (n) folklore demons of the Oga Peninsula (villagers dress up as namahage on New Year's Eve and frighten children) [Add to Longdo] |
昔話 | [むかしばなし, mukashibanashi] (n) folklore; legend; reminiscence; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
俗説 | [ぞくせつ, zokusetsu] (n) common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition [Add to Longdo] |
天邪鬼;天の邪鬼;天邪久 | [あまのじゃく, amanojaku] (adj-na, n, adj-no) (1) perverse or cussed person; contrarian; (2) antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; (3) demon under the feet of temple guardian statues [Add to Longdo] |
民間伝承 | [みんかんでんしょう, minkandenshou] (n, adj-no) folklore [Add to Longdo] |
民俗学 | [みんぞくがく, minzokugaku] (n) folkloristics (formal study of folklore) [Add to Longdo] |
離婁の明 | [りろうのめい, rirounomei] (n) (arch) (id) keen eyesight; the eyesight of Lilou (character with superior eyesight in ancient Chinese folklore) [Add to Longdo] |