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An Entity of Type : owl:Thing, within Data Space : 134.155.108.49:8890 associated with source dataset(s)

The Jikininki is a creature from Japanese folklore, a deceased human, reincarnated into the form of a ghost struck with unquenchable hunger for human corpse-flesh, driving them to devour the dead. It is uncertain if Jikininki originated with Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 story collection "Kaidan", or whether they are genuine mythological creatures, but they indisputably have their roots in the Buddhist preta, or "hungry ghosts", greedy humans reborn into the form of spirits hungering for disgusting and repulsive things, such as blood or feces, and occasionally, although not universally, corpses. The "hungry ghost" concept must have entered the Japanese cultural sphere together with Buddhism from China.

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rdfs:label
  • Jikininki
rdfs:comment
  • The Jikininki is a creature from Japanese folklore, a deceased human, reincarnated into the form of a ghost struck with unquenchable hunger for human corpse-flesh, driving them to devour the dead. It is uncertain if Jikininki originated with Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 story collection "Kaidan", or whether they are genuine mythological creatures, but they indisputably have their roots in the Buddhist preta, or "hungry ghosts", greedy humans reborn into the form of spirits hungering for disgusting and repulsive things, such as blood or feces, and occasionally, although not universally, corpses. The "hungry ghost" concept must have entered the Japanese cultural sphere together with Buddhism from China.
dcterms:subject
LV
  • 85(xsd:integer)
Weapon
  • N/A
Name
  • Jikininki
Eva%
  • 5(xsd:integer)
OverDrives
  • Cannibal Feast, Reanimagic
color.pnl
Actor type
  • Enemy
AttackElem
color.txt
dbkwik:randomkingd...iPageUsesTemplate
Actions
  • Paralysis Attack, Triple Paralysis Attack, Paralytic Stare, Lick, Barf, Drain
Stat
Class
Race
World
  • Random Kingdom VX2
Location
HIT%
  • 95(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The Jikininki is a creature from Japanese folklore, a deceased human, reincarnated into the form of a ghost struck with unquenchable hunger for human corpse-flesh, driving them to devour the dead. It is uncertain if Jikininki originated with Lafcadio Hearn's 1904 story collection "Kaidan", or whether they are genuine mythological creatures, but they indisputably have their roots in the Buddhist preta, or "hungry ghosts", greedy humans reborn into the form of spirits hungering for disgusting and repulsive things, such as blood or feces, and occasionally, although not universally, corpses. The "hungry ghost" concept must have entered the Japanese cultural sphere together with Buddhism from China. Although the Jikinki is capable of devouring the physical body, it is itself incorporeal. It's attribute as an undead creature puts it closer to the Western fictional concept of the ghoul than the original Arabian predecessor of the word "ghoul". Therefor, corpse-eating undead in Random Kingdom are known as Jikininki, while the term "ghoul" is reserved for another being (although also a corpse-eater) that is entirely spiritual, and far more powerful than a human ghost - in line with its' mythological predecessor.
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