this is tanooki a creature people often misidentify as a japanese raccoon dog
the tanuki is a species that belongs to wild canid family which consists of dogs and dog-like mammals
prominent members of the canid family include wolves foxes and coyotes
tanookies are smaller than dogs they can be pretty hungry which often causes them
to behave in mischievous and very crafty ways these hungry little creeps can literally eat
anything like roots fish and birds in swampy regions they can even fill their stomach with
turtles and poisonous frogs their saliva works as an antidote during digestion preventing them
from getting poisoned in urban areas they can even eat garbage to survive for their whole life
they are mostly active at night and their eyes are well adapted to low-light conditions
when you visit japan you can see a lot of statues and images of tanooki in front of
many restaurants and stores because shop owners think that tanuki brings good luck and wealth
the first appearance of the mythical tanuki was in 13th century
and since then it gained popularity in 16th century
during the edo period this mythological creature supposedly appeared in human clothes
but in modern 20th century depictions tanuki's look like fat yokai with big tummies a smile
on their faces and a straw hat on their head they are shown holding a bottle of sake in
their right hand as well as a pouch full of money as a result of these depictions
they are often considered pretty careless creatures with no sense of responsibility
one interesting fact about tanooki's is that they originally came from chinese fox spirits
of ancient times which were considered to be undoubtedly evil and notorious tricksters
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when it comes to super powers the tanuki is no ordinary yokai tanuki's are among the most
advanced shape shifters they can maintain their shape-shifting appearance for years or even their
whole lives without raising any suspicions they like to imitate humans especially buddhist priests
political leaders or samurais who knows maybe president biden or mark zuckerberg
are not really humans they might be tanookies in human form what talk about a tanooki conspiracy
tanuki can even transform into non-living things like the moon trees stones statues
teapots lanterns and household items they can also manipulate weather by bringing rain storms
and thunder in famine affected areas they can do all this simply by drumming on their big tummies
the weirdest super weapon of tanooki is their giant scrotum with those crazy nuts which can
be used to attack enemies beat giant fish to death and even for paragliding in the air
and floating like a boat on the water these crazy weapons can be stretched as long as the size of
eight to tommy mats according to a few stories tanuki's can exhibit both good and evil nature
the first story is about a poor traveling salesman who was having difficulty selling
his wares in the village on a mountainous road he saw a tanuki trapped in a metal claws of a trap
set by animal hunters the kind salesmen freed the struggling creature who had been terrified
and powerless the next day the tanuki gifted itself in the form of expensive tea kettle to the
kind salesman to return the favor soon after the salesman was able to sell the tea kettle to monks
for a handsome price thus saving his business here we can see the good nature of the tanooki
however there is another side to the tanuki as exemplified by this second story a farmer caught
an imposter tanooki in the form of a rabbit who was eating his bunny's food day after day
he caught and tied the tanuki to a tree as punishment unfortunately the tanuki was very
manipulative in nature and began to sweet talk its way out of the situation it deceived the
kind-hearted wife of the farmer who is preparing mochi near the tree the tanuki said fair maiden
you look tired please untie me so that i may help you i won't run away the kind-hearted woman untied
the tanuki but the evil tanooki took revenge on the farmer by killing the woman mercilessly
here we can clearly see the evil nature of tanooki
so beware if you encounter a tanuki you never know what might happen
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