The weather child of the yokai world?

Weathering With You was interesting. The visuals were particularly impressive, and I thought the depiction of all kinds of "water" - spilled drinks, bath water, the characters' tears - was beautiful. Hello, I'm Kamishiro, a fan of the movie.

Well, Hina Amano, the heroine of Weathering With You, has the power to make the weather around her sunny just by thinking about it. Today, I thought I would introduce some youkai that can bring sunny weather because of that... but while there are many youkai in Japan that can make the surrounding area rainy, there are very few that can make the weather sunny.

So this time, we'll be looking at monsters from overseas, China."Batsu"I would like to introduce to you...

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The drought is the source"Shan Hai Jing"He said that he was not originally a monster.daughterThe Yellow Emperor is one of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, and is a legendary emperor in mythology. He is more like a god than a human. His daughter, Ba, was a beautiful human, but she had special powers.

The ability is:The extremely high temperature heat contained within her body causes drought in all areas around her regardless of her will.One day, when enemies who controlled the elements of wind and rain attacked the capital, she was summoned from heaven by her father, the Yellow Emperor, and used her powers. However, the battle was so fierce that she used too much of her powers and was unable to return to heaven.

Now, even though she had no ill intentions, her mere presence caused drought in the surrounding area, turning the land into an uninhabitable place. The Yellow Emperor, troubled by this, imprisoned her in a remote area.

According to one theory, she ended up being betrayed by the Yellow Emperor, and out of resentment,Her beautiful appearance changed into that of an ugly monkey.It is said that they began to periodically descend on human settlements, bringing droughts and causing harm to humans.

Also, perhaps only her transformed appearance has been passed down, but later generations have described Ba as a beast-like monster. In books written after the Shan Hai Jing, Ba is described as a monkey-like monster about 40-60 cm tall, with only one limb each, running as fast as the wind and causing droughts wherever she passed.

According to legend, the beast-like beast shown above isApparently if they are put in the toilet they will die.Since he was originally a deity, perhaps he doesn't like being put in unclean places. Cause of death: He went into the toilet... Hmm, I can't stop myself.

By the way, in Japan, Toriyama Sekien's "Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki""Hiderigami"There is a description of a monster named "Baku" that closely resembles the beast-like monster.

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Now, here is a story that may seem dubious. The Chinese zombie who became famous in the movie Spiritual MasterJiangshiThere is a theory that these things actually have their roots in droughts.

It is said that if a person who dies from a drought stays in the grave for 100 days, he or she will turn into a beast-like demon with one limb and a monkey-like appearance, and will start to harm human settlements. For this reason, in areas where the belief in drought is strong, the bodies of people who die from drought are cremated instead of buried.

Since ancient times, people have been involved with the weather, an enemy beyond their control. Different people have different images of the weather. Fishermen see sunny days in the rain as a goddess, while farmers see the drought that withers crops as a monster. I think the reason why droughts have such a multifaceted appearance is because people's thoughts about the weather differ depending on their way of life.

As temperatures continue to rise beyond our limits, why not catch a strange one-legged monkey and throw it into the toilet? Maybe it'll make things a little cooler.

(Source: Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, Sansai Zue)