Akateko
demonic earth Japanese single tradition · 2
A red child's hand dangling from a tree in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture. It is accompanied by a hypnotically beautiful woman standing beneath the tree to lure people into its occasionally-deadly grasp.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Akubōzu, Akugyo, Akuma, Akurojin-no-hi, Amabie, Ama no Fuchigoma, Akkorokamui, Amaburakosagi, Amamehagi, Abumi-guchi, Abura-akago, Abura-sumashi, Agubanba, Ahiratsu-hime, Ajisukitakahikone, Akabeko, Aka Manto, Akaname, Akashita
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Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“A red child's hand dangling from a tree in the city of Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture, accompanied by a hypnotically beautiful woman standing beneath the tree to lure people into its occasionally-deadly grasp.”
#4929 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“A theory pointed that Akateko may be an illusion created by other yōkai such as kitsune or tanuki, who have shape-shifting abilities.”
#8230 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001