Basan
nature_spirit earth Japanese single tradition · 2
A large chicken monster from Iyo Province that breathes cold fire that does not burn. It is named for the eerie rustling sound its wings make when it flaps them.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 1700 CE
- Attested period
- 1700 – 1799
- Historical notes
- Appears in 18th-century Japanese illustrated books.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Bashō no sei, Benzaiten, Betobeto-san, Binbōgami, Bishamonten, Biwa-bokuboku, Boroboroton, Buruburu, Byakko, Byōbunozoki, Shinigami, Isonade, Adzuki-arai, Bake-kujira, Bakeneko, Bakezōri, Bakotsu, Baku, basilisk, Cockatrice
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“A large chicken monster from Iyo Province that breathes cold fire that does not burn, named for the eerie rustling sound its wings make when it flaps them.”
#4996 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“The Pokémon family of Torchic, Combusken, and Blaziken are based on the Basan, as well as Magmar. In the modern period, Basan and other Japanese mythological creatures have been described in several publications or special thematic book series, such as "Gensō sekai no jūnin tachi" (Japanese: 幻年世界住人体).”
#8287 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001