Nue
demonic sky Japanese single tradition · 2
A creature in Japanese folklore that was slain by Minamoto no Yorimasa. According to legend, when killed, its body split into four parts that scattered and flew to different lands, where they became inugami.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Huginn, Muninn, Ong, Peryton, Raiju, Roc, Sarimanok, Shahbaz, Sirens, Simurgh, Snallygaster, Stymphalian Birds, Sylph, Thunderbird, Winged Unicorn, Wyvern, Yalungur, Yuki-onna, Zilant, Zduhać, osaki, angels, devils, dragon, lamassu, phoenixes, Ziz, griffins, Medusa, Pegasus, sphinxes, basilisk, Fenghuang, Cockatrice, Erinyes, Djinn, Elemental, Fionnuala, Firebird, Fūjin, Gamayun, Gargoyle, Garuda, Stheno, Euryale, Harpy, Hippogriff, Huitzilopochtli, Itsumade, Lightning Bird, Lindworm, Minokawa, Nephele
- parent of
- Inugami
Mentioned by
- angels
- devils
- dragon
- lamassu
- phoenixes
- Ziz
- griffins
- Medusa
- Pegasus
- sphinxes
- basilisk
- Fenghuang
- Cockatrice
- Erinyes
- Djinn
- Elemental
and 16 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Nue”
#4461 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“the body of the nue slain by Minamoto no Yorimasa split into 4 parts and scattered and flew to different lands to become inugami”
#7874 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5