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Baku are japanese supernatural beings that are said to devour nightmares. According to legend, they were created by the spare pieces that were left over when the gods finished creating all other animals. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in manga and anime. The term baku has two current meanings, referring to both the traditional dream-devouring creature and to the malayan tapir. An early 17th-century manuscript, describes the baku as a... Chinese Mythical Creatures, Spirit Guardian, Folklore Legends, Fantasy Japan, Japanese Yokai, Dream Eater, Japanese Animals, Mythological Creature, Japanese Things

Baku are japanese supernatural beings that are said to devour nightmares. According to legend, they were created by the spare pieces that were left over when the gods finished creating all other animals. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in manga and anime. The term baku has two current meanings, referring to both the traditional dream-devouring creature and to the malayan tapir. An early 17th-century manuscript, describes the baku as a...

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The Baku is a creature with origins in Japanese mythology, legend and folklore. An early 17th-century Japanese manuscript, the Sankai Ibutsu (山海異物), describes the baku as a shy, Chinese mythical chimera with an bear's body elephant’s trunk, rhinoceros' eyes, an ox's tail, and a tiger's paws, which protected against pestilence and evil, although eating nightmares was not included among its abilities. However, in a 1791 Japanese wood-block illustration, a specifically dream-destroying baku is…

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