Myth of the Day: Bake-kujira
In Japan's moonlit waters, an ethereal, bone-structured sea enigma glows, merging beauty with foreboding, hinting at unseen calamities.
Region/Culture: Japan, Asia
Mythos: Japanese Mythology (including Shinto and Yokai traditions)
Primary Type/Nature: Monsters and Beasts
Mythical Attributes: A skeletal whale that glows as it swims.
Role in Mythos: Considered a harbinger of misfortune, appearing often precedes bad events.
Relation to Humans: The Bake-kujira cannot be harmed by conventional me…
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