Chōchinobake
Also called Chchinobake.
From Japanese folklore, Chōchinobake is a sentient paper lantern. It can extend its tongue to lick those who pass by, causing them a sudden, disorienting chill.
At a glance
- Tradition
- Japanese folklore
- Region
- Japan (habitat)
- Kind
- Japanese tsukumogami
- Trait family
- The Waking Things
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Traits
Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.
Form
- Extending tongue attack
why
This tongue, cool and slightly damp, is used to playfully lick unsuspecting passersby, causing them to experience a sudden, disorienting chill that runs down their spine.
- Sentient inanimate household object comes alive
why
a sentient paper lantern that comes to life when night falls
- Animated household object
why
Chōchinobake is a sentient paper lantern.
- Born from inanimate object
why
These ethereal creatures are born from ordinary lanterns that have reached their hundredth year of existence
Behaviour
- Ordinary object by day animate spirit by night
why
These ethereal creatures are born from ordinary lanterns that have reached their hundredth year of existence, gaining consciousness and a mischievous personality.
- Guides lost travelers with light
why
believed to guide lost travelers with their warm, inviting glow
- Appears and vanishes at will
why
they are capable of extinguishing their own light to disappear into the darkness when they wish to avoid detection
- Trickster outwits larger foes
why
While not inherently malevolent, Chōchinobake delight in startling humans and animals alike, finding amusement in their bewildered reactions.
Offensive powers
- Disorienting attack
why
This tongue, cool and slightly damp, is used to playfully lick unsuspecting passersby, causing them to experience a sudden, disorienting chill that runs down their spine.