Jawnomicon

Samebito

Also called Shark-Person, Shark-Man.

Samebito is the shark-man of a Japanese tale, black-skinned and green-eyed, exiled from the dragon king's undersea palace, whose tears of gratitude harden into jewels.

At a glance

Tradition
Japanese folklore
Region
Japan (place of origin)

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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

  • Healing tears or fluids
    why

    Samebito, distressed at his friend's grief, weeps, and the tears that fall from his green eyes harden into rubies as they touch the ground, in such number that the difficulty is solved.

  • Hybrid of multiple animals
    why

    a shape between man and shark

Behaviour

  • Dissolves into tears when captured
    why

    Samebito, distressed at his friend's grief, weeps, and the tears that fall from his green eyes harden into rubies as they touch the ground, in such number that the difficulty is solved.

Roles

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