Hops on single leg
A motif · Form
5 figures carry it.
Carried by
Shiqq
it is said to move by hopping on its one leg
Kasa-obake
Its body is the umbrella itself, with the handle serving as a single leg upon which it hops and prances about.
Bakezōri
It hops around on its single 'foot', creating a soft pitter-patter sound that echoes through quiet corridors.
Nasnas
Despite this partial form, it is capable of moving with surprising speed, in some tellings hopping or bounding on its single leg fast enough to outrun a person or a horse.
Saci-Pererê
He is depicted as a small Black or Black-Brazilian boy who is missing one leg, hopping rather than walking, and who wears a red magic cap alongside a lit pipe that is rarely out of his mouth.