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Pantheon: Japanese
Classification: Yokai
Translation: None; Written with characters that mean “human” and “cow”
Habitat: Farms across Japan, but Particularly in Kyushu and western Japan
Diet: Milk; Rarely lives long enough to eat anything else
Key Points
- Human-faced cow who can see the future
Brief Bio
In Japanese folklore, a Kudan (件) is a yokai, a supernatural creature, that appears as a cow with a human face. It is born from a cow and possesses the ability to speak human languages, predicting significant events, particularly negative ones, before dying shortly after birth.
Kudan 件
JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
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