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Pantheon: Japanese


Classification: Yokai


Translation: Night-Crying Stone

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Key Points

- Rock possessed by the dead who have been wrong and can be heard crying at night.


Brief Bio 

Yonaki ishi are stones or boulders which cry loudly at night. In many cases, the stones cry because they are possessed by the spirit of someone who was murdered and seeks revenge. However, in some cases it is the stone itself that cries and not a person's spirit haunting it.

Yonaki ishi 夜鳴石

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JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

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