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Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま）"wild quilt", "wild blanket"
Yokai squirrel, Yokai bat
Sometimes depicted as a flying squirrel, sometimes as a huge bat.
. musasabi むささび flying squirrel .
Riesenflughörnchen, Petaurista leucogenys
momonga ももんが small flying squirrel, Pteromys momonga
. koomori 蝙蝠 (こうもり) Komori bat, Fledermaus .
. . . . . fusuma - introduction . . . . .
fusuma 衾 (ふすま) a kind of down futon blanket / Daunendecke
... kakebusuma 掛衾（かけぶすま）blanket to cover you
... shikibusuma 敷衾（しきぶすま）blanket to lie on
furubusuma 古衾（ふるぶすま）old futon blanket
kamibusuma 紙衾 (かみぶすま) futon from paper, the inside is padded with cotton.
This was used by poor people, using old sliding doors from temples, which were discarded in late autumn.
... Tentokuji 天德寺（てんとくじ）"like in the tempel Tentoku-Ji"
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fusuma 襖 (ふすま) sliding doors between the rooms,
fusu ma 臥す間, literally, a room (ma) to lie down (fusu), a bedroom.
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by Warriors Of Myth Wiki
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Nobusuma are a type of animal-spirit from Japanese mythology and like most spirits classified as yokai they were once ordinary animals who, upon reaching a great age, were bestowed supernatural powers and new forms by which to live on as lesser deities and/or spirits that haunt the world.
Nobusuma,
despite appearing as flying squirrels, were original bats but tansformed into their current form upon becoming yokai and while primarily seed and fruit-eaters like common squirrels they have also developed unusual tastes for fire and blood.
As such the Nobusuma will attack and kill cats to drain their blood as well as other small animals, they will also ambush humans who are travelling at night and latch onto their faces, either biting and drinking the victim's blood much like vampires or trying to get them to drop their lanterns so they may consume the fire within.
Nobusuma,
while born of ancient bats, are simply the start of an even more frightening transformation and should Nobusuma reach an old age themselves they may change into either the Momonjii or the Yamachichi.
- source : villains.wikia.com/wiki/Nobusuma...
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. . . ALTERNATE NAME: tobikura (flying warehouse)
HABITAT:
forests and mountains
DIET:
primarily blood; also fire, nuts, fruit and berries
APPEARANCE:
A bat which lives to a very old age develops magical powers and changes into a yokai known as a nobusuma. They look almost identical to musasabi, or Japanese giant flying squirrels, although they are much more dangerous.
BEHAVIOR:
Nobusuma eat nuts, fruit, and berries, but also feed on fire, and by sucking blood from humans and small animals (such as cats). They attack travelers walking the roads at night. They swoop down from the trees onto the faces of their unsuspecting victims, latch on, and begin sucking blood. When they do not need to feed, they simply swoop down and blow out lanterns and torches, flying back up into the night sky with a creepy cry that goes, “gaa gaa!”
ORIGIN:
While nobusuma are born from long-lived bats, the transformation does not stop there.
Once a nobusuma reaches a very old age, it transforms again, either into a yamachichi or a momonjii.
This yokai should not be confused with the nobusuma (野襖) from Kochi prefecture, whose name is pronounced the same but is actually a variety of a different yokai called nurikabe.
- reference source : yokai.com/nobusuma... -
- source : Matt Alt - facebook -
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no fuse ma 野伏魔 Nofusema
日本における想像上の動物。衾（ふすま）とは寝るときに体の上にかける夜具のことで、野衾とは現在で言うムササビのことだが、
現在知られる生態の他に、夜道を歩いている人を襲って松明を消したり（あるいはそこから発展して炎を食べるとされたり）、人や家畜を襲って血を吸うと考えられていた。
- reference source : myth.maji.asia... -
fusu ma 臥す間, literally, a room to lie down, a bedroom.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
Tsukumogami Nobusuma ツクモガミ 野 衾
The folklorist 柳田國男 Yanagida Kunio wrote;
In Tokyo, Nobusuma is seen as a 鼯鼠 Momonga or 蝙蝠 Komori. In some regions of Japan it is just called 衾 Fusuma.
It sneaks up on a person and covers its eyes and mouth.
. Yanagita Kunio 柳田國男 (1875 - 1962) .
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Once a bicycle driver found a cat with a Nobusuma wound all around its body, lying by the roadside. He hit the Nobusuma with a stick and killed it. The cat lost one leg in the event.
............................................................................ Miyagi 宮城県
fusuma フスマ same as 野衾 Nobusuma
Is someone walks alone in the evening or at night, the Nobusuma appears like a wall in front of him, spreading in all directions, obstructing the way.
If a person keeps its cool, waits by the roadside and chews some tobacco, the Yokai will disappear.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
Miyamoto Musashi and the Batlike Monster
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1867)
. 宮本武蔵 Miyamoto Musashi .
(1584 – 1645) - famous swordsman and samurai
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- Reference -
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
. Kappa densetsu 河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .
. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア - Tengu ABC-List .
. Mingei 民芸 Regional Folk Art from Japan .
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