1. Which Yokai did you pick and why?
I picked the Yokai called Arie as I liked its simple name its strange and mysterious look.
2. Name some characteristics and provide a background history/summery of your Yokai.
Arie has a very strange looking body with its long neck sticking out of its large round body with its four legs and its long slim tail. There has only been one sighting of Arie and it was on June 17th, 1876 where it had delivered a message of a great harvest and then there would be lots of disease and then told everyone to copy an image of Arie before he would disappear into the sea.
3. Do you think Japanese Yokai differ from western monsters and mythical creatures? Explain.
I think the overall message of Yokai are the same as “Fairy Tales” in North America and Europe of never go swimming out during the night or you will be killed by a monster and telling these story’s to kids. However there are many strange ones that don’t really contain a message such as Arie.
4. Do you Believe in Yokai, monster, ghosts, or any mythical creatures? Why or Why not?
I don’t personally believe in any mythical creatures or ghosts but I most defiantly would have back when I was much younger. I don’t know why i don’t believe in that stuff, but I guess its just hard for me to believe in.
