Japanese Mythology quiz
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Which weapon does an oni carry?
Answer: Iron club
Why: Japanese even has a saying about handing an oni an iron club, meaning to make the strong even stronger.
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What does a baku eat?
Answer: Nightmares
Why: Japanese also uses baku as the everyday word for the tapir, a real animal with a short trunk.
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Which fruit did Izanagi use to drive off the army of the dead?
Answer: Peaches
Why: He then declared the peach divine and told it to help people in trouble, just as it had helped him.
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Where does the wind god Fujin keep the winds?
Answer: In a bag
Why: This wind bag may go back along the Silk Road to the Greek wind god Boreas, whose image slowly turned into Fujin's.
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Where did Susanoo find the sword Kusanagi?
Answer: A serpent's tail
Why: Susanoo's own sword chipped as he cut the serpent's tail, which is how he found the blade hidden inside.
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What did the fox spirit Tamamo-no-Mae become after death?
Answer: A stone
Why: That killing stone, the Sessho-seki in Nasu, split in two in March 2022, most likely through cracks that let in rainwater.
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