Reading Notes: Japanese and other mythological and literary characters

Japanese:

Yatagarasu - 

- three-legged crow, inhabits and represents the sun. In Japan, a raven, Yatagarasu, "evidence of the will of Heaven or divine intervention in human affairs." 

- the crow is a mark of rebirth and rejuvenation

- as a crow-god is a symbol specifically of guidance

Nue - 

- face of a monkey, legs of a tiger, body of a tanuki (raccoon dog) and the front half of a snake for a tail. 

- OR back of a tiger, the legs of a tanuki, the tail of a fox, the head of a cat, and the torso of a chicken

- sometimes referred to as a Japanese chimera

- makes cries at night

Ame-no-Uzume - 

- goddess of dawn

- lured Amaterasu out of her hiding place in a cave when she refused to come out, by dancing

Not Japanese:

Oberon - 

- king of the fairies

- a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream

- consort to Titania, queen of the fairies

- a trickster

Alice -

- based on Alice in Wonderland

- the strongest persona in the Death arcana

- very strong dark spell called "Die for me!" that instakills all enemies on screen

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