The many wild cats found in this country are said to age into massive, shapeshifting monsters called bakeneko.
In one legend from this country, a warrior coated his arrows in his own saliva in order to slay a giant centipede. People with completely evil souls are forced to swim through river rapids filled with snakes in this country's underworld, and people who cross the river with no clothes on have their skin flayed off and hung in a tree. A "modern legend" from this country involves a woman wearing a red mask who asks people, (*) "Am I pretty?", to which answering either "yes" or "no" will result in a gruesome death. A superstition in this country instructs people to lay out food at night or put coins in a house's foundation to please benevolent spirits. The many wild cats found in this country are said to age into massive, shapeshifting monsters called bakeneko. For 10 points, name this home of yokai, also called mononoke.
In one legend from this country, a warrior coated his arrows in his own saliva in order to slay a giant centipede.
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