In the Shinto belief, the ōkami ("wolf") is regarded as a messenger of the kami spirits and also offers protection against crop raiders such as the wild boar and deer. Wild animals were associated with the mountain spirit Yama-no-kami.
Aristotle's Lyceum, or "wolf place", was so-named because it stood close to a temple dedicated to the wolf-god Apollo, who was also the god of knowledge.
Wolf yōkai (妖狼, Yōrō, "demon wolves") are demons who resemble wolves. The ones that have a humanoid appearance have fangs and pointed ears, and the ones that aren't humanoid look like wolves slightly larger than the regular wolf, and have the ability to speak.
In Japanese folklore, there is a famous belief called the “escort wolf,” whereby a wolf shadows a person walking alone in the forest at night until he reaches home safely.
Amaterasu (Japanese: アマテラス), also known as Ōkami Amaterasu (大神天照), is a fictional character from Capcom's video game Ōkami. She is a white wolf based on the Japanese goddess, Amaterasu (天照大御神, Amaterasu-ōmikami), in Japanese mythology.
"Ookami", the Japanese word for "Great God", is a homonym with a word that means "wolf".
Dragonwolf (Japanese name: ドラゴンウルフ Doragonurufu) is an Eklipse Monsuno.
The Blood of Wolves (Japanese: 孤狼の血, Hepburn: Korō no Chi) is a 2018 Japanese crime yakuza film directed by Kazuya Shiraishi, starring Koji Yakusho and Tori Matsuzaka. The 2021 film Last of The Wolves was released as a sequel to this film.
The most popular depiction of Raiju is as a wolf. Either a blue and white wolf, a wolf surrounded by bolts of lightning or a wolf made entirely out of lightning, with a howl like the rumble of thunder.
In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin. They are attested in the Poetic Edda, a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda, written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson, and in the poetry of skalds.
Fenrir, also called Fenrisúlfr, monstrous wolf of Norse mythology. He was the son of the demoniac god Loki and a giantess, Angerboda.
In Roman mythology wolves are mainly associated to Mars, god of war and agriculture.
Raijū (雷獣, "thunder animal" or "thunder beast") is a legendary creature from Japanese mythology.
In the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) of Johann Weyer the demon is called Marchocias and his description is much the same as that given in the Goetia except that his gender when appearing as a wolf is female ("a cruel she wolf") and spewing forth "I cannot tell what" from his mouth.
He is also shown in the company of Raiju, a thunder-beast or thunder demon which also acts as his totem animal and usually a dog or wolf.
The title 狼牙 means “wolf fang” in Japanese. Rouga depicts a pack of hungry wolves chasing prey through the intensity, speed, and directional changes embodied by the performers.
A Japanese name that means "moon wolf" is "Tsuki Okami." Continue reading. Anime-Chan. Former 16 Years Old Student 1y. Wolf moon is tsuki ookami in Japanese.
“Sekiro” means one-armed wolf in Japanese.
Black Wolf (Hànzì: 黑狼, Pinyin: Hēiláng, On'yomi: Kokurō) is a character in Shenmue III.
Okami (淤加美神, Okami-no-kami) in the Kojiki, or in the Nihon Shoki: Kuraokami (闇龗) or Okami (龗), is a legendary Japanese dragon and Shinto deity of rain and snow.
A hakken or Japanese werewolf (Art by Kadrion) Hakken are Japanese werewolves and despite their supernatural nature they are not considered Yōkai. Though they are often depicted as being divine spirits by the Japanese.
Inari Ōkami (Japanese: 稲荷大神), also called Ō-Inari (大稲荷), is the Japanese kami of foxes, fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto. In earlier Japan, Inari was also the patron of swordsmiths and merchants.
Inugami (犬神, "dog god/spirit"), like kitsunetsuki, is a spiritual possession by the spirit of a dog, widely known about in western Japan.
In Japanese folklore, kitsune (狐, きつね, IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɯne̞] ( listen)) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser. According to yōkai folklore, all foxes have the ability to shapeshift into human form.
Golden retriever?), the standard sound for a dog's bark in Japanese is wan-wan (ワンワン). There is another version, kyan-kyan (キャンキャン). These are equivalent to the 'woof woof' sound in English.