Japanese spirit Amabie, a mythical mermaid monster, revived to ward off coronavirus
A mythical mermaid monster from Japanese folklore has made a resurgence in the country’s popular culture recently as people hope for the end of the coronavirus.
Amabie is a 19th-century Japanese spirit (known as yokai) who is said to ward of plagues.
According to legend, Amabie was said to have appeared to a Samauri and told him to draw a picture of her and show it to people to keep them safe from a coming pandemic, according to BBC News.
The fishy, longhaired, birdlike yokai has inspired everything in Japan in recent weeks -- from cakes and noodles to face masks and hand sanitizers. She even sparked the “AmabieChallenge” on Twitter that urges people to draw her.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/japanese-spirit-amabie-a-mythical-mermaid-monster-revived-to-ward-off-coronavirus/ar-BB14av4u?li=BBnbcA1
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...since if you're not familiar with it, visuals are a big help
http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2020/03/13/amabie-japanese-epidemic-yokai/
Top image is the original Edo-era tile carving, from Kyoto University Digital Archives.
