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Creature Feature Ep.4— Yokai Cats: The Bakeneko and the Nekomata
In old Japan, a cat that lived long enough might stop being just a cat. It could walk on two legs, speak, shapeshift, grow a second tail... and sneak out at night to dance with a towel on its head. 🐈⬛This week, Nyx meets the family: the bakeneko and nekomata of Japanese folklore. We explore how old cats were believed to transform, a monk's terrifying (and hilarious) encounter with a "nekomata," the vengeful Nabeshima cat, and the kasha, a fiery cat yokai said to steal bodies from funerals.Plus why cats inspired so many spooky stories, the lucky maneki-neko, an island where cats outnumber…
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