™ & © 2022 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. “If you’re in the mood to take this negatively, you certainly can, but if you want to take a positive spin on it, maybe this fox spirit is going to help us out in our time of need,” Kapur said. Others believed it was a good omen, saying she was released to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war on Ukraine, he said. The Akuma () is a malevolent fire spirit in Japanese folklore. Many took the event as a bad omen, considering the pandemic and the war between Ukraine and Russia, Kapur said. The Japanese and Buddhism traditions and cultures have seen many evil spirits and ghosts who have been famous for their dominance on mankind and their streak of anger on the ones who do not follow rules in their life. In older Japanese myths, the stories centered around evil female spirits out to undermine the power of males, Kapur said.Īfter the stone cracked, people were quick to chime in on the timing of the breakage. “More recent adaptations in manga and anime don’t want to portray women in a misogynistic way,” Okuyama said. The fox spirit has made numerous appearances in modern Japanese media, often as the villain-turned-hero character, she said. The rock has become a top tourism site and skyrocketed in popularity, but it paled in comparison to the spirit’s fame, Okuyama said. The stone is near multiple volcanoes, so occasional gases that were released may have killed some animals or humans over the years, she said. There is no proof of the stone’s supernatural abilities, but its unique location may have given substance to the rumors, said Yoshiko Okuyama, professor of Japanese studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. Legend goes that if you touch the stone, you die, hence the name killing stone, Kapur said.
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