Thursday, January 7, 2021

Japanese Yokai, Basan the fire bird yokai

 


 

                                           Basan (波山, Basan) is a  bird like yokai.

 The Basan is a fire type yokai, It resembles chicken   and is said to live in the mountains of Iyo Province.

This litte chicky will never be fried, KFC can't handle the heat  lol

 

By most accounts the Basan is said to  resembles a large chicken and breathes aa ghostl fire from it's mouth. 

Due to the fire having a temperature similar to that of a will-o-wisp, it does not actualy burn . Its also believed that if a person hears the bird flapping its wings and looks outside, the bird vanishes

Basan are considered to be a  very rare  found only in the mountains of Ehime, on the island of Shikoku. 

 

They are similar to  chickens in appearance and   by most accounts are roughly the size of a turkey. 

They are easily recognized by their brightly colored feather's and bright red comb, which  looks like  tongues of a flame. 

 

However their  most notable feature is their breath, which flows visibly from their mouth like a dragon’s fire; though, the flame gives off no heat, nor does it ignite combustible material.

Basan are very rare and entirely nocturnal, sightings are rare and little is known about their behavior. They make their homes in remote bamboo groves, far from human activity. 

 

Their diet consists of charred wood and embers, and they have been known to occasionally wander into remote villages at night to feast on the remains of bonfires or charcoal. When pleased or startled, basan beat their wings, creating the distinctive rustling “basabasa” sound from which they get their name. People who have witnessed this action report that the birds vanish into thin air when they realize they have been noticed.



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