Gashadokuro: A Terrifying Nocturnal Ghost Yokai With Voracious Appetite For Human Blood

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Japanese mythology has a rich arsenal of tales, legends, and myths. Among them, some describe unbelievable, supernatural, and malevolent spirits and monsters with the powers of invisibility.

Mitsukuni defying the skeleton spectre invoked by princess Takiyasha. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1798 – 1861 – Public Domain

The name of this terrifying Yokai predator varies, and Gashadokuro (“starving skeleton”) is known in Japanese mythology as  O-Dokuro, Dokuro-No-Kai, and Mekurabe. Folklore stories from Japan describe a gigantic creature because it is ten or more meters tall.

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