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{{Hatnote|This article is about the Japanese myth. For | {{Hatnote|This article is about the Japanese myth. For our other "Oni" articles, see [[Oni (disambiguation)]].}} | ||
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|[[Image:Oni kanji.jpg|thumb|300px|Bungie's rendition of the ''oni'' [[wp:Kanji|kanji]]. The Chinese reading is ''guǐ'' (ghost), considered at the bottom of the article.]] | |[[Image:Oni kanji.jpg|thumb|300px|Bungie's rendition of the ''oni'' [[wp:Kanji|kanji]]. The Chinese reading is ''guǐ'' (ghost), considered at the bottom of the article.]] | ||
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The name | The name of Bungie's game '''[[Oni]]''' was intended as a reference to the game's inspiration, [[Ghost in the Shell]], though it turned out that the Japanese kanji 鬼 does not accurately translate as "ghost". First we'll look at the actual meaning of the word by examining the myths of oni in Japanese folklore, then we'll consider some ways in which these true meanings of the word might appear in the game. | ||
==Traditional depictions of oni== | ==Traditional depictions of oni== | ||