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The "Oni" is considered highly intelligent. It is said that "Oni" can transform in woman to hide the true form. Although they world is Jigoku (the Hell), some "Onis" are found in this world, and some are living in cities the where they hide their demoniac identities. "Oni" of the hell (with coat red or green) it hunts the sinners, taking them in carriage for Emma-Hoo, the god of the hell. There are invisible demons among "Onis" whose presence can be discovered because they sing or they whistle. They appreciate the taste of the human meat. It is also said that the man, with exalted rage if it will transform in a "Oni". there is in the Japanese folklore the history that the wife of ferocious jealousy becomes "Hannya", that is a feminine "Oni." There are a lot of legends in which the heroes challenge terrible "Oni" and they kill them. The most famous hero that challenged "Onis" was Minamoto-knot-Yorimitsu. Buddhist "Oni" not always they represented the forces of the bad; in the Buddhist knowledge there are stories of monks that after the death they turns "Onis" for to protect their temples of potentials disasters. The conviction in "Oni", reached it zenith in the 18th and 19th centuries....... | The "Oni" is considered highly intelligent. It is said that "Oni" can transform in woman to hide the true form. Although they world is Jigoku (the Hell), some "Onis" are found in this world, and some are living in cities the where they hide their demoniac identities. "Oni" of the hell (with coat red or green) it hunts the sinners, taking them in carriage for Emma-Hoo, the god of the hell. There are invisible demons among "Onis" whose presence can be discovered because they sing or they whistle. They appreciate the taste of the human meat. It is also said that the man, with exalted rage if it will transform in a "Oni". there is in the Japanese folklore the history that the wife of ferocious jealousy becomes "Hannya", that is a feminine "Oni." There are a lot of legends in which the heroes challenge terrible "Oni" and they kill them. The most famous hero that challenged "Onis" was Minamoto-knot-Yorimitsu. Buddhist "Oni" not always they represented the forces of the bad; in the Buddhist knowledge there are stories of monks that after the death they turns "Onis" for to protect their temples of potentials disasters. The conviction in "Oni", reached it zenith in the 18th and 19th centuries....... | ||
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If there's any interest, here's my rewrite of the above into proper English. I don't agree with the capital "O", but I've left it intact. Perhaps you've already used this in the article, but I didn't really see it quoted anywhere. | |||
An "Oni" is a Japanese monster, equivalent to the demon ogre of general Asian lore. The physical manifestation of an Oni is an enormous being, muscular, hairy, with the horns of a bull, and with red, blue or black skin. His body is incredibly hard. Even if he were to have a limb cut off, he could reconnect it and heal immediately. An Oni normally has a "kanabo", a large iron club with nails; it is a very destructive weapon when an Oni brandishes it in an attack. These artistic depictions can not only represent the supernatural, but can also characterize the evil facets of human nature. <br> | |||
As a legendary monster, the Oni is considered highly intelligent. It is said that Oni can transform into women to hide their true form. Although their world is Jigoku (Hell), sometimes Oni are found in this world, and some are living in cities where they hide their demonic identities. The role of the Oni in Hell (wearing a red or green coat) is to hunt down sinners in our world and take them in (carriage?) to Enma, the ruler of Hell. Some invisible Oni may accidentally reveal their presence because they sing or whistle. Oni appreciate the taste of human meat. It is also said that a man with anger will transform in an Oni. Japanese folklore also says that a wife of great jealousy will become a Hannya, that is, a feminine Oni. There are a lot of legends in which the heroes challenge and slay terrible Oni. The most famous hero that challenged Oni was Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu. The Buddhist Oni is not always an evil force; in the Buddhist legends there are stories of monks who, after death, became Oni in order to protect their temples from disasters. The belief in Oni reached its zenith in the 18th and 19th centuries.<br> | |||
Then it just trails off. I guess we could add a note about modern Japanese not generally believing in oni (although they do still hold to certain purification rites). Also, some of the sentences are kind of disorganized. --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] 17:02, 5 February 2008 (CET) | |||
==Clean-up== | |||
Things this page needs: | |||
*pictures -- every type of "oni" should be depicted here, not just Lum! | |||
*organization -- there's a speculative section on why the game is called "Oni", but then the real answer is added at the bottom as an afterthought, leaving a reader to get confused and overloaded by random conjecture on Russian, etc. before (if) he finally gets there | |||
*the translated passage above has some interesting factoids that, if they hold up under research, should be included in the article --[[User:Iritscen|Iritscen]] ([[User talk:Iritscen|talk]]) 01:38, 30 January 2013 (CET) | |||
[[Category:Oni influences]] | |||