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;[http://web.archive.org/web/20080905135208/http://www.takipedia.org/wiki/Mukade Takipedia] | ;[http://web.archive.org/web/20080905135208/http://www.takipedia.org/wiki/Mukade Takipedia] | ||
:'''''There are hundreds of types of mukade in the family, however the most common mukade in Japan are the tobizu 鳶頭, the aozu �?�頭 and the akazu 赤頭. The tobizu has a black body and a distinct red head and yellow legs. It would probably be quite hard to miss one of these beauties crawling along your ceiling. | :'''''There are hundreds of types of mukade in the family, however the most common mukade in Japan are the tobizu 鳶頭, the aozu �?�頭 and the akazu 赤頭. The tobizu has a black body and a distinct red head and yellow legs. It would probably be quite hard to miss one of these beauties crawling along your ceiling. | ||
;[http://homepage.mac.com/swhenneberry/OnMyMind/C40673818/E1060299329/ Some guy's blog]. | ;[http://web.archive.org/web/20050618073622/http://homepage.mac.com/swhenneberry/OnMyMind/C40673818/E1060299329/ Some guy's blog]. | ||
:Amazed by how many people googling for MUKADE were directed to his blog, he kindly gathered information from Japanese sites dedicated to those things and translated it. | :Amazed by how many people googling for MUKADE were directed to his blog, he kindly gathered information from Japanese sites dedicated to those things and translated it. | ||
:'''''They come in two varieties, either the Omukade, where "O" means big, and the Aomukade, which means "blue" (there is also a Tobizumukade, but it is considered the same as the Aomukade) | :'''''They come in two varieties, either the Omukade, where "O" means big, and the Aomukade, which means "blue" (there is also a Tobizumukade, but it is considered the same as the Aomukade) | ||
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(Thanks to Adorage for submitting that one on Oni Central Forum) | (Thanks to Adorage for submitting that one on Oni Central Forum) | ||
;[http://www.biwako.ne.jp/~romulus/mukade/program/programj.html A shorter version] | ;[http://web.archive.org/web/20020707065534/http://www.biwako.ne.jp/~romulus/mukade/program/programj.html A shorter version] | ||
:'''''A long time ago a huge centipede, that could wrap itself seven and a half times around Mt. Mikami, appeared. It crawled out of the fields, destroying the rice fields and eating all the fish in the lake and rivers, endangering the people of Yasu. A great warrior, Tawara no Tota Hidesato, was on a journey in the Yasu area. He was asked by the Lake Goddess to defeat the cruel centipede. After a fierce battle, Tota defeated the centipede and the people were safe once again. | :'''''A long time ago a huge centipede, that could wrap itself seven and a half times around Mt. Mikami, appeared. It crawled out of the fields, destroying the rice fields and eating all the fish in the lake and rivers, endangering the people of Yasu. A great warrior, Tawara no Tota Hidesato, was on a journey in the Yasu area. He was asked by the Lake Goddess to defeat the cruel centipede. After a fierce battle, Tota defeated the centipede and the people were safe once again. | ||
;[http://www.geocities.com/kusakumo/mythologies.html#anchor114724 Yet another short version] | ;[http://www.geocities.com/kusakumo/mythologies.html#anchor114724 Yet another short version] | ||