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What Is The Ningen, The Mermaid-Like Cryptid Of Japanese Lore?

A humanoid sea creature popularized in Japanese internet forums, the Ningen is an Antarctic cryptid that may have first been ...
The New York Times

Monsters Plague Japan. But What Do They Mean?

How ancient history and modern calamities have cultivated a national obsession with menacing creatures. By Aatish Taseer Photographs by Tess Ayano ON A BLUSTERY afternoon last November, I stood on the ...
The Harvard Crimson

“Sea Monsters” Exhibit Blurs Border Between Monster and Human

In novels like “Moby Dick” or “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” monsters exist to aggravate and impinge on human life. Science, folklore, and fiction have villainized deep sea creatures for centuries, ...
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10 gigantic, deadly and terrifying sea monsters that were inspired by humongous real-life ocean animals

These real-life ocean animals were so terrifying to seafarers that they became embedded in history as legendary sea monsters ...