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Description
The Kappa, also called Kawataro ("Boy-of-river") or Kawako ("Son-of-river") is a legendary Japanese creature, a Yokai, a spirit of Japanese folklore and mythology living in lakes , rivers and ponds.
In Shintoism is considered one of the many Suijin ("Gods-aquatic").A variant of blanket cap is called Hyōsube.

Capitals are similar to Nix or Nixie, the Scandinavian Näkki, the German Hills and the Scottish kelpie, and have been used in all these cultures to frighten children against the danger of what lies in the waters.

THE MYTH
The kappa is a combination of mischievous. Their jokes go from relatively innocent, like noisy flatulence or look under the kimono of women, to the most problematic ones, such as stealing the crop, kidnapping children or raping women. In fact, little children are one of the favorite Kappa meals, although they are also available for adult eating. They nourish their helpless victims by sucking out the interior (or the blood, the liver or the "vital force" according to the legend).

Warnings that caution the kappa appear on the rivers of some Japanese towns and villages. It is said that the kappa are also scared of fire and some villages hold fireworks every year to scare them and keep them away.

It was once believed that if one faced a kappa, there was only one way to get out alive: the kappa, for some reason, are obsessed with the label, so if the person had a deep bow to the kappa, the latter would have certainly rejoined with another bow, by inadvertently pouring the water contained in the water-colored bowl over his head, so if a person could trick the kappa and bend it, the latter would be made unable to leave until the bowl-water-lily leaf on his head had been filled with the water of the river or pond where he lived; in the case of a human being to fill it, it was believed that the kappa would have served it for eternity.

Caps are not, however, entirely antagonists of humans; they are curious about human civilization and can understand and speak Japanese, so sometimes they challenge those who meet to beat them in skill tests, such as shogi (a game similar to popular chess in Japan) or a sumo encounter.

They can also make friends with humans in exchange for gifts and offerings, especially cucumbers, the only food that kappa appreciates more than human children. Sometimes Japanese parents write the names of their children (or their own names) on cucumbers and throw them into hawks of kappa to placate the creature and allow the family to bathe.

Once close friendship with kappa, it is said that this performs different types of tasks for humans, such as helping peasants to irrigate the fields. They are also great scientists in medicine and a legend states that they have taught humans how to cure fractures. Because of these benign aspects some Shinto sanctuaries, called jinja, are dedicated to the adoration of a particularly benevolent kappa.

Caps can also be cheated in helping people. Their profound sense of decorum does not allow them, for example, to break an oath, so if you can force a kappa to promise help, the kappa has no choice but to keep the word given.

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Author'note
"Shut! I make a disaster with the background!

It would have been better to leave it over white that filled with china ...
Anyway... jeeze! When I read of the nature of the Kappa I did not know them so badly!

In many souls and stories I always saw them so harmless and joking, but it's something that the kids eat was completely new to me. Luckily not all Kappa are so wicked"

Description
The Kappa, also called Kawataro ("Boy-of-river") or Kawako ("Son-of-river") is a legendary Japanese creature, a Yokai, a spirit of Japanese folklore and mythology living in lakes , rivers and ponds.
In Shintoism is considered one of the many Suijin ("Gods-aquatic").A variant of blanket cap is called Hyōsube.

Capitals are similar to Nix or Nixie, the Scandinavian Näkki, the German Hills and the Scottish kelpie, and have been used in all these cultures to frighten children against the danger of what lies in the waters.

THE MYTH
The kappa is a combination of mischievous. Their jokes go from relatively innocent, like noisy flatulence or look under the kimono of women, to the most problematic ones, such as stealing the crop, kidnapping children or raping women. In fact, little children are one of the favorite Kappa meals, although they are also available for adult eating. They nourish their helpless victims by sucking out the interior (or the blood, the liver or the "vital force" according to the legend).

Warnings that caution the kappa appear on the rivers of some Japanese towns and villages. It is said that the kappa are also scared of fire and some villages hold fireworks every year to scare them and keep them away.

It was once believed that if one faced a kappa, there was only one way to get out alive: the kappa, for some reason, are obsessed with the label, so if the person had a deep bow to the kappa, the latter would have certainly rejoined with another bow, by inadvertently pouring the water contained in the water-colored bowl over his head, so if a person could trick the kappa and bend it, the latter would be made unable to leave until the bowl-water-lily leaf on his head had been filled with the water of the river or pond where he lived; in the case of a human being to fill it, it was believed that the kappa would have served it for eternity.

Caps are not, however, entirely antagonists of humans; they are curious about human civilization and can understand and speak Japanese, so sometimes they challenge those who meet to beat them in skill tests, such as shogi (a game similar to popular chess in Japan) or a sumo encounter.

They can also make friends with humans in exchange for gifts and offerings, especially cucumbers, the only food that kappa appreciates more than human children. Sometimes Japanese parents write the names of their children (or their own names) on cucumbers and throw them into hawks of kappa to placate the creature and allow the family to bathe.

Once close friendship with kappa, it is said that this performs different types of tasks for humans, such as helping peasants to irrigate the fields. They are also great scientists in medicine and a legend states that they have taught humans how to cure fractures. Because of these benign aspects some Shinto sanctuaries, called jinja, are dedicated to the adoration of a particularly benevolent kappa.

Caps can also be cheated in helping people. Their profound sense of decorum does not allow them, for example, to break an oath, so if you can force a kappa to promise help, the kappa has no choice but to keep the word given.

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Author'note
"Shut! I make a disaster with the background!

It would have been better to leave it over white that filled with china ...
Anyway... jeeze! When I read of the nature of the Kappa I did not know them so badly!

In many souls and stories I always saw them so harmless and joking, but it's something that the kids eat was completely new to me. Luckily not all Kappa are so wicked"