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Amabie
Amabie (アマビエ) is a legendary Japanese mermaid who allegedly emerges from the sea and prophesies either an abundant harvest or an epidemic. There are other mermaids and mermen known by other names but considered identical. The male or , the , and the elusive . == Legend == Amabie appeared in Higo Province (Kumamoto Prefecture) according to legend, around the middle of the 4th month, in the year Kōka-3 (mid-May, 1846) in the Edo era. A glowing object had been spotted in the sea, almost on a nightly basis. The town's official went to the coast to investigate, and witnessed the ''amabie''. She had a mouth like bird's bill, and was covered in scales from the neck down. Addressing the official, she identified herself as an ''amabie'' and told him that she lived in the open sea. She went on to deliver a prophecy: "Good harvest will continue for six years, if disease spreads show a picture of me to those who fall ill and they will be cured." Afterwards, she returned the sea. The story was printed in the ' (woodblock-printed bulletins), where her likeness was printed, and this is how the story disseminated in Japan.
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