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__NOTOC__ Amanojaku, or is a demon-like creature in Japanese folklore. It is usually depicted as a kind of small oni, and is thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires and thus instigates them into perpetrating wicked deeds. One of the ''amanojaku's'' best known appearances is in the fairytale , in which a girl miraculously born from a melon is doted upon by an elderly couple. They shelter her from the outside world, and she naively lets the ''amanojaku'' inside one day, where it kidnaps or devours her, and sometimes impersonates her by wearing her flayed skin. ==In religion== The ''amanojaku'' is commonly held to be derived from , a wicked deity in Shintō myth, which shares the ''amanojaku's'' contrary nature and ability to see into a person's heart, "a very perverted demon". The creature has also entered Buddhist thought, perhaps via syncretism with the ''yaksha'', where it is considered an opponent of Buddhist teachings. It is commonly depicted as being trampled on and subdued into righteousness by Bishamonten or one of the other Shitennō. In this context it is also called a . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amanojaku」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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