Mystery Timeline｜1185–1602
Yokai and strange tales from the age of the samurai, alongside the mysterious books and legends of medieval Europe, from the Kamakura period to the Warring States era.
A guardian lion statue placed on roofs and gates and at village entrances in Okinawa to ward off evil. Its name comes from the Okinawan pronunciation of "shishi" (lion). Shisa are often set out in pairs, a male with an open mouth and a female with a closed mouth, and are believed to drive away misfortune.
An artificial giant made of mud or clay in Jewish tradition. It moves by the power of sacred letters and obeys its maker. A famous story says that erasing the "e" from "emeth" (truth) on its forehead, leaving "meth" (death), turns it back to earth. The legend of Rabbi Loew of 16th-century Prague is especially famous.
