Kappa

Characteristics:
- Walk like a man
- Having a kind of shell in her head
- Living in the lake or river

Kappa (child-river), also commonly referred to Gatarō (kid-river) or Kawako (child-river) is a legendary creature believed to be the spirit of the river and often found in Japanese folklore.

But now, this being included in the category "animal which has not been found (cryptozoology)" this is because there were several witnesses who saw the appearance of these creatures. in the Shinto religion they belong to the class of Suijin (water god).

Most people describe Kappa as a child, half man half her body shape of frogs, some other people describe it like a turtle shell with a beak like a duck.

In some images showed that Kappa has a thick shell and scaly skin that color is yellowish green or blue brass, kappa habitat is rivers or lakes which are in Japan and his body is equipped with features that support life and its environment, such as webbed hands and feet, smells like fish and swim like a fish.

Kappa is also known as the maker-made, little trouble is normally generated fart sound harsh or peek in the women's kimono.

Another, more vicious act is stealing crops, kidnapping or rape anak2 wanita.Diceritakan that young children are kappa favorite meal, but it also eats kappa adults. They eat shirikodama = stomach contents, blood, liver or substance of human life through her anus.

Until now, the alarm display mounted in some waters kappa urban and rural Japanese village, because kappa was afraid to fire it at the celebration of harvest festival or other festival2. Community burn fireworks to ward off these creatures.

Not all Kappa evil to people, some of them are very interested in human life, even they understand and can speak Japanese. Sometimes when they met with the man, Kappa always invite people to compete ability in the game Shogi (Japanese chess) and sumo.

They say they could be friendly to humans when humans give gifts to their form of cucumber. Makananyang most preferred by Kappa in addition to the son of man, some people - elderly people in Japan usually write the name of their child or their own name on the cucumber and threw the river are believed to be a place to stay kappa.

It is intended for these creatures do not interfere with their family. Cucumber offerings for kappa is usually filled with sushi rolls in it and called kappamaki.