Bakekujira: The mysterious curse of the sea monster Bakekujira: The giant returns from the dead

When the whale Giant Bakekujira appeared, a series of natural disasters and diseases hit Okino and Japanese fishing villages.

For fishermen of Okino island in ancient Japan, the giant, bizarre creature in the deep sea called Bakekujira is always a terror, a sign of illness, hunger and natural disasters.

They said that Bakekujira is the embodiment of scary curses, causing the villagers to suffer from quiet revenge.

Legend of "deep sea monster" Bakekujira

It is said that, on a stormy night, the coastal fishing people of Okino saw a translucent white mass in the deep sea. Because it was impossible to identify what the giant object was, a healthy fishing team defied rain and wind, sailing to reach the target.

In the distance, plus the dark night, they thought that it was a whale who had run aground. They started using whale hunting tools to attack the animal. However, no matter how many launchers rushed towards it, all weapons fell into nothingness.

Feeling strange, the fishing crew started to approach the whale more. Coming out, in front of them is a scene that has never witnessed in life: A huge white whale skeleton. The frightening thing is that it is not motionless, but moves like a normal whale, only a size larger than all.

In front of Okino fishermen is a scene of horror that has never witnessed in life: The giant whale skeleton knows how to move.(Photo: Cryptidz.wikia.com.)

At that moment, the sea around the strange whale suddenly rose up, pulling with thousands of other strange fish that the fishermen have had unprecedented years of experience. Then the sky in the night of the storm also appeared black birds swarming all over the area with the whale.

The scenery was so wobbly and frightening that many crew members fell into the sea. Their life has never witnessed such a terrible scene.

Then the white whale turns its head and sinks and disappears into the deep sea. The strange fish and birds also follow.

The fishermen returned to the village in a terrible fear. More frightening is, after the whale appeared, in the small fishing village, there appeared continuous disasters, causing people to suffer from chronic hunger and disease.

People later called the whale with a huge white skeleton "Bakekujira - Ghost whale".

Bakekujira comes to bring scary curse.(Photo: Aminoapps.com).

Why do Okino fishing people witness the unique appearance of Bakekujira and then endure the scary "curse"?

Ancient people said that at that time, Okino fishermen specialized in hunting whales as the main economy. With only one hunting whale, the whole village can be full all year long. That's because they sold tons of meat and fat to merchants.

The curse that appears with Bakekujira is a quiet revenge from the whale hunting of Okino villagers.(Photo: Hyakumonogatari.com.)

Over the years, whale hunts have kept Okino villagers full. No one expected, one day, a whale in the form of giant bones appeared and brought unpredictable disasters.

The head of the village believed that it was the silent "revenge" from the whales that had been killed. The huge size of Bakekujira skeleton is like the embodiment of dozens of other whales who were slaughtered.

Understanding this and also aiming to eliminate the curse of Bakekujira whale, the creature they believe can control many other fish in the deep sea, the villagers began to reduce the hunting of whales. They only hit near-shore fishes and work hard to do other jobs to earn a living.

Whether believing or not believing in the legend of the ancient people, for many people, if the whale carcasses are washed ashore or whaling is still taking place, the coastal fishermen will bury the body Its elephant or skeleton at the Kujira Tsuga mound is most respectable.

Kujira Jinjya whale shrine.(Photo: Greenshinto.com.)

Later, there is a story concerning the strange Bakekujira whale and its curse.

In the 1950s, Japanese painting artist Mizuki Shigeru was poring over kamishibai paper plays on Bakekujira, and the artist also ate a lot of whale meat during the tour. Suddenly, Mizuki Shigeru felt uncomfortable, high fever.

All symptoms stopped when Mizuki Shigeru ended the performance. He himself called what happened to him as "The Curse of Bakekujira."