(He thinks about it for a moment. Hm. He isn't really much of a storyteller but by his own nature, he's plenty familiar with the types of stories jueyen chili seems to want.)
Where I'm from, there are kami. You've probably heard people use the word around the city. A lot of places here remind me of stories from home. Some people have called kami "gods" or "spirits." Neither is really right or wrong. I'm not an expert or anything.
There are divine kami that people pray to like gods. There are kami for natural things like rivers and trees. Even roads and directions can have kami. Some animals and humans can become kami too.
Even things that aren't a part of nature or alive can become kami. These are called tsukumogami. The kami of tools or artifacts. Some say when a thing celebrates its 100th year, it becomes alive and gains a conscious. Some manifest sooner, though.
There are dolls that can become tsukumogami and will chase their previous owners down if they have grudges. There's also the spirit of a damaged futon that smothers its owners when they sleep. I heard a story about a pair of straw slippers that walked aroudn at night and kept their owners awake...
In a lot of stories, tsukumogami are born from neglect and have grudges against humans... but there are also stories of treasured items helping their owners. Because they're old, some of them appear in dreams to share advice. Some of them become powerful spirits and protect their owners from dangers. There's a story about a treasured pot that never ran out of rice for its family.
You can see a bunch of tsukumogami in the city. That's why you should be careful with how you handle things here.
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Where I'm from, there are kami. You've probably heard people use the word around the city. A lot of places here remind me of stories from home. Some people have called kami "gods" or "spirits." Neither is really right or wrong. I'm not an expert or anything.
There are divine kami that people pray to like gods. There are kami for natural things like rivers and trees. Even roads and directions can have kami. Some animals and humans can become kami too.
Even things that aren't a part of nature or alive can become kami. These are called tsukumogami. The kami of tools or artifacts. Some say when a thing celebrates its 100th year, it becomes alive and gains a conscious. Some manifest sooner, though.
There are dolls that can become tsukumogami and will chase their previous owners down if they have grudges. There's also the spirit of a damaged futon that smothers its owners when they sleep. I heard a story about a pair of straw slippers that walked aroudn at night and kept their owners awake...
In a lot of stories, tsukumogami are born from neglect and have grudges against humans... but there are also stories of treasured items helping their owners. Because they're old, some of them appear in dreams to share advice. Some of them become powerful spirits and protect their owners from dangers. There's a story about a treasured pot that never ran out of rice for its family.
You can see a bunch of tsukumogami in the city. That's why you should be careful with how you handle things here.