#youkai

Wind god [風神]

Some years ago, every night before I fell asleep, I used to close my eyes and see myself holding a paper lantern, wearing a kimono. I would turn around, and a creature would be there. They'd talk, but I wouldn't understand a word, even so, I felt I knew where to take them. I'd walk and walk in the night, feeling the soil hit my sandals while looking at the trees in the dark, until I finally reached somewhere, then I'd say goodbye and wake up.

I may have confused my akadenchu kin with kasa sashi tanuki. Both are prankster tanuki so it was easy to miss.

Kasa sashi tanuki (傘差し狸) is a tanuki known for shapeshifting into a human holding an umbrella and inviting people without one to share it with them. Taking the human to another location once they get under the umbrella is their most known prank. It can be a scary, unusual or marvelous place.

Akadenchu (赤殿中) is a tanuki known for wearing a red haori. They often ask to be given a piggyback. They're a kind youkai that may play light pranks.