• Janjanbi (じゃんじゃん火 or ジャンジャン火) is an atmospheric ghost light told about the legends of various places in the Nara Prefecture. They are considered a type...
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    below. Other than these, there is also the shiranui, the koemonbi, the janjanbi, and the tenka among others. There is a theory that the kitsunebi is also...
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    reflected in mirrors as that of an old man. Jami A wicked mountain spirit. Janjanbi Drifting fireballs from Nara Prefecture, named for the sound they make...
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    the Nara Prefecture, they are sometimes seen to be the same as the kaika janjanbi. According to the folklore researcher Rinichihara Ichihara's book, they...
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    flies, there is the theory that it makes a "shan shan" sound like the janjanbi of the Nara Prefecture, and thus it is also called a "shanshanbi" in the...
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