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The Mysterious Little People of Japan
Cyptomundo ^ | June 8, 2010 | Brent Swancer

Posted on 06/10/2010 6:35:11 PM PDT by shibumi

A commonly occurring phenomenon seen in the folklore and myth of a wide range of cultures throughout the world is the existence of miniature humanoid creatures. Faeries, dwarves, leprechauns, or by whatever other names they are known, mysterious little people of various types have consistently emerged as important elements of folklore across the globe since time unremembered.

On the island of Hokkaido, in the cold northern reaches of the Japanese archipelago, the indigenous Ainu people too have their long traditions of an ancient race of dwarf-like people thought to have inhabited the land long before humans arrived.

(Excerpt) Read more at cryptomundo.com ...


TOPICS: Humor; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ainujapan; godsgravesglyphs; jpb; post76
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To: JoeProBono

Fascinating article - thanks!


21 posted on 06/10/2010 7:06:40 PM PDT by NotThere
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To: blam

Thanks for more info on this reclusive people.


22 posted on 06/10/2010 7:07:13 PM PDT by mylife
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To: elcid1970

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra#Mothra.27s_Fairies_.28Shobijin.2C_Cosmos.2C_and_Elias.29


23 posted on 06/10/2010 7:08:08 PM PDT by shibumi (Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
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To: shibumi; humblegunner
Most commonly Koropokkuru are described as being rather hairy and odoriferous.

This is offensive.

Humblegunner isn't short at all!

24 posted on 06/10/2010 7:13:23 PM PDT by Eaker (Pablo is very wily)
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To: mylife
Suprise....they're everywhere.

More of them here:

Vintage Skulls

25 posted on 06/10/2010 7:14:32 PM PDT by blam
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To: shibumi

“Horsemen! I wish I could muster a legion of Dwarves, fully armed and filthy.”

Gimli, Son of Gloin, “The Return of the King”


26 posted on 06/10/2010 7:20:59 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout hearts...)
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To: shibumi
Captions are from the linked website.


Big egg.


The Mothra Twins!


Jiro.


Sakai.


Yoka.


Scientist-Guy.


Evil-Capitalist (He might as well be wearing a sign around his neck saying, “I am EVIL.”).


The developer (Hitler moustache, nice look).


Kumayama.


YeHaw! Jethro, git in the truck!

http://millionmonkeys.monstershack.net/GodzillavsMothraI.html

27 posted on 06/10/2010 7:21:40 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: KoRn; blam; martin_fierro; TigerLikesRooster; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...

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Uh-oh. Gilbert and Sullivan flashback.

Thanks KoRn.

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28 posted on 06/10/2010 7:25:18 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: Zionist Conspirator; shibumi
Nor even speak of.

Next thing you know, he'll be poking The Djinn with a stick.


29 posted on 06/10/2010 7:35:28 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: JoeProBono

Joe, this photo is a fake. I met this family in a trailer park in northwest central Florida not six months ago.


30 posted on 06/10/2010 7:36:49 PM PDT by Kenny Bunk (Obama: Reviving States' Rights.)
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To: tumblindice

One of the more important kinds of abilities in WW-II in the Pacific was throwing hand grenades; baseball tended to trump karate in that one....


31 posted on 06/10/2010 7:42:54 PM PDT by wendy1946
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To: Salamander
Nor even speak of.

Aye, 'tis a bad thing to displease the Gentry.

32 posted on 06/10/2010 7:43:42 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vatiftach ha'aretz 'et-piyha vativla` 'otam ve'et-bateyhem; ve'et kol-ha'adam 'asher leQorach . . .)
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To: tumblindice
I spent a fair bit of time with a vet who fought on Tarawa. He never mentioned this observation.
33 posted on 06/10/2010 7:43:49 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Zionist Conspirator

They’ll be trooping through his bedroom tonight.

[better him than us].....:)


34 posted on 06/10/2010 7:50:02 PM PDT by Salamander (You don't know what's going on inside of me. You don't wanna know what's running through my mind.)
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To: Salamander
They’ll be trooping through his bedroom tonight.

Did he uproot a hawthorn or something?

Mr. Allingham's warnings should certainly be heeded.

35 posted on 06/10/2010 7:55:22 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vatiftach ha'aretz 'et-piyha vativla` 'otam ve'et-bateyhem; ve'et kol-ha'adam 'asher leQorach . . .)
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To: Zionist Conspirator; Salamander
""Ha! ha! ha!" roared Goodman Brown, when the wind laughed at him. "Let us hear which will laugh loudest! Think not to frighten me with your deviltry! Come witch, come wizard, come Indian powow, come devil himself! and here comes Goodman Brown. You may as well fear him as he fear you!"
36 posted on 06/10/2010 7:58:46 PM PDT by shibumi (Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator; Salamander

Speaking of Hawthorn(e).


37 posted on 06/10/2010 8:00:07 PM PDT by shibumi (Pablo (the Wily One) signed up for the "Hippo Attack" ping list!)
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To: shibumi
Isn't "Young Goodman Brown" about how the Puritans were actually Satanists and Satan actually ran the world?

Sounds like a metaphor for the old Boston Brahmin East Coast Establishment being Secretly Behind Communism.

38 posted on 06/10/2010 8:20:06 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Vatiftach ha'aretz 'et-piyha vativla` 'otam ve'et-bateyhem; ve'et kol-ha'adam 'asher leQorach . . .)
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To: JoeProBono

The three on the right look like typical american farmers in bath robes.


39 posted on 06/10/2010 8:23:03 PM PDT by mamelukesabre (Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum (If you want peace prepare for war))
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To: JoeProBono

Ancient stone carving of " Kenyan Little Man"

40 posted on 06/10/2010 8:28:00 PM PDT by woofie
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