Jubokko
樹木子
Ringkasan
Jubokko adalah yōkai berwujud pohon dalam buku-buku yōkai Jepang modern; sumber-sumber menduganya ciptaan modern dan bukan cerita rakyat lama.
Jubokko is a tree yōkai described in modern Japanese yōkai books; sources suggest it is a modern creation rather than an old folk tradition.
Kisah dan tradisi
Jubokko adalah yōkai berwujud pohon yang muncul dalam banyak buku tentang yōkai Jepang. Menurut ceritanya, ia tumbuh di bekas medan perang tempat banyak orang tewas, dan penampilannya tidak jauh berbeda dari pohon biasa. Ia dikatakan menjadi yōkai karena menyerap darah orang mati dalam jumlah besar. Bila ada orang lewat, jubokko konon menangkapnya, mengubah dahannya menjadi seperti pipa, dan mengisap darah korban. Dikatakan pula darah menetes jika pohon ini ditebang, dan dahannya dapat menyembuhkan orang yang terluka. Asal-usulnya diragukan. Sarjana folklor seperti Yanagita Kunio dan Hino Iwao menyatakan tidak ada yōkai yang menjadi asal jubokko, dan To Gakkai menduga ia rekaan Mizuki Shigeru. Menurut Wikipedia bahasa Jepang, kemunculan pertamanya adalah artikel majalah tahun 1966 yang kemungkinan ciptaan penulisnya, Saitō Morihiro, dan karena artikel itu dipakai dalam karya Mizuki mulai dari tahun 1968, makhluk ini lama dikira ciptaan Mizuki. Mizuki sendiri menyatakan ia menciptakan sekitar 30 yōkai dalam komik GeGeGe no Kitaro, tetapi tidak menyebut yōkai mana saja. Mizuki sendiri menyatakan ia menciptakan sekitar 30 yōkai dalam komik GeGeGe no Kitaro, tetapi tidak menyebut yōkai mana saja.
Jubokko is a tree yōkai that appears in many books on Japanese yōkai. In its stories it grows on former battlefields where many people have died, and it looks little different from an ordinary tree. It is said to have become a yōkai by absorbing large amounts of blood from the dead. When a person passes by, the jubokko supposedly captures the victim, turns its branches into tube shapes, and sucks out the blood. Blood is also said to trickle out if the tree is cut, and a branch is said to be able to heal an injured person. Its origin is doubtful. Folklore scholars such as Kunio Yanagita and Iwao Hino state that no yōkai became the origin of the jubokko, and the To Gakkai theorizes that it is a fiction conceived by Shigeru Mizuki. According to Japanese Wikipedia, its first appearance was a 1966 magazine article that was probably the invention of its author Saitō Morihiro, and because that article kept being used in Mizuki's works from 1968 onward, the creature was long thought to be Mizuki's creation. Mizuki himself stated that he created around 30 yōkai in the comic GeGeGe no Kitaro but did not say which ones. Mizuki himself stated that he created around 30 yōkai in the comic GeGeGe no Kitaro but did not say which ones.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Folklor & Mitologi Jepang
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Timur
- Era
- First attested in a 1966 magazine article, according to Japanese Wikipedia
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Yokai