Hungry Ghosts, the real Zombie Apocalypse. These beings are "ghosts" only in the sense of not being fully alive; not fully capable of living and appreciating what the moment has to offer. In Japanese Buddhism, two such creatures exist: the gaki and the jikininki: Gaki (餓鬼) are the spirits of jealous or greedy people who, as punishment for their mortal vices, have been cursed with an insatiable hunger for a particular substance or object. Traditionally, this is something repugnant or humiliating, such as human corpses or feces, though in more recent legends, it may be virtually anything, no matter how bizarre. Jikininki (食人鬼 "man-eating ghosts") are the spirits of greedy, selfish or impious individuals who are cursed after death to seek out and eat human corpses. They do this at night, scavenging for newly dead bodies and food offerings left for the dead. They sometimes also loot the corpses they eat for valuables. Nevertheless, jikininki lament their condition and hate their repugnant cravings for dead human flesh.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 06:09:32 +0000
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