| 词条 | Tsuchinoko |
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|name = ツチノコ |image = Suizan_Nozuchi.jpg |image_size = 100px |caption = |Grouping = Yokai |Sub_Grouping = Reptile |AKA = Tsuchinoko (Romaji), Bachi-hebi (North Japan) |Country = Japan |Region = |Habitat = |First_Reported = |Last_Sighted = |Status = }} In Japanese folklore, the {{nihongo|tsuchinoko|ツチノコ or 槌の子|}}, literally translating to "child of hammer" or "child of dirt", is a snake-like being. The name tsuchinoko is prevalent in Western Japan, including Kansai and Shikoku; the creature is known as {{nihongo|bachi hebi|バチヘビ|}} in Northeastern Japan. Tsuchinoko are described as being between {{convert|30|and|80|cm|in|abbr=off}} in length, similar in appearance to a snake, but with a central girth that is much wider than its head or tail, and as having fangs and venom similar to that of a viper.[1] Some accounts also describe the tsuchinoko as being able to jump up to {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=off}} in distance followed immediately by a second jump while still in the air.[2] According to legend, some tsuchinoko have the ability to speak and a propensity for lying, and they are also said to have a taste for alcohol. Legend records that it will sometimes swallow its own tail so that it can roll like a wheel, similarly to the "hoop snake" of American legend.[3] See also
References1. ^{{cite news |last=Moriguchi |first=Kenzo |title=Town touting mythical snake find; is 'rare' creature really a cash cow? |work=The Japan Times |date=2001-06-16 |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20010616b1.html |access-date=2010-05-10}} 2. ^Metropolis, "Fortean Japan", 27 June 2008, p. 12. 3. ^{{Cite journal |last=Pruett |first=Chris |title=The Anthropology of Fear: Learning About Japan Through Horror Games |journal=Interface on the Internet |volume=10 |issue=9 |pages= |url=http://journals.sfu.ca/loading/index.php/loading/article/viewFile/90/87 |format=PDF |jstor= |issn= |doi= |date=November 2010 |access-date=July 26, 2018}} External links
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