Soundings | Funa Yrei – Boat Ghosts | Uncanny Japan

Episode Description:

The third Monday of July is Umi no Hi (???), Marine Day, so this month on Uncanny Japan I decided to talk about three otherworldly ocean creatures: Ship Goddesses, Boat Ghosts, and Sea Monks. Funa dama (??), funa yurei (???), and umi bozu (???).

This month’s Bedtime Story (over on Patreon) is a folktale I translated called: The Umbrella Sea Monster.

Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (from the album Ting Shuo).

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