It is said to live in the mountains of Iyo Province (today Ehime Prefecture). According to the description on the illustration, it resembles a large chicken and breathes ghost-fire from its mouth. It is described as having a bright red cockscomb and spits an equally brilliant-hued fire. The fire is a cold fire, a glow, and it does not burn.[1]
It usually lives in the bamboo groves of mountain recesses but sometimes materializes in human villages late at night. When the Basan flaps its wings, an eerie rustling ("basa basa") sound can be heard. The alias (‘Basabasa’) comes from the sound of the flapping wings. Supposedly, if a human hears the sound and looks outside, the bird's form will suddenly vanish.[1] It is sometimes depicted with blue hackles and claws, green regimes and sickle feathers, and a red body. It is also sometimes called the "Fire Rooster".
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basan, legendary, bird, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, basan, legendary, bird, news, newspapers, bo. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Basan legendary bird news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2011 Learn how and when to remove this message The Basan 波山 alternatively referred to as Basabasa 婆娑婆娑 or Inuhōō 犬鳳凰 1 is a fowl like bird with origins stemming from Japanese mythology and folklore and illustrated in Takehara Shunsen s Ehon Hyaku Monogatari and the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō The basan as depicted in Takehara Shunsen s Ehon Hyaku Monogatari Contents 1 Mythology 2 In popular culture 3 See also 4 ReferencesMythology editIt is said to live in the mountains of Iyo Province today Ehime Prefecture According to the description on the illustration it resembles a large chicken and breathes ghost fire from its mouth It is described as having a bright red cockscomb and spits an equally brilliant hued fire The fire is a cold fire a glow and it does not burn 1 It usually lives in the bamboo groves of mountain recesses but sometimes materializes in human villages late at night When the Basan flaps its wings an eerie rustling basa basa sound can be heard The alias Basabasa comes from the sound of the flapping wings Supposedly if a human hears the sound and looks outside the bird s form will suddenly vanish 1 It is sometimes depicted with blue hackles and claws green regimes and sickle feathers and a red body It is also sometimes called the Fire Rooster In popular culture editThe Pokemon family of Torchic Combusken and Blaziken are based on the Basan as well as Magmar See also editCockatriceReferences edit a b c 幻想世界の住人たち IV 日本編 新紀元社 Truth in fantasy Katsumi Tada 1990 pp 86 87 ISBN 978 4 915146 44 2 1 1 nbsp This article relating to Japanese mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Archived copy Archived from the original on 2015 06 30 Retrieved 2015 06 28 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basan legendary bird amp oldid 1225613679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
