what i got is that inu yasha is actually a half dog yokai, since there was a wolf yokai who made fun of him for being a dog
also i think “demon” is a type of yokai, just like other monster types (like dragons and stuff). though i dont know if he is a type of demon yokai or not
You’re probably right… its been a very long time since I’ve gone through all of Inu Yasha.
But what I was getting at with yokai is that… demons and yokai don’t quite operate by the same kind of supernatural rules as the general western conception of a demon.
A yokai can be malevolent, or helpful, or a trickster, whereas demons are essentially never helpful.
A yokai can assume its own form, or, inhabit another form, like a person or animal and morph it into another, kind of possess it.
But they can also posses objects… which is more like a … poltergeist.
what i got is that inu yasha is actually a half dog yokai, since there was a wolf yokai who made fun of him for being a dog
also i think “demon” is a type of yokai, just like other monster types (like dragons and stuff). though i dont know if he is a type of demon yokai or not
You’re probably right… its been a very long time since I’ve gone through all of Inu Yasha.
But what I was getting at with yokai is that… demons and yokai don’t quite operate by the same kind of supernatural rules as the general western conception of a demon.
A yokai can be malevolent, or helpful, or a trickster, whereas demons are essentially never helpful.
A yokai can assume its own form, or, inhabit another form, like a person or animal and morph it into another, kind of possess it.
But they can also posses objects… which is more like a … poltergeist.