Thanks Alexus! I’ll try to add more of your favorite yokai as I write more!

“The word in Japanese is a combination of yō, “bewitching,” and kai, “strange,” and it encompasses more than just monsters and demons. It includes these creatures, but includes certain kinds of gods (kami), ghosts (bakemono), transformed humans, urban legends , and other strange phenomena.”

The wolf in Japanese culture in itself is considered to be very powerful with powers over the harvest (i think it was wheat) being able to hide itself behind a single blade of grass and being able to identify animals that are transformed or masquerading as humans (see the “Wolves eyebrow” for more details). Also it is either considered a messenger to god or a god in its on right but the Raijin is the messenger to the god Raiden I think this creature should be illustrated in your upcoming book or at least but on one of the websites attributed to Yokai. I’m a big fan of wolves so I’d really like for the one shown to be a wolf wrapped in a cloak of lightning, I say this because of course the Raijin comes in a multitude of forms rat, cat, etc… besides wolf and the description includes the Raijin or thunderbeast is wrapped in a cloak of electricity.

Another case for having a wolf Raijin shown is because (I forget were I read this but) an article stated that a wolf Raijin was either captured and or killed and its mummified remains are held in a shrine somewhere.

Unrelated to the Raijin this article is nicely done and so are the rest of your articles and I’d like to see a lot more of Japanese mythical beast in your works such as the orochi or tongue cut sparrow (from the tale of the same name)