https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/21/a-yokai-a-day-kanashibari/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/21/a-yokai-a-day-kanashibari/comment-page-1/#comment-9796 Mon, 21 Oct 2013 01:58:27 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8264#comment-9796 […] to sit on your chest while you sleep and press down hard, squeezing the wind out of you and causing kanashibari, or sleep paralysis. While each region has different variants on the makura-gaeshi, the most […]

]]> https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/21/a-yokai-a-day-kanashibari/comment-page-1/#comment-9656 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:22:59 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8264#comment-9656 […] in some versions, the second fisherman makes it home, but later that night he wakes up with kanashibari, and lies helpless as a ghostly shape drags him out of his bed and into the canal, never be to be […]

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