Gonbo-Dane (牛蒡種 or 護法実 Gobōdane, Burdock Seed) is a human-like yōkai.
Appearance[]
Gonbo-Dane resembles a fair-skinned woman with a round head, light-gray hair, a wide smile, and large eyes with small pupils. She wears a red kimono with green circular patterns, and has two fireballs next to them.
History[]
Video Games[]
- Gonbo-Dane appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Yōkai Yokochō as an A-Rank yōkai.
Legend[]
Illustration of Gonbo-Dane.
Gonbo-Dane, also known as Nana jū Go-Biki (七十五匹, Seventy-Five Spirits) is a type of tsukimono (spirit possession) that can be found in Shinshu, Nagano Prefecture, Hida and Mino, Gifu Prefecture, and Fukui Prefecture. They are said to take the form of 75 animal spirits (a pun on the Japanese word for "75"), which posses the Ikiryō from people. They come from fragments of the Sesshō-Seki in Tochigi Prefecture.
If someone is possessed or simply looks at a Gonbo-Dane, they fall ill and suffer headaches. Depending on how envious the spirit is, the person can either die after a while or recover in a few months. Gonbo-Dane also inflict pain on anyone envious of another person's crops. The only thing that the Gonbo-Dane cant attack are the local village chiefs and mayors.
The word "Gonbo-Dane" came from the yamabushi ritual of the same name, and its alternative spelling comes from the adhesive properties of burdock seeds.