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The hunting/feeding form of the gaki was a black cloud.
Archive 2007-10-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2007
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The hunting/feeding form of the gaki was a black cloud.
The Gaki in "Children of the Night" by Mercedes Lackey nissa_amas_katoj 2007
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The gaki are the famished ghosts of that Circle of Torment in hell whereof the penance is hunger; and the mouths of some are 'smaller than the points of needles.'
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Most of the time entries on 'gaki' are taken word for word from above source-links, often on spam sites or blogs.
Archive 2007-10-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2007
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Most of the time entries on 'gaki' are taken word for word from above source-links, often on spam sites or blogs.
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When people die violently or prematurely, in anger or anguish, they are at risk of becoming gaki, ‘hungry ghosts’, who wander between worlds, propagating curses and mischief.
Richard Lloyd Parry · Ghosts of the Tsunami · LRB 6 February 2014 Richard Lloyd Parry 2019
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