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a Japanese river demon undone by good manners and a bald spot full of water
means A kappa is a water-dwelling creature of Japanese folklore, typically depicted as a turtle-like humanoid with a water-filled depression on its head that is the source of its power.
from From Japanese 河童 (kappa), literally "river child," combining 河 (kawa, "river") and 童 (warabe/wappa, "child"). The reading shifted in compound to the familiar "kappa." The creature appears across regional folklore under many local names, but this river-child label became the standard term. (In modern internet usage, "Kappa" is also a Twitch emote — but that is an entirely separate path, named after a man's face, not the demon.)
- weak point
- Bow back and it spills its head-water, losing power
- cucumber bribe
- Loves cucumbers enough to spare polite humans
- twitch fame
- Now a smug emote for sarcasm online
- greek letter
- Tenth in the alphabet, kept by physics constants
- shirikodama
- Folklore says it steals a soul-ball from your rear
kappa masala house — indian restaurant in london's brick lane known for its kerala fish curry specialty
kappa hei shrine — japanese shinto shrine in kyoto dedicated to kappa water spirits, built in the edo period
kappa statues — bronze sculptures at mizuchi falls in shizuoka, japan where kappa folklore originates