E01 - 002 Kodama

E01 – 002 Kodama

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The Silent Guardian of Ancient Trees

Japanese Name 木霊
Romanization Kodama
Classification Tree Spirit
Expedition Expedition I — Sacred Forests
Threat Level ■□□□□ (Level I – Minimal)
First Recorded 927 CE — Engishiki

Kodama are spirits associated with trees, particularly old or significant trees. Japanese tradition remembers them as presences inhabiting the wooded landscape, capable of inspiring reverence as well as fear. The word later also came to mean an echo, reflecting an older belief that voices returning from mountains and valleys could be the response of a spirit within the landscape.

E01 - 007 Kijimuna

E01 – 007 Kijimuna

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The Thing That Drops from the Trees

Japanese Name 釣瓶落とし
Romanization Tsurube-otoshi
Classification Tree Spirit
Expedition Expedition I — Sacred Forests
Threat Level ■■■□□ (Level III – Dangerous)
First Recorded Early 20th Century Folklore Records
Tsurube-otoshi is a regional Japanese apparition associated with large trees and sudden danger from above. Modern depictions often show an enormous human head dropping from the canopy, but recorded traditions are far less consistent. In some places, a bucket descends from a tree; elsewhere an unseen being calls out, seizes travellers, or drops suddenly from the branches. The name and downward movement are more stable than any single physical form.