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Japan, like the tropical world, has its goblin trees. Both are believed to have the power of haunting. 'Enoki ga bakeru, the izumo saying is.
You will find in a Japanese dictionary the word 'bakeru' translated by such terms as 'to be transformed, 'to be metamorphosed, 'to be changed, etc.; but the belief about these trees is very singular, and cannot be explained by any such rendering of the verb 'bakeru. The tree itself does not change form or place, but a spectre called Ki-no o-bake disengages itself from the tree and walks about in various guises. Most often the shape assumed by the phantom is that of a beautiful woman.
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