What exactly is a nekomata??

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Everytime I look this topic up it comes up with a different topic. Please help I want to write a report on it.

Thanks to all thanks very much. But does anyone think they still live??

Answer 1

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Nekomata walking on its hind legs, illustrated by Toriyama Sekien.A bakeneko (化け猫, "monster cat", bakeneko?) is, in Japanese folklore, a cat with supernatural abilities akin to those of the fox or raccoon dog. A cat may become a bakeneko in a number of ways: it may reach a certain age, be kept for a certain number of years, grow to a certain size, or be allowed to keep a long tail. In the last case, the tail forks in two and the bakeneko is then called a nekomata (猫又, 猫叉, or 猫股 "forked cat", nekomata?). This superstition may have some connection to the breeding of the Japanese Bobtail.

A bakeneko will haunt any household it is kept in, creating ghostly fireballs, menacing sleepers, walking on its hind legs, changing its shape into that of a human, and even devouring its own mistress in order to shapeshift and take her place. When it is finally killed, its body may be as much as five feet in length. It also poses a danger if allowed into a room with a fresh corpse; a cat is believed to be capable of reanimating a body by jumping over it.

Answer 2

this is what i got

Cat Sorceror

Also Known As: Nekobake (neck-oh-bah-keh)

Pronunciation: neck-oh-mah-tah

Areas Found: Typically areas inhabited by humans as nekomata develop from domesticated felines

Special Powers: Magic, control of the dead

Danger Level: Typically not direly threatening, but handle with care.

Likes: Sleeping, eating, self-amusement

Dislikes: Being mistreated by humans, dogs

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It was once believed that after a cat reached ten years of age, it would develop profound magical powers, typically exhibited by either a tail split halfway down or the tail splitting all the way down to form two tails. By gesturing with its tail, nekomata can animate and control the dead to do their bidding, or even dance for their amusement.

Anyone familiar with cats knows their temperaments and distinct personalities, which made it all the more convincing to anyone who had ever met a cat. As a result many cats lost their tails due to superstition, and so many Asian breeds of cats have developed with short tails or none at all, or so it is said.

Nekomata can also do other magic, but their most well-known and common power is that of animating the dead and manipulating them to whatever ends the particular nekomata wishes. This can be particularly traumatic if a nekomata, slighted by a family, decides to animate deceased members of that family to taunt them. A nekomata must be appeased by attention, food, and respect, and while many are fickle and turn their attention at a moment's notice, they do not tend to forget when they are insulted and by whom.

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A nekomata is a Japanese mythological creature, believed to metamorphose from domesticated cats. It was believed that after a cat reached ten years of age, its tail would slowly split into two tails, and along the way would develop magic powers, primarily those of necromancy and shamanism. By gesturing with its tails or with its forepaws (as it walked upright), nekomata were said to animate and control the dead.[1] Nekomata in the wild were also said to feed on the corpses as carrion, as well.

Though nekomata were normally assumed to behave with the same aloof manner as normal cats, they were known to hold grudges (especially older, mistreated cats, which tended to be more powerful than the average nekomata). To gain revenge, these nekomata usually controlled the tormentors' dead relatives, haunting them until the nekomata was appeased with food, apologies and attention.

Answer 3

A nekomata is a Japanese mythological creature, believed to metamorphose from domesticated cats.

Answer 4

in japanese culture a two tailed cat. here.