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Twin Bakeneko

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Ummm, part of a new series of picture i'm starting just for fun. Bleach- Youkai Series...

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According to Japanese folklore, a cat may become a bakeneko by meeting any of the following three conditions:[1]
living over 10 years of age
reaching one kan (3.75 kg or 8.25 lbs) in weight
growing its tail too long, which, according to myth, may fork into two. This particular kind of bakeneko is referred to as a nekomata.

The last superstition about tail-length possibly led some Japanese people to cut the tails off of cats to prevent their transformation into monsters. It may also have some connection to the breeding of short-tailed breeds like the Japanese Bobtail.

Cats that were caught drinking lamp oil were also considered to be bakeneko. Cats may have regularly been drinking lamp oil as it was based on fish oil.[citation needed]

The body of a killed bakeneko may be as much as five feet in length.

Once transformed, bakeneko gain a range of paranormal powers. These powers are used to haunt the household they live in. They include:
menacing (even eating) sleeping humans
walking on its hind legs
flying
talking
creating ghostly fireballs
leaping over a fresh corpse, turning it into a zombie
shapeshifting into human forms

They may use their shape-shifting powers to live a life as a human would normally, sometimes by taking the place of a member of the household after killing and consuming them in their sleep. They may take the form of a person they intend to kill or harm. Other stories tell about how a bakeneko may sometimes shape-shift into a beautiful girl, so that their owner would be able to marry them and have children.[citation needed]

Bakeneko also have the ability to eat anything in their way, regardless of size or edibility. This includes humans. Their main food is poison, particularly a certain snake unknown to humankind.

Bakeneko are also sometimes said to have the power to enter someone’s dreams. There is a story about a bakeneko who entered her owner's dream to tell her to manufacture its image in clay in order to bring her wealth (possibly result in the creation of the maneki neko myth).[citation needed] Bakeneko prefer to eat large birds (Squackers),not small birds (Chirpers).They are very fond of eating cattle as well (Cattle are a big meal and they are easy to catch).
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