Nekomata
Kind of cat monster in Japanese folklore / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nekomata (original form: 猫また, later forms: 猫又, 猫股, 猫胯) are a kind of cat yōkai described in Japanese folklore, classical kaidan, essays, etc. There are two very different types: those that live in the mountains and domestic cats that have grown old and transformed into yōkai.[1] Nekomata are often confused with bakeneko.