Kamaitachi

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Kamaitachi (鎌鼬; Japanese pronunciation: [ka.ma.iꜜ.ta.tɕi]) is a Japanese yōkai from the oral tradition of the Kōshin'etsu region. It can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes. They appear riding on dust devils and cut people using their sickle-like front claws, delivering sharp, painless wounds. The name is a combination of the words kama (sickle), and itachi (weasel).