In Japanese folklore, there really WAS a vampire cat!
Here’s a classic Japanese tale dating back to the Hizen daimyo of the Sengoku Era (1568-1615). It presents a Shinto perspective of the spiritual dimension of Nature itself, here depicted in the form of a large cat who not only consumes humans, but then supernaturally changes its form to become that human, after which it interacts and easily deceives everyone it encounters.
Until, of course, a world-wise roaming priest enters the picture… – SaruDama
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