Abura Akago

By Crusader1307

Another Native of Japan s Nightmare World , The Abura-Akago are portrayed as Child-like or Infant Ghosts. They are small and non-threatening. It is said since Japan s Feudal times, that The Abura-Akago will sneak into a home and drink away oil from lamps. This is their primary source of nourishment Often, those who spent their terrestrial life stealing oil, would fall prey to becoming a Abura-Akago in death. Some versions of their myth have them as fleeting fireballs of light, darting around woods constantly looking for lamp oil.