User:Ericsowards/Kappa (folklore)

Under "Terminology" section on Wikipedia:

1. Add that another translation of kappa is "water sprites" (Shamoon, 279).

- This information is needed in the Wikipedia page because it is necessary to know the different translations of kappa and this one is not mentioned previously.

Under "Behavior" section on Wikipedia:

1. Add "While younger kappa are frequently found in family groups, adult kappa live solitary lives. However, it is common for kappa to befriend other yōkai and sometimes even people" (yokai.com/kappa).

- This information is needed in the Wikipedia page because it doesn't say anything about how kappa are one of the only few yokai that befriend other yokai.

Under "Appearance" section on Wikipedia:

1. Add "Clumsy on land, they are at home in the water, and thrive during the warm months" (yokai.com/kappa).
2. Add "Inhuman traits include three anuses that allow them to pass three times as much gas as humans," (yokai.com/kappa).
3. Add "Kappa are generally the size and shape of a human child, yet despite their small stature they are physically stronger than a grown man" (yokai.com/kappa).

- This information is needed in the Wikipedia page to show how strong the kappa is despite its size and to add more to the "appearance" section since it is lacking this information.

Under "In Media" section on Wikipedia:

1. Add "These yokai also represent Japan as a nation, featuring in advertisements for a range of products from a major brand of sake to Tokyo-Mitsubishi Bank’s DC Card (a credit card). In their explicitly commercial conceptions, yokai are no longer frightening or mysterious—the DC Card Kappa, for example, is not a slimy water creature threatening to kill unsuspecting children but a cute and (almost) cuddly cartoon character" (Foster, 207).
2. Add "The kappa is probably the best known creature of the Japanese folk imagination; its manifestations cut across genre lines, appearing in folk religion, beliefs, legends, folktales and folk metaphors" (Foster, 3).

- This information is needed in the Wikipedia page because it represents more of how the kappa is incorporated in Japanese culture and a different point of view of the kappa and the appearance/behavior of the kappa.