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Japanese mythological creature
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Akurojin-no-hi (悪路神の火, "fire of the god of the bad road") is a ghostly flame from the folklore of Mie Prefecture, Japan. It often appears on rainy nights. People who encounter it and do not run away become gravely ill.

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