Koropokkuru

Colopockle is a villain of Ainu folklore. Traditionally this name has been analyzed as kor or koro ("bee"), pok ("under, below") and kur or kuru ("person") and is interpreted as "under the leaves of butterbur" Ainu "Human plant" in words

Ainu believes that the colopockle is the one who lived in the Ainu land before the Ainu lived there. They are good at body, agility and fishing. They live in the pit, the roof is made of bee leaves

Long ago, Colopockle kept a good relationship with the Ainu, sent deer, fish, and other games to them, exchanged items with them. However, as small people dislike being seen, they will secretly deliver under the cover of the night.

One day, the young Ainu decided to see the colposock for himself, so he ambushed by the window and their gifts were usually left there. When the colopockle came to put things there, the young man grasped it with his hands and dragged it. It turned out to be a beautiful colposock woman who was angry about the rude of a young man who has never seen her since. The Ainu believes that their holes, pottery and stoneware are still scattered on the landscape.

"The devil formed by the Ainu legend's dwarfs is known as" people living under the woods ", but they are considered to have a kind and calm personality

When coexisting with Ainu people, there was a recession at some point, they were said to have disappeared. They are believed to have lived in Hokkaido even in front of the Ainu. "

They coexisted with the Ainu, but at some point they just attacked and disappeared. "

"Small animals such as humans are kind and have a calm personality They used to coexist with the Ainu people in Japan once, but they disappeared as frustrated at some point."

Koropokkuru is the goddess of the hermit. It was originally a tile of "green green aged people" and was shown as the shadow of the Palace of Madame. They are also found in Mementos in the Chemdah region.

As their name suggests, the colopockle is a small creature that uses Butterbur plants as a parasol. According to the Ainu, the colopockle is a creature with gods that brings good fortune, and only some people can see them at some point. That's why it is hard to find them when you are looking for them, as Xiaoyue and Mei feel in the movies. Koropokkuru is a kind and gentle humanoid, it is said to live in a small pit house like a fur. They are also shy and cautious, so they often only come out at night. It is a bit familiar. His perspective on Hayao Miyazaki is different from the usual viewpoint, but you can see where Totoro's inspiration came from.

In addition to their small size, the colopockle is said to be fairly rough and ingenious, with a big head, conspicuous eyebrows and a short and wide nose. They are sometimes called reddish skin faces. The most common is the colopockle which is said to have a very hairy scent. Even Japanese at the time other than the Ainu people, even early Western explorers had already considered Ainu people like furry beasts, and those familiar with colopockle made these creatures even more so explained.

People in the Ainu know that these creatures are colopockles and are often written in other ways, for example Kor-pok-un-kur, Koro-pok-guru and Koro Pokunguru. There are things called Tsuchigumo. In most cases, the name "colopockle" has been translated as "people living under burdocks", suggesting the size of these creatures. In some stories it is said that the whole family can be under the burdock, one of which is about 4 feet in length. However, the size of the colopockle has been reported to vary from traditional to traditional, it is said that the height is 2 to 3 feet high and up to several inches high.