Monster Mummies of Japan

By Miss Cellania in Travel on Mar 9, 2009 at 10:24 am

Pink Tentacle has a roundup of the different types of mummies found in Japan. There are the monks who mummified themselves in order to attain Nirvana, mermaid mummies made from parts of different animals, and supernatural creatures from ancient legends, such as the three-faced demon shown. Link -via Digg