Kappa

It is again time for a little guessing game and for testing your knowledge about Greek creatures. But you know how it works, first the information about the creature and then in the end, you can check if you guessed right.

Let's start with the creature's appearance. The kappa is said to be similar to a child regarding the form and the size. But other than humans the kappa has a green or blue-yellow skin and is either scaly or slimy skinned. Between his "fingers" and "toes" it as webs, because it lives in the water. Kappas have a turtle like carapace on their backs and a cavity similar to a bowl on their head. The cavity is filled with water and called saga, and is essential for the kappa if it leaves the water. When the kappa spills the water out of the saga it is weakened and can even die, because it takes its power out of the water. They sometimes put a metal cap onto the bowl to avoid spilling.

Kappas are known for their evil deeds, from kidnapping children and drowning humans and animals to eat humans. It says that the kappas favorite food are cucumbers. In some regions they it cucumbers before they go swimming as a protection, in others it guarantees an attack.

The kappa is often seen as a menace for humans, because it likes to lure people to the water. When it has caught a human, it drinks their blood, eats the liver or gains power out of the out of a mythical ball, which contains the soul and is found in the anus. The stories about the kappas was often told to children to keep them away from the water.

There are different ways to defen
d a kappa. Kappas are very polite, so if you make a deep bow, the kappa will return the gesture and will spill the water by accident with this move. When the bowl on the head is empty, the kappa can't move until it is refilled from the river. If the kappa's bowl is empty and you fill it, the kappa will serve you. An other weak point of kappas are their arms, because they are easily pulled away from the body. The kappa does you a favor or exchanges knowledge against his missing arm.

What do you think now, is the kappa a creature from Hellas?