Kappa (河童) are a type of water sprite that live in rivers. Often portrayed as having a turtle shell and beak, they're known for having a curiosity about rape, sometimes challenging humans to tests of skill, eating children, and having a love of cucumbers. Kappa in Gensokyo seem to think they're on good terms with humans but some of the folklore humans handed down over the generations suggest that humans think otherwise. Around the time the Hakurei Border was formed, the kappa constructed the dragon statue in the Human Village that people there worship every day. The kappa even installed a weather prediction device into it.
Gensokyo's kappa live mostly around the base of Youkai Mountain.
- Example: Nitori Kawashiro
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