Kudan (Japan)

Kudan are human-cow hybrid beasts with the uncanny ability to foretell future events with absolute accuracy. These yokai are born from ordinary cows but appear as calves with human faces.  

Immediately after birth, a kudan delivers one or more prophecies, and then promptly dies. Whatever fate a kudan predicts always comes true. Because of this legend, the Japanese phrase “kudan no gotoshi,” meaning “just as spoken by a kudan,” is often used in official declarations and certificates to emphasize the truthfulness of their content.

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