White Desert Underground Area(name)



=White Desert Underground Lagoon (Nurikabe )=

The nurikabe (ぬりかべ) is a Yōkai, or spirit, from Japanese folklore.

It manifests as a wall that impedes or misdirects walking travelers at night. Trying to go around is futile as it extends itself forever. Knocking on the lower left part of the wall makes it disappear.[1]  It has been suggested that the legend was created to explain travellers losing their bearings on long journeys.[2]

江戸時代の妖怪譚『稲生物怪録』の諸本に描かれている絵の中には、家の壁に目と口が現れて人を睨むという怪異の絵が描かれている. 狩野由信の妖怪画などの発見される前は、この怪異を塗壁の祖形なのではないかとする仮説もあった.