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Kawakappa
Kappa which is also known as water monkey is probably the most well-known Japanese folklore. It looks like Goblin but with the scales of fish and the shell of a turtle. On the head of a Kappa, it has a plate full of water from its original spring. Once the water spilled out, it would lose its superpower. Kappa likes cucumber. Human beings sometimes gave Kappa cucumbers to gain their favors. Another feature of Kappa is that they always keep promises. In Japan, different Kappa has different names. Once a Kappa fails to keep its promise for too many times, its plate would break immediately and degenerate to a lower level Kappa which is called Kawakappa. Kawakappa is normally a bad creature. It’s very small in size (size of a 5-year-old child) but very cunning. It likes to steal the fortune from human beings and likes to play tricks on human beings. Losing its superpower, Kawakappa’s only weapon is its intelligence and ability to lie.
Once there was a small village in Japan that was bothered by Kawakappa. There were too many Kawakappa in this village. They stole things from the villagers and poked fun at them. Although Kawakappa was too weak to hurt any human beings, their actions were so annoying that the villagers had to seek help from outside. As the scum of Kappa community, Kawakappa was also hated by other Kappas. Kappas believed that they have a sense of mission to clear those Kawakappa. Answered to the villagers’ help, some Kappa came and eliminated the Kawakappa that was bothering this village. The villagers prepared hundreds of cucumbers to thank those good Kappa. They even built a status of Kappa in their village and claimed that Kappa is this village’s guardian angel.
However, there were still some good Kawakappa. Losing supernatural was a punishment for their actions of breaking promises. If they kept doing good to human beings, they would have a chance to gain back their power.

The extraterrestrial is my inspiration. I want to create a monster basic on water monkey of Japanese folklore. It looks like Goblin but with the scales of fish and the shell of a turtle. I add two antlers in his head in order to look stranger. I use the Sculpture to make this 3D model. I will try adding some circuit into this monster in order to make a monster lamp.