Card Trivia:Ancient Night Shade, Nue


 * Nue is a legendary yōkai from Japanese mythology that has the face of a monkey, the legs of a tiger, the body of a tanuki, and the front half of a snake for a tail. It is sometimes referred to as a Japanese chimera.
 * However, the creature depicted in this card has the body and the head of a lion, a pair of goat-like horns, and a snake's head for tail, make it more similar to the traditional chimera depicted in the Greek mythology.
 * Originally, nue is said to be a bird similar to scaly thrush. It precise identity is unknown, and the cries of this bird was considered as an ill omen. It was known as "something that cries with the voice of a nue, with its true nature known" before it is famously known as "nue". Because of this, "nue" is also used to refer to entities of unknown true form.


 * The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons mentioned in this card's flavor text is a concept in Japanese folklore about parade comprised of hundreds kinds of yōkai. This card's flavor text is also a reference to the statement "nights where the nue cry are dreadful".