#dogu

[batcrooks]

a line-up of the "main characters" of the Museum Squad! Or the Museum Friends. Or the Museum Scouts? I don't know what they're called but they're a bunch of art history objects that live in a Museum and they have art history adventures!!! in the group pic from left to right: Bastet, Haniwa, Dogū, Minoan Snake Priestess, Jizō, and Colima Dog. Most of them are just named after what they are, but I need to name the minoan snake priestess I think. Maybe just Minoa? Her snakes are definitely Lefty and Righty

[evolutionsvoid]

The "Beyond" is a fitting name for what lies outside of the mortal realm, because there is no other real way to describe it anything outside of vague terms. Though magic and research has expanded the minds of the entire world, and many mysteries are solved each year, the Beyond remains an untouched frontier. Some claim that little is known about it because it is far too alien and fast to comprehend, while others say it is avoided in fear for those very same reasons. Glimpses past the veil have driven some folk to insanity, and even fragments that fall into the world are said to hold power greater than many mages. There is a reason why many doomsday cults desire to summon something from these strange planes, as they are beings that have no equal in this reality. For this, the Beyond is avoided and feared the same way a pond minnow never wishes to be dropped into the open ocean. Unfortunately, there are times where the mortal realm gets no say in the matter, and something from Beyond falls into this world instead.

How this thing wound up in the mortal realm, none can say. Was it a cosmic slip up that caused this being to tumble into the wrong world? Or was it done so purposefully, an invasion into a plane incapable of withstanding such power? Regardless, the entity is here and it is now everyone's problem.

It does not speak or write, and thus no name can be discovered. Instead, it is simply called The Sculptor. A rather common naming convention for things that emerge from Beyond, as when no one has answers, just call it by what it does. The Sculptor is a mysterious entity that seemingly wanders the land, its mission and purpose known only to it. Thankfully, it looks like world domination is not on the list, as it hasn't shown any true malice or thirst for destruction. As its name suggests, it appears to care only about sculpting. The problem, however, is that it doesn't stick to simple clay...

While The Sculptor is built from an impossibly hard ceramic-like shell, its body is hollow. Instead of blood and fluids, these cavities are filled with a wet clay-like substance. It drips from orifices and settles in open portals within its shell. The Sculptor regularly plunges its limbs into these openings and coats its hands and feet with thick gobs of its red clay. In fact, The Sculptor has never been seen without these muddy coatings on its appendages, as it always freshens up even in the midst of battle. The layers of clay on its limbs don't appear to affect The Sculptor in anyway, but the same can't be said to any mortal material that comes in contact with it.

The clay from The Sculptor has an insidious effect on any materials it comes in contact with. When exposed to its power, the item touched will slowly begin to develop the consistency of wet, moldable clay. The outside appearance will remain the same, but if one were to touch a stone wall that was altered by this Beyond substance, they would find it surprisingly soft and pliable. Brief contact with the clay will only cause the effect to be surface level and in close proximity of the area touched. However, its power can spread farther and seep deeper if The Sculptor "kneads" the afflicted item. By working the target with its supple clay-coated fingers, it lets the power leech further in. And once the effect is in play, The Sculptor can bend it, twist it and shape it in whatever way it wants. And that includes living things...

The power of its clay affects all mortal things, be it live or dead. A person touched and kneaded will find their flesh and bones bending like putty, allowing limbs to be twisted into knots or holes worn straight through one's chest. The horrifying part, though, is that this doesn't hurt or harm the victim in anyway. Despite one's organs turned to dough and their head twisted into a pretzel, they will remain very much alive and breathing as if it was normal. The clay does not impede bodily functions, it simply overwrites the consistency of all things. Men tore in half like clay dolls will find both parts functioning just fine, and can even be put back together if one can reconnect and shape them before they "dry out."

Thankfully, it appears that the clay's power is temporary. If the area afflicted breaks contact with the clay for long enough, the effects will slowly begin to wear off. Obviously, the time to "drying out" differs depending on how deep it has gone. Surface level effects will return to normal after a minute or two, while full body infusion can take almost an hour. Even if one's body has been thoroughly bent and molded by The Sculptor into a fancy urn, "drying out" doesn't result in death. The victim will continue to live as normal, even if their limbs are mangled beyond use. The one saving grace with this is, if their body can be infused again, someone skilled enough could possibly shape them back into a normal form. As long as they don't get "glazed."

When The Sculptor creates a piece it wishes to keep forever, it may choose to "glaze" it. This is done through its eyes, which always remain closed. But if it were to open them just a crack, a strange green energy would flash from these slits and fry everything in close quarters. Though short ranged, it is a powerful heat that even demons can feel, and it appears to permanently solidify anything that had been altered by the clay. If this happens to a shaped victim, then they will mercifully perish, as the glazing process converts their body to solid inanimate matter. However, this glaze is rarely used, as The Sculptor only utilizes it with a piece it truly enjoys, and it seems this being is having a hard time finding its muse.

The Sculptor appears to be on the hunt for inspiration, for new materials to sculpt. Thus, it targets the most random things, turning them to clay and then molding them into strange shapes. It can be objects, buildings, boulders, trees, beasts or even man. Anything is on the table to be experimented with and turned into bizarre sculptures. But the entity tends to always leave displeased, rarely proud of what it makes. It would take a king and warp them into a fancy jar, but then toss it aside in boredom as it feels lacking. All the while, the victim is still alive and trapped in this mangled state. Thus, even though The Sculptor has rarely killed and shows no active malice, it is an entity widely feared. When the being is spotted in the area, weapons are drawn and gates are locked down, but all these efforts are in vain. How do you stop an entity that can turn walls to putty and swords into useless noodles?

Fighting The Sculptor appears to be a wasted effort, as no mortal weapons have been able to crack its ceramic shell. All it seems to do, really, is just piss it off. When met with resistance, The Sculptor will fight back, but only long enough to render its foe helpless. Shields are turned to clay and torn in two, weapons are squished into wet blobs and locked doors are pulled open like one ripping soft dough. Enemies will be grabbed in clay covered hands and then kneaded and shaped into useless forms. Arms twisted into flailing spirals, heads mushed into incomprehensible wads and the whole human body can be flattened into a wet pancake. And once the fighters are taken out, The Sculptor will march on towards its desired subject. So far, the only advice is this: run. Run as fast and far as you can, and hope The Sculptor loses interest. If luck is on your side, something else may catch its eye and become its new muse.

The Knights of the Wrong Table learn of this strange entity during a missing persons case, and find out why no other knights or mercenaries dared to take up the job tracking them down. The poor soul was the latest muse of The Sculptor, and it does not appreciate strangers trying to steal its art. The Wrong Table best hope they can get the victim to safety, all while avoiding becoming art pieces themselves. Unfortunately, Yir doesn't appear to be able to do much to help here. The chef from Beyond, when told about The Sculptor, only had this to say: "Ah. An art school type. Good luck with that."

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"The Sculptor"

Here is a weird fellow I been trying to draw and color for a good long while! Gosh, gee, I wonder why it has been hard! A strange entity from Beyond with a love of pottery! As you can see, purely inspired by Jōmon pottery and the dogū, with an ability that honestly feels like a stand to me.

[saucylobster]

The "Mew" of Tresto. Dogus are cool and I definitely wanted to have one of my own. As a means of distancing it from Claydol I focused on the "ancient astronaut" angle, using two different dogu as inspiration for a suit on and suit off form. FYI, their wings are retractable. Dogunaut are pokemon believed to have come from space, although one theory posits they may in fact be returning to Earth instead of visiting. A heavy exoskeleton formed from minerals allows them to endure the extremes of space and protects a powerful internal battery, the engine for their exploration. Upon determining an environment is not hazardous they switch to their contact form, shedding their restrictive armour and enhancing their mobility. Mega Dogunaut --Attack Info-- --Ability Info--

[cousin-counter]

"These are my companions!"

"Hajimemasite! I am called Tomoe Ame."

"I am Usagi-san's cousin, Yukichi."

"I am Jotaro."

TMNT X USAGI YOJIMBO: WHEREHEN #2

[ninebaalart]

Clay Clefairy

took a slightly different direction for this one from the canon color, as I thought a dogu-inspired design for a clay Clefairy would be perfect

[sachi]

☆ Yohane // Yohane the Parhelion -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR- ☆ Nendoroid #2416 / Good Smile Company ☆ August 2024 ¥6,900 ☆ Sculpt dogu Cooperation Nendoron

[maruhi]

五能線木造駅　Kizukuri Station 「ハハハ」

[sabo-pon]

Dogu

遮光器土偶

北海道博物館

2023

[pigs-in-art]

Tokoshinai Wild Boar Dogu, Aomori Prefecture by Potted History

When making this replica, we were inspired by an almost complete Dogu figure from the late Jomon (1500BC-1000BC), Tokoshinai, that was discovered missing part of its ear and trotter. Like Dogu in human form, breakages are common with animal figures. It appears they were intentionally broken once they served their purpose or as part of a ceremony or ritual. Earlier examples of boar are more realistic in shape, whilst later examples become increasingly abstract. Some even have a human head and a boar-shaped body. Although wild boar figures are relatively common, the other large mammal exploited by the Jomon hunters, deer, does not feature in Dogu repertoires at all. This indicates that the boar had a special significance to these Jomon communities.

[jackolanternfigures]

Ib Nendoroid

Character/Franchise: Ib (Ib)

Artist/Sculptor: kouri (character design), Dogu (sculptor)

Manufacturer: Good Smile Company

[blazescompendium]

Arahabaki is like obscure but at the same time really popular given he appears continuosly on a lot of franchises. I've always wondered why he has never been classed as an Enigma-race as that literally fits him perfectly and more than all his other races xD

That was an excellent message anon, because Arahabaki as a smt demon is not accurate. I will just quote an old post of mine. This was not a deep research, it did not needed to be that deep actually, it is pretty easy to find information on this phenomena in the surface web, but please be aware Shinto and Japanese history are not my academic foccus.

First and foremost, Arahabaki as it is depicted in SMT is a Dogu doll. The Dogu doll is not Arahabaki, nor it is connected with this entity by any means. It is popular in Japanese pop media because it is popular as an archaeological artifact, but also the stuff i will mention below:

Anyways, as i said in this old post:

''It will never not be funny for me, how a lot of westerns think this was Arahabaki, when in fact Kaneko used a random Dogu Doll to assign to this deity, when they are completely just something else. Arahabaki was a very obscure deity that scholars don’t know much about, while Dogu dolls are from the neolithic Jomon period, and to my knowledge there’s almost nothing on the records that connect those dolls to any deity, not only Arahabaki. To this day, they purpose isn’t yet fully known, but it is sure not to be linked with this Arahabaki deity. The reason for SMT has this depiction is because of occult magazines between 1970s and 2000s that references the Tsugaru Soto-Sangunshi, which is a forgery long proven to be fake. Supposedly this forged ancient document, linked the obscure Arahabaki deity to Dogu dolls, using its imagery to illustrate the deity. It also contained a fake lore about Arahabaki being worshipped by enemies of emperor Jimmu, which should have turned it in a symbol of defiance and treachery. In truth… None of this was ever recorded. Also, occult magazines related Dogu dolls to aliens because… I don’t know, some History Channel-esque shenanigans. But who as Arahabaki in truth? We don’t know much. I am no expert in Japanese history and Mythology, but I have studied this matter in the past. We don’t know exactly its origin, and even its own existence is debated. We know that, if it was in fact worshiped, it was in northern regions of Japan and before Shinto dominated the area. Whatever is the case, it sure isn’t related to Dogu dolls. It also appeared in the Castlevania series, as a Dogu Doll and in many other pop culture products. Most of it is influenced by conspiracy theories and urban legends. What I really want to know though is: Do Dogu Dolls reflect physical attacks? About sources, you can read the entirety of the Tsugaru Soto-Sangunshi online, and here’s a post from the amazing blog “Do Haniwa dream of electric ship?” That complied every information possible to debunk this version of Arahabaki!''

[saucylobster]

Straying a little too far off piste to be viable as a pokemon, the idea to have my mega dogu be a straight up Gundam was too fun of an idea to pass up. Mega Dogunaut is blessed with the best of both its forms. The dense clay armour that protects the explorer form is present across its body, whilst the open joints of its contact form allow it freedom to move with agility. Able to effortlessly traverse any environment at lightning speed, they engage targets when neccessary with overwhelming force. Base Dogunaut --Attack Info-- --Ability Info--

[cousin-counter]

"We've got to be going, cousin!"

"This villager has agreed to be our guide."

"I am Hiro!"

TMNT X USAGI YOJIMBO: WHEREWHEN #1

[adobongsiopao]

Hey, I didn't know that Japan had their own Dalek called "dogu".

[ninebaalart]

Dogu

from the earth yet an appearance befitting of the stars

[sakaki2670]

中空土偶Tシャツ / Hollow Dogu (Chuku Dogu) T-shirt https://www.sa-ka-ki.jp/?pid=179900340

縄文時代中期に登場した中が空洞に作られている中空土偶をデザインしたTシャツ。 北海道南茅部町（現・函館市）で出土したものが有名です。 2007年（平成19年）、中空土偶「茅空（カックウ）」は北海道内初の国宝に指定されました。

A hollow Dogu that is hollow inside. It appeared in the middle of the Jomon period. The one excavated in Minami Kayabe Town (now Hakodate City), Hokkaido is famous. In 2007, Hollow Dogu was designated as Hokkaido's first national treasure.

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