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Description
They are sometimes said to smell like fish, and they can certainly swim like them. The expression kappa-no-kawa-nagare ("a kappa drowning in a river") conveys the idea that even experts make mistakes.Kappa supposedly inhabit the ponds and rivers of Japan and have various features to aid them in this environment, such as webbed hands and feet. Kappa are omnivores and are widely known to eat just about anything, regardless of whether a human would consider such things edible.

Mythology
In Japanese mythology, Kappa are seen as particularly dangerous trickster spirits. Much of the danger comes from their extreme omnivorous diet and voracious appetites, which combined with their cunning can make the creatures anything from annoying to deadly. Many myths circulate of how those trying to deal with Kappa for various reasons were either robbed, directly attacked or tricked into providing something dear as payment for services; some of the more