Nue was one of the youkai that lived in the Underworld. This is one aspect of the mechanism of lore that produces oddly shaped and strange youkai. Similarities in shape, nature, and behavior are all integrated together. This misinformation is mixed with gossip, which promotes further exaggeration and additions. They end up perceiving preliminary observations and confusing misinformation as facts. When people see something unfamiliar or frightening, they tend to panic and cannot observe it calmly. Countless other monsters are exaggerated or synthesized from real animals, including qilin, dragons, phoenixes, and other auspicious beasts. Other countries have similar legends of monsters with the characteristics of multiple beasts, such as the chimera and the manticore. When an object is unidentifiable, its true nature will be misidentified as something else, which you could say is the true nature of all youkai. They have different appearances depending on who sees them, and their cry is said to resemble that of a scaly thrush (However, it is unknown whether the appearance and the cry belong to the same youkai.) There is also a famous story about the slaying of a nue. Due to their strange nature, the youkai known as nue are arguably one of the most famous of all youkai. The Seeds of Unknown Form may be a physical manifestation of this ability. Expand The ability of Nue Houjuu as a nue youkai.