Enenra
{{Short description|Yōkai}}
Image:SekienEnenra.jpg's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]]
{{nihongo|Enenra|煙々羅|en'enra|lit. "lightweight-fabric smoke"}}, sometimes {{nihongo|enraenra|煙羅煙羅}}, is a yōkai, or Japanese monster, composed of smoke and darkness. It was first featured in the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi, circa 1781.{{Cite book |last = Toriyama |first = Sekien |author-link = Toriyama Sekien |title=Toriyama Sekien Gazu Hyakki Yagyō Zen Gashū|year=2005 |publisher=Kadokawa Shoten |series=Kadokawa Sophia Bunko |language=ja |isbn=978-4-04-405101-3}}
Mythology
Enenras mostly reside in bonfires; when they emerge, they take human shape or form. It is said that an enenra can only be seen by the pure of heart.
Enenras are mostly considered to be demons or divine beings of darkness and smoke; legend says that there are two types of enenras, the first and most common type being enenras who are born purely as enenras, whilst the second and more rarely occurring type are humans who have died and been transformed into enenras.
Popular culture
In the 2011 video game Mortal Kombat, the character Smoke (who makes his first human appearance in the game in almost two decades) is an enenra.{{cite web|url=https://www.cgmagonline.com/2019/04/22/top-5-kharacters-wed-like-to-see-return-in-mortal-kombat-11/|title=Top 5 Kharacters We'd Like To See Return In Mortal Kombat 11 |work=Comics Gaming Magazine|access-date=July 28, 2020|date=April 22, 2019|author=Ferguson, Liam}}{{Better source|reason=Citation is outdated, colloquially-phrased listicle from non-vetted Web site.|date=July 2020}}