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What are the black critters in the house?

April 26, 2017Black critters House

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What are the black critters in the house?

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The black pom-poms critters are dust- or soot-sprites. Grandmother tells the girls that they are “Susuwatari” (“Traveling Soot”). They are what settle in unused places. (You can see another incarnation of the dust-sprites in Spirited Away.