Bunyip

General Information

Chrono Cross

First Form

Found: Fort Dragonia (Another)
Innate: Red
Gender: Male
HP: 400
Attack: 43
Defense: 20
Magic: 15
Magic Defense: 0
HIT%: 100
EVD%: 0
Action Points: 10
Status Effect Length: 13
Common Drop: None
Rare Drop: None
Common Steal: FreeFall
Rare Steal: BlackHole (Trap)
Gold: 0g
Doppelgang: No

Second Form

Found: Fort Dragonia (Another)
Innate: Black
Gender: Male
HP: 1200
Attack: 52
Defense: 35
Magic: 15
Magic Defense: 10
HIT%: 100
EVD%: 1
Action Points: 10
Status Effect Length: 13
Common Drop: Gravitonne
Rare Drop: HellBound
Common Steal: FreeFall
Rare Steal: BlackHole (Trap)
Gold: 1300g
Doppelgang: No

Japanese Equivalent

Name: カメイ Translation: Kamei

Name Origin

Bunyips are mythical creatures created in Australian lore...

From: http://www.icidal.com/xproject/archives/cryptozoology/bunyip.html

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip

'According to Aboriginal legend, Bunyips are creatures that lurk in swamps, billabongs, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes. They emerge at night, making terrifying, blood-curdling cries, and devour any animal or human that dare venture near its abode. The Bunyip's favourite prey is said to be women. Fearing to go near suspected Bunyip haunts, the Aborigines shared their fearsome legends with early white settlers. After hearing such tales, they became fearful of strange, loud noises at night, and seriously considered the existence of the Bunyip Monster. Descriptions of Bunyips include a wide spectrum of appearances from animal to spirit. Some describe the Bunyip as a gorilla-type animal (kinda like bigfoot, or the Australian Yowie), while others say it is half animal, half human or spirit. Bunyips come in all sizes, shapes, and colors. Some are described to have long tails or necks, wings, claws, horns, trunks (like an elephant), fur, scales, fins, feathers...any combination of these.'

What Kamei stands for here is unclear, although Kamei(亀井, "turtle well") is a common surname in Japan.

From: http://www4.atwiki.jp/gods/pages/35992.html 'Kamei is a deity in the Derung legend. Kamei and Kashia created the earth and humans.'

The Derung (獨龍族, "Lone-dragon clan") is an ethnic group in southern China. According to the Derung epic poem, Kamei and Kashia created humans with clay. However, there are not enough evidences supporting this monster's name was taken from the legend of a faraway clan.

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From: Monsters (Chrono Cross)