Namazu or Ōnamazu is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes.The creature lives under the islands of Japan and is guarded by the god Takemikazuchi enshrined at Kashima, who restrains the catfish with a stone. When the Kashima-god lets his guard fall, Namazu thrashes about, causing violent earthquakes.

Catfish are depicted on pictures of emergency earthquake preparedness activities in Japan. For example, the Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) logo by the Japan Meteorological Agency utilizes pictures of the catfish on devices capable of issuing an early warning. The popular earthquake early warning mobile application Yurekuru Call also has a catfish as their icon.

*[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Whiscash_(Pokémon) Whiscash] originally from the video game Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire is inspired by the Namazu.
*In Dragon Ball GT, the character Zoonama appears as a giant catfish that wiggles his whiskers when detecting earthquakes, and repeats the word "Namazu" in his speech

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namazu Wikipedia]
*[https://www.worldhistory.org/Namazu/ World History Encyclopedia]

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