# Demons: hairy, small and riding a badger

**URL:** https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/demons-hairy-small-and-riding-a-badger/206
**Category:** Inspiration
**Tags:** monsters, bestiary, art
**Created:** [September 22, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/demons-hairy-small-and-riding-a-badger/206 "2021-09-22T02:50:51Z")
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### Author: ![Huffa](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgcauldron.com/huffa/32/606_2.png) [@Huffa](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Huffa)
#### Post date: [September 22, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/demons-hairy-small-and-riding-a-badger/206/1 "2021-09-22T02:50:51Z")

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![demons_cropped](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/uploads/default/original/1X/1fe1132adf10f89c7577c0467b609854b5cdfbcd.jpeg)

Excerpt from a 19th century monster manual…

_A small demon riding a badger with a stirrup on its head follows a hairy headed demon and at far right, a shrouded, furry animal._

From Kawanabe Kyōsai’s Pictures of One Hundred Demons, 1890  
[full book available and public domain on the Met Museum site](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78669)