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In Japanese folklore, dwarfs are dwarfs with long arms, crooked legs and unkempt beards.

It is believed that the Korobokuru came to Japanese folklore from the Ainu (the oldest population of the Japanese Islands, to

Kamchatka, Sakhalin, Kuril). The Ainu believed that the Koropokkuru inhabited their lands before their arrival. They were skilled fishermen, lived underground (in pits) and under the stems of a mother-and-stepmother or a squirrel. Korobokuru were considered kamu (spirits, deities) of plants (the word itself is made up of the Ainu kor/koro — "squirrel", pok — "under" and kur/kuru — "man").