History Main / MagicalFloatingShawl

* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'': Angewomon wears a long pink stole that floats around her hagoromo-style.

** Shou Toramaru, a disciple of the god Bishamonten, has a giant cloth circle (presumably some sort of hagoromo) attached to her back.
** Seiga Kaku is a "wicked" hermit with [[{{Intangibility}} the power to pass through walls]]. She wears a flowing, translucent white cloth, which is presumably some sort of hagoromo as it appears to float around her.
** Iku Nagae is an oarfish {{youkai}} and messenger of the Dragon Palace, whose job is to observe the daily mood of the atmosphere. She has a frilly white mantle that resembles a hagoromo and floats around her body. Rumor says that if a human wears this clothing, they will be able to fly through the sky.

In Japanese media, the raiment is called ''hagoromo'' (translated to "feather robe"), or ''[[https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/drapery-robes-japan-buddha-statues.html#tenne tenne]]'', and is usually worn by supernatural beings, such as {{youkai}}, demons, gods, ascended humans, angels, etc.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': Mineru, befitting her SemiDivine nature as one of the [[{{Precursors}} Zonai]] sports a floating ''hagoromo'' shawl as part of her attire.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': [[GrandeDame Madame Aroma]] wears a transparents ''hagoromo'' despite showing neither divine status or magical power, though it may symbolize her status as a [[TeamMom mother figure for the town]] and the literal mother to Kafei.

* ''VideoGame/PaperMario'': Each of the Seven Star Spirits qualifies as a PhysicalGod, but [[WhiteMage Misstar]] wears a ''hagoromo'' to show off her divine beauty and [[SmoochOfVictory sensuality]].

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': In the [[Anime/CardcaptorSakuraTheMovie first movie]], [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Sorceress]] is a ghost from three hundred years ago. She appears as a woman wearing a Chinese dress with a flowing stole that floats around her, [[MasterOfThreads can be manipulated at will to bind her enemies]] and be transformed into a pair of silver birds.

* ''Anime/ChildOfKamiariMonth'': At the end of the film, [[spoiler:when Kanna Hayama successfully delivers the offerings to Izumo-taisha Shrine, [[TopGod Ōkuninushi]] bestows her with a ''hagoromo'' and other godly clothing befitting her status as an avatar of Idaten; though it disappears when she returns to Earth]].

* ''Anime/InuyashaTheMovieTheCastleBeyondTheLookingGlass'': The villain is a youkai who absorbed [[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter Princess Kaguya]]. Her most powerful item is the hagoromo that originally belonged to the real celestial maiden and acts as a source of infinite power for her.
* ''Literature/{{Konosuba}}'': Aqua is a water goddess who can summon a translucent pink hagoromo to enhance her divine image. She grew hysterical when Kazuma tried to sell it off.

* ''Anime/TheTaleOfThePrincessKaguya'': As an adaptation of ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'', the Buddha's retinue of celestial beings are decked out in ''hagoromo''. When they finish dressing Kaguya in the layers of heavenly clothing she regains her divinity and loses her attachments to the mortal world, a ''hagoromo'' appearing around her shoulders.

* ''Literature/KonoSuba'': The water goddess Aqua sometimes wears a divine relic in the form of a translucent pink hagoromo, which can disappear and reappear around her at her will.

In Japanese media, the raiment is called ''hagoromo'' (translated to "feather robe") and is usually worn by supernatural beings, such as {{youkai}}, demons, gods, ascended humans, angels, etc.

* ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'': In the first movie, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep the Sorceress]] is a ghost from three hundred years ago. She appears as a woman wearing a Chinese dress with a flowing stole that floats around her, [[MasterOfThreads can be manipulated at will to bind her enemies]] and be transformed into a pair of silver birds.

* ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend'': Aya Mikage learns that she is the genetic duplicate of her ancestor Ceres, a celestial maiden descended supposedly from heaven that was forced into marriage to Mikage family progenitor Mikagi after he stole her ''hagoromo'', which prevented her from returning back to heaven. The story takes an AMythologyIsTrue interpretation by making [[spoiler:celestial maidens a SuperiorSpecies of [[SingleGenderRace only women]] from AnotherDimension, who reproduce by mating with exceptional human men, preferably willingly, and for only a short time. The ''hagoromo'' itself is OrganicTechnology that enables them to not only shapeshift, but change their genetics at will, without which they cannot survive for more than ten years]].

* ''Anime/InuyashaTheMovieTheCastleBeyondTheLookingGlass'': The villain is a youkai who absorbed [[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter Princess Kaguya]]. Her most powerful item is the hagoromo that originally belonged to the real celestial maiden, and acts as a source of infinite power for her.
* ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic'': Humans who conquer a dungeon and make a contract with a Djinn can channelize its powers through a [[SuperMode Djinn Equip]]. Most characters have a floating stole circling their bodies when wearing Djinn Equip.

* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'': All the demon girls wear a hagoromo with multiple magical properties, such as giving the ability to fly in the air, reproduce the user's magic, change the appearance of certain objects and much more.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Mei's and her family's ancestor, Sun Yee, is portrayed with a red stole floating around her, both in an etching in the family temple and in the astral plane, on both her human and red panda forms. She received a divine blessing allowing her to turn into a giant red panda to protect her daughters in war time, and she passed that ability further down the line to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as the early 21st century, despite the fact that she was alive in (roughly) Ming dynasty.

** There is a legend of a fisherman who finds a discarded hagoromo and hides it. The celestial maiden to whom it belongs soon shows up and demands it back. He agrees to return it in exchange of her dancing in the sky for him. In another version, he forces her to marry him instead. Whatever the case, the celestial maiden does recover her hagoromo and returns to Heaven.

* ''VideoGame/GrimmsNotes'': One of the healers is Hagoromo Tennyo, who has as the name indicates, is the celestial maiden whose hagoromo got stolen in the legend. In the game, she appears as a [[MysticalWhiteHair white-haired]] woman with a translucent, pink hagoromo circling her head.

** Some Japanese narratives like ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'' hold that the hagoromo grants the person who wears it supernatural powers, and if removed they will be reduced to a mortal existence. When the Buddha and his retinue return Kaguya's ''hagoromo'' to her, she regains her divinity and loses her attachments to the mortal world.

* In ''VideoGame/Persona5'', Futaba's Shadow takes the appearance of an Ancient Egyptian princess who has incongruous ''hagoromo'' attached to her arms (because Futaba is Japanese). It's a reference to how pharaonic bloodlines was considered semi-divine.

* ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'': The [[NatureSpirit tree spirit]] Sakuya's stole floats above her head like a Japanese mystical figure would.

** [[spoiler:It's revealed that when Zoan type Devil Fruit users achieve an Awakening, they gain a brand-new form known as an Awakened form that looks similar to the Hybrid form with the addition of shawls floating around their bodies. Both Lucci and Kaku displayed these forms in the Egghead arc as well as Luffy when he unlocked Gear Fifth at the end of the Wano Country arc. Interestingly, Luffy's from is unique in that the shawls around Gear Fifth are white in color, whereas Lucci and Kaku both have black shawls. Whether this is a common difference for Mythical Zoans or is something unique to Luffy is not yet known.]]

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch'': Riva from the first game wears a hagoromo as part of her minstrel disguise, even though she isn't really a godly figure (unlike our protagonist Zizou, who ''is'' a god, but doesn't wear one). [[spoiler:While she does take on a OneWingedAngel form at the end, she ends up losing her hagoromo in the process.]]

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** [[spoiler: It's revealed that when Zoan type Devil Fruit users achieve an Awakening, they gain a brand-new form known as an Awakened form that looks similar to the Hybrid form with the addition of shawls floating around their bodies. Both Lucci and Kaku displayed these forms in the Egghead arc as well as Luffy when he unlocked Gear Fifth at the end of the Wano Country arc. Interestingly, Luffy's from is unique in that the shawls around Gear Fifth are white in color, whereas Lucci and Kaku both have black shawls. Whether this is a common difference for Mythical Zoans or is something unique to Luffy is not yet known.]]

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* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch'': Riva from the first game wears a hagoromo as part of her minstrel disguise, even though she isn't really a godly figure (unlike our protagonist Zizou, who ''is'' a god, but doesn't wear one). [[spoiler: While she does take on a OneWingedAngel form at the end, she ends up losing her hagoromo in the process.]]

** Nagae Iku is a messenger of the Dragon Palace, whose job is to observe the daily mood of the atmosphere. She has frilly white mantle that resembles a hagoromo and floats around her body. Rumor says that if a human wears this clothing, they will be able to fly through the sky.

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfDarkWitch'': Riva from the first game wears a hagoromo as part of her minstrel disguise, even though she isn't really a godly figure (unlike our protagonist Zizou, who ''is'' a god, but doesn't wear one). [[spoiler: It noticeably comes off when she takes on her OneWingedAngel form.]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': The members of Ryuugu royal family of merfolk all have floating stoles. In particular, for Princess Shirahoshi, it's merged with her halter top.

** Some Japanese narratives like ''Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter'' hold that the hagoromo grants the person who wears it supernatural powers, and if removed they will be reduced to a mortal existence.

* In the first ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' movie, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep The Sorceress]] is a ghost from three hundred years ago. She appears as a woman wearing a Chinese dress with a flowing stole that floats around her, [[MasterOfThreads can be manipulated at will to bind her enemies]] and be transformed into a pair of silver birds.

* In ''Anime/InuyashaTheMovieTheCastleBeyondTheLookingGlass'', the villain is a youkai who absorbed [[Literature/TheTaleOfTheBambooCutter Princess Kaguya]]. Her most powerful item is the hagoromo that originally belonged to the real celestial maiden, and acts as a source of infinite power for her.
* In ''Manga/MagiTheLabyrinthOfMagic'', humans who conquer a dungeon and make a contract with a Djinn can channelize its powers through a [[SuperMode Djinn Equip]]. Most characters have a floating stole circling their bodies when wearing Djinn Equip.
* The members of Ryuugu royal family of merfolk in ''Manga/OnePiece'' all have floating stoles. In particular, for Princess Shirahoshi, it's merged with her halter top.

* In ''Manga/{{Sekirei}}'', Uzume's weapon is a white veil that [[MasterOfThreads she can manipulate at will]]. During battle, the veil usually hovers over her and circles her body.
* Sugino, a white tengu and the "god" of Sugino Village in ''Manga/{{Tactics}}'', wears a hagoromo that floats over his shoulders.
* In ''Manga/TrinitySeven'', [[spoiler:Levi Kazama]] wears a new outfit with a stained, fluttering hagoromo after she becomes the Great Divine Soul-Seer Leviathan.
* In ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'', all the demon girls wear a hagoromo with multiple magical properties, such as giving the ability to fly in the air, reproduce the user's magic, change the appearance of certain objects and much more.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Mei's and her family's ancestor, Sun Yee, is portrayed with a red stole floating around her, both in an etching in the family temple and in the astral plane, on both her human and red panda forms. She received a divine blessing allowing her to turn into a giant red panda to protect her daughters in war time, and she passed that ability further down the line to her female descendants. For that, she's been worshipped as far down the line as early XXI-st century, despite the fact that she was alive in (roughly) Ming dynasty.

* Lulutia, the Goddess of Love and Healing in ''Literature/ByTheGraceOfTheGods'', wears a translucent blue hagoromo that hovers over her head and takes the shape of a heart.
* In ''Literature/KonoSuba'', the water goddess Aqua sometimes wears a divine relic in the form of a translucent pink hagoromo, which can disappear and reappear around her at her will.

* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', the leader of the Dance troupe Amane wears a translucent pink hagoromo that floats above his head when [[MasterOfThreads he isn't using it to smack and drill opponents]].

* One of the healers from ''VideoGame/GrimmsNotes'' is Hagoromo Tennyo, who has as the name indicates, is the celestial maiden whose hagoromo got stolen in the legend. In the game, she appears as a [[MysticalWhiteHair white-haired]] woman with a translucent, pink hagoromo circling her head.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', the [[NatureSpirit tree spirit]] Sakuya's stole floats above her head like a Japanese mystical figure would.

** Dahlia Hawthorne from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'' has a translucent pink stole floating around her shoulders, signifying that there is something otherworldly about her.
** Nahyuta Sahdmadhi from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has a white stole levitating around him. Besides being an international prosecutor, he is also a respected monk in Khura'in, with a devout belief in the country's religious tenets.