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Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.
Yuki-onna Monogatari is a work of the otogi-zōshi genre [1] in two books (one volume). [1] It was probably composed in the Azuchi-Momoyama period or the beginning of the Edo period. [1] It is one of a number of works depicting the defeat of a monster and the legendary origin of a famous sword, [1] other such works including the Heike Tsurugi ...
Kuchisake-onna (口裂け女, 'Slit-Mouthed Woman') [1] is a malevolent figure in Japanese urban legends and folklore. Described as the malicious spirit, or onryō , of a woman, she partially covers her face with a mask or other item and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object.
However, a farmer in Musashi Province told him the tale of Yuki-Onna ("Snow Woman"). Legends of Yuki-Onna could be found throughout Japan and predate Kwaidan (including Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan), though Hearn was unaware of them having previously been written and his version of a harmful Yuki-Onna is original. [4] "Riki-Baka" is based on a ...
30 Yuki-onna (雪女), meaning snow woman, is a yōkai which usually appears on snowy winter nights. [22] She is described as beautiful with pale white or bluish-white skin cold to the touch and dressed in white. [45] Some believe she is simply an embodiment of snow, both dangerous and serene.
Snow Woman (story; Japanese: ゆきおんな, romanized: Yuki-onna), a story in the Tokyo Kodomo Club; The Snow Women (novella), a 1970 sword-and-sorcery novella by Fritz Leiber; The Snow Woman (novel), a 1968 novel by Stella Gibbons; The Snow Woman (film; Japanese: 怪談雪女郎, romanized: Kaidan Yukijorō, lit.
The origin of futakuchi-onna's second mouth is often linked to how little a woman eats. [1] In many stories, the soon-to-be futakuchi-onna is a wife of a miser and rarely eats. To counteract this, a second mouth mysteriously appears on the back of the woman's head.
The Boroboroton belongs to a specific group of yōkai: the Tsukumogami (Japanese: 付喪神, lit. 'artifact spirit').Tsukumogami are various yōkai derived from manmade objects, such as kitchenware, tools and everyday accessories, that have become alive, either through possession by spirits or ghosts, or through constant use for at least 90 to 100 years.