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  2. Hanako-san - Wikipedia

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    Like many urban legends, the details of the origins of the legend vary depending on the account; different versions of the story include that Hanako-san is the ghost of a World War II–era girl who was killed while playing hide-and-seek during an air raid, that she was murdered by a parent or stranger, or that she committed suicide in a school ...

  3. Japanese urban legends - Wikipedia

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    Hanako-san, or Toire no Hanako-san (トイレのはなこさん, Hanako of the Toilet), is a legend about the spirit of a young girl named Hanako who haunts school bathrooms. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Several variations of the legend exist: in one, Hanako-san is the ghost of a girl who committed suicide during an air raid in World War II ; [ 6 ] [ 9 ] in ...

  4. Hanako and the Terror of Allegory - Wikipedia

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    Hanako explains Daisuke himself became an urban legend on the Internet and thus turned into an allegory. Daisuke's feelings for Kanae and her action to stop him makes Daisuke return to his human form. By destructing Kokkuri's ritual items, Hanako weakens the demon who is defeated by Daisuke. After this, the trio deal with three more cases.

  5. Teke Teke - Wikipedia

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    Aka Manto, a Japanese urban legend about a spirit that appears in bathrooms. Hanako-san, a Japanese urban legend about the spirit of a young girl who haunts school bathrooms. Kuchisake-onna ("Slit Mouth Woman"), a Japanese urban legend about a disfigured woman. Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend of a ghost who haunts schools.

  6. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. The Spookiest Urban Legend in Every State - AOL

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    Whether it be a creepy ghost story in the form of a haunted road or vengeful spirit, or something a little harder to explain, like an extraterrestrial hotbed or a beastly Sasquatch, urban legends ...

  8. List of urban legends - Wikipedia

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    Hanako-san is a Japanese urban legend of the spirit of a young girl who haunts school bathrooms, and can be described as a yōkai or a yūrei. [51] To summon her, individuals must enter a girls' bathroom (usually on the third floor of a school), knock three times on the third stall, and ask if Hanako-san is present. [51]

  9. Yuki-onna - Wikipedia

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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.