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  2. Jorōgumo - Wikipedia

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    Jorōgumo (Japanese: 絡新婦 , じょろうぐも ) is a type of yōkai, a creature of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman, so the kanji that represent its actual meaning are 女郎蜘蛛 (lit. ' woman-spider '); the kanji which are used to write it instead, 絡新婦 (lit.

  3. Tsuchigumo - Wikipedia

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    Reider, Noriko T. (2016). "A Tale of an Earth Spider (Tsuchigumo Zōshi): The Emergence of a Shape-Shifting Killer Female Spider". Seven Demon Stories from Medieval Japan. University Press of Colorado. pp. 62– 86. ISBN 978-1-60732-489-8. JSTOR j.ctt1g04zg4.6. Reider, Noriko T. Japanese Demon Lore: Oni, From Ancient Times to the Present. Logan ...

  4. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese spider demon. Kunado-no-Kami Local kami connected chiefly with protection against disaster and malicious spirits. They protect the boundaries of villages. Kunekune A long, slender strip of paper that wiggles on rice or barley fields during hot summers, this yōkai is actually a recent invention. Kuni-no-Tokotachi

  5. The Spider's Thread - Wikipedia

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    Akutagawa was known for piecing together many different sources for many of his stories, and "The Spider's Thread" is no exception. He read Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov in English translation sometime between 1917 and 1918, and the story of "The Spider's Thread" is a retelling of a very short fable from the novel known as the Fable of the Onion, where an evil woman who had done ...

  6. List of fictional arthropods - Wikipedia

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    Spider The Lord of the Rings: J. R. R. Tolkien: A giant spider from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. She appears at the end of the fourth book, second volume (The Two Towers) of The Lord of the Rings. She is said to be a child of Ungoliant. Sergeant Stinkbug Stinkbug: Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn ...

  7. Category:Mythological spiders - Wikipedia

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    Phalanx (mythology) S. Spider Grandmother; T. Tsuchigumo This page was last edited on 25 December 2024, at 14:17 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  8. Cultural depictions of spiders - Wikipedia

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    In this story, Spider Grandmother thought the world into existence through the conscious weaving of her webs. Spider Grandmother also plays an important role in the creation mythology of the Navajo, and there are stories relating to Spider Woman in the heritage of many Southwestern native cultures as a powerful helper and teacher. [31]

  9. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mythology is a ... and deities or demons devouring humans. [21] Stories of sexual ... The word itself translate to the meaning,"whore spider". Every story ...

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