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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Depending on the text and translator, the Yamauba appears as a monstrous crone, "her unkempt hair long and golden white ... her kimono filthy and tattered", [7] with cannibalistic tendencies. [8]
Here's the history and meaning behind Women's history month colors: purple, green, white and gold. Experts explain the fascinating origins.
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.