Ameonna
Sign in to saveright|thumb|200px|"Ameonna" (雨女) from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by [[Toriyama Sekien]] right|thumb|200px|"Hyakumonogatari Ameonna" (百物語 雨女) by Utagawa Yoshiiku Ameonna (, "rain woman") is a Japanese yōkai thought to call forth rain, illustrated in Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi as a woman standing in the rain and licking her hand.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Ameonna is referenced by 243 other articles, and connects out to Shigeru Mizuki, kitsune and Yamabiko.
It is catalogued under topics including Female legendary creatures, Japanese legendary creatures and Rain.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- water deity
- Gender
- female
- Image
- SekienAme-onna.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- name in kana
- あめおんな
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~4 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Origins
- In popular culture
- References
- Further reading
right|thumb|200px|"Ameonna" (雨女) from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by [[Toriyama Sekien]] right|thumb|200px|"Hyakumonogatari Ameonna" (百物語 雨女) by Utagawa Yoshiiku Ameonna (, "rain woman") is a Japanese yōkai thought to call forth rain, illustrated in Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi as a woman standing in the rain and licking her hand.
In modern usage in Japan, "ameonna" (or the male equivalent "ameotoko") refers to an unlucky person that seems to be jinxed to have the rain follow them wherever they may go, thus gaining a reputation for ruining special events such as weddings or sporting events.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ameonna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.