Yuki-onna
Sign in to saveAlso known as Woman of the Snow, O‐Yuki, Snow‐Woman, Snow‐Spectre, Snow Ghost, Oyasu, Yuki‐Onna
thumb|Yuki-onna (ゆき女) from the Hyakkai-Zukan by [[Sawaki Suushi]] is a yūrei or yōkai in Japanese folklore that is often depicted in Japanese literature, films, or animation.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Stories
- Appearance
- Variations
- Behavior
- Lafcadio Hearn's version
- In media
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Yuki-onna (ゆき女) from the Hyakkai-Zukan by [[Sawaki Suushi]] is a yūrei or yōkai in Japanese folklore that is often depicted in Japanese literature, films, or animation.
She may also go by such names as yuki-musume (雪娘, "snow daughter"), yukihime (雪姫, "snow princess"), yuki-onago (雪女子, "snow girl"), yukijorō (雪女郎, "snow woman"), yuki anesa (雪姉さ, "snow sis"), yuki-onba (雪乳母, "snow granny" or "snow nanny"), yukinba (雪婆, "snow hag") in Ehime, yukifuri-baba (雪降り婆々, "snowfall witch" or "snowfall hag") in Nagano. They are also called several names that are related to icicles, such as tsurara-onna, kanekori-musume, and shigama-nyōbō.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yuki-onna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.