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Konaki-jiji- is said to be able to take the appearance an old man with a gourd-shaped head and wearing a
of an old man or a baby. In either case, the spirit lur- kesa. He is sometimes said to be leader of the yokai. C
es unwary passersby towards it and allows him or her The Nurarihyon will sneak into someone's house h
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to pick it up. After the spirit is picked up, it suddenly while they are away, drink their tea, and act as if it is p
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becomes a heavy stone that crushes the victim to their own house. Because it looks human, anyone e
death. who sees him will mistake him for the owner of the r
house, making it very hard to expel him.
Kubikajiri- is a creature in Japanese folklore which
is said to eat the heads of its victims, living or dead.
The creature is said to be headless itself and smell
distinctly of fresh blood. -O-
Oni- are demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are
Kuchisake-onna "Slit-Mouthed Woman"- is a wom-
an who is mutilated by a jealous husband and returns hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp
as a malicious spirit. Children walking alone at night claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from
may encounter a woman wearing a surgical mask, their heads. They are humanoid for the most part, but
which is not an unusual sight in Japan as people wear occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features
them to protect others from their colds or sickness. such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and
The woman will stop the child and ask, "Am I beauti- toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but
ful?" If the child answers no, the child is killed with a red and blue are particularly common.
pair of scissors which the woman carries. If the child Onibaba "demon hag"- is an Oni that has
answers yes, the woman pulls away the mask, reveal- the appearance of an old woman but is a
ing that her mouth is slit from ear to ear, and asks yokai that feasts on humans.
"How about now?" If the child answers no, he/she Onibi- are the spirits born from the corpses
will be cut in half. If the child answers yes, then she of humans and animals, and are also said to
will slit his/her mouth like hers. It is impossible to be the resent of people that have become
run away from her, as she will simply reappear in fire and appeared.
front of the victim.
Onihitokuchi- are Oni that have one eye

and eat and kill humans.
-N- Onmoraki - Bird-demon created from the spirits of

Nihon no Ryu "Japanese Dragon"- are water deities freshly dead corpses.
associated with rainfall and bodies of water, and are Onryo- is a mythological spirit from Japanese folk-
typically depicted as large, wingless, serpentine crea- lore who is able to return to the physical world in or-
tures with clawed feet. der to seek vengeance. The majority are women who
Noppera-bo "faceless ghost"- is a Japanese legend- are powerless in the physical world, they often suffer
ary creature that can assume the form of humans. at the capricious whims of their male lovers. In death
Noppera-bo are known primarily for frightening hu- they become strong.
mans, but are usually otherwise harmless. They ap-
pear at first as ordinary human beings, sometimes
impersonating someone familiar to the victim, before -R-
causing their features to disappear, leaving a blank, Raijin- is a god of lightning, thunder and storms in
smooth sheet of skin where their face should be. the Shinto religion .

Nurarihyon- is a Japanese yokai said to originate Raiju "thunder beast"- is a legendary creature with a
from Wakayama Prefecture. It is also sometimes be- body composed of lightning and may be in the shape
lieved to be descended from the Umibozu of Okaya- of a cat, fox, weasel, or wolf. The form of a white
ma Prefecture. The Nurarihyon is usually depicted as and blue wolf (or even a wolf wrapped in lightning)

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