[ad_1] Yuki-onna is a Japanese yokai known as the “snow woman”. She appears in the snow, is tall, and has white skin. She is both beautiful and deadly, freezing her victims with a touch or breath. In some stories, she lures victims with a child and is sometimes a succubus. In Lafcadio Hearn’s version, a […]
[ad_1] Kuchisake-onna is a Japanese yokai with a slit mouth who wears a surgical mask and asks victims if she is beautiful. She targets school children and has a legend dating back to the Heian period. Different versions offer ways to save oneself, but if the victim says no or runs away, Kuchisake-onna kills them. […]
[ad_1] The Futakuchi-onna is a Japanese yokai with two functional mouths, often the result of a curse. The second mouth needs to be fed and may grow into tentacles. Women become Futakuchi-onna for various reasons, including mistreating stepchildren or having miserly husbands. In one famous story, a man discovers his wife’s second mouth when he […]
