Aonyōbō
demonic earth Japanese single tradition · 2
A female ghost who lurks in an abandoned Imperial palace, waiting for visitors who never arrive. Even if they did, she would kill and devour them for not being the person she's waiting for.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
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- co occurs with
- Aosaginohi, Ashinagatenaga, Ame-no-Uzume, Amorōnagu, Anmo, Aobōzu, Arikura-no-baba, Ashi-magari, Ame-no-Tajikarao, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Ame no Wakahiko, Ameonna, Amikiri, Aoandon
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wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“A female ghost who lurks in an abandoned Imperial palace, waiting for visitors who never arrive, and even if they did, she would kill and devour them for not being the person she's waiting for.”
#4980 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Aonyōbō (青女房) (also called Ao-nyōbō and Ao nyōbō) is a Yōkai in Japanese mythology. The Aonyōbō is a blue-skinned ogre-like spirit of poverty and misfortune who takes the appearance of an ancient court noblewoman.”
#5672 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001