Rokurokubi

demonic earth Japanese single tradition · 3

A long-necked, humanoid trickster from Japanese folklore.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

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sibling of
Nure-onna

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“Rokurokubi (Japanese) – Long-necked, humanoid trickster”

#5218 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Japanese mythology and folklore, futakuchi-onna belongs to the same class of stories as rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and yama-uba, women afflicted with a curse or supernatural disease that transforms them into yōkai. The supernatural nature of the women in these stories is usually concealed until the last minute, when”

#6362 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The rokurokubi is a close relative to the nure-onna.”

#7045 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001