yamahime
nature_spirit mountain Japanese folklore single tradition · 1
A mountain princess spirit who washes her hair and sings in a lovely voice. She appears as a beautiful woman around twenty years of age with black hair and an unusually colored kosode. When shot at by hunters, she can catch bullets with her hands.
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“a yamahime (山姫; mountain princess) would wash her hair and sing in a lovely voice...would appear as a beautiful woman around twenty years of age, with black hair and an unusually coloured kosode. When an armed hunter found her and shot at her, she would catch the bullet”
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