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rokurokubi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of ****anese yōkai (apparition). They look
almost completely like...
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Rokurokubi (ろくろ首) is a tale from
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan. It
features a
monster by the same name (actually a
classification error took place; in reality...
- one-legged Kasa-obake, the
frightening ****akuchi-onna, the long-necked
Rokurokubi, the clay
monster Nuppeppō and the wise Abura-sumashi. The yōkai do not...
- and folklore, ****akuchi-onna
belongs to the same
class of
stories as
rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and yama-uba,
women afflicted with a
curse or supernatural...
- part-human form. Hinduism, Buddhism, and
Jainism mythology.
Nukekubi –
Rokurokubi whose heads come off and
float about. Nuno – Dwarf-like
creature in Philippine...
- long-necked
rokurokubi depicted in play
images in the Edo
period are
certainly not strange.
There are
those who
think that they are
related to the
rokurokubi, and...
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death of a
loved one.
Flying Head
Manananggal Soucouyant Tlahuelpuchi Rokurokubi Constantino Contreras 2000 (in Spanish).
Unidad temática y
variedad textual:...
- she
washes her hair and
reacts violently to
those who
bother her. The
rokurokubi is a
close relative to the nure-onna. 多田克己 (2000). 京極夏彦・多田克己編 (ed.). 妖怪図巻...
- head
detaches from its body,
often confused with the much more
peaceful rokurokubi,
whose neck
merely extends indefinitely. Nuppeppō An
animated lump of...
-
Mapuche creature that also
detaches its head
Krasue Langsuyar Leyak Polong Rokurokubi and Nukekubi, ****anese
yokai which take the form of a
woman with either...