neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The Rokurokubi appear in classical kaidan (spirit tales) and in yōkai...

Brunei and Singapore. Japanese folklore also has yokai creatures called nukekubi and rokurokubi that are quite similar to their Southeast Asian counterparts...

Floating vampiric female head and entrails that is similar to a manananggal Nukekubi – Japanese creature that also detaches its head to feed on victims Penanggalan...

(ぬりぼとけ) Wauwau (わうわう) Yume no seirei (夢のせいれい) Yamauba (山うは) Inugami (犬神) Nukekubi (ぬけくび) Yamawarau (山わらう) Uwan (うわん) Akaguchi (あか口) Ushi-oni (うし鬼) Mehitotsu-bō...

spelling variations: Neuntöter Nachtöter Nelapsi – Slovakia Nora – Hungary Nukekubi – Japan Nure-onna – Japan Obayifo – Ashanti Obur – Bulgaria Ohyn – Poland...

since the late 1950s; the folklore behind it is western in origin. The Nukekubi is a being whose head and neck detach from its body to fly about seeking...

Double-headed eagle Dullahan Hekatonkheires Hydra Lernaean Hydra Nine-headed Bird Nukekubi Rokurokubi Orthrus Shesha Penanggalan Wanyūdō Xing Tian Yacuruna Yamata...

sword from him, including the kappa, a trio of rokurokubi, a group of nukekubi, a Jorōgumo, Gashadokuro, tengu, Yomotsu-shikome, and the restless ghost...

that also detaches its head Krasue Langsuyar Leyak Polong Rokurokubi and Nukekubi, Japanese yokai which take the form of a woman with either an extremely...

take human or part-human form. Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism mythology. Nukekubi – Rokurokubi whose heads come off and float about. Nuno – Dwarf-like creature...

tail. It plagued the Emperor with nightmares in the Heike Monogatari. Nukekubi A vicious humanlike monster whose head detaches from its body, often confused...

Monkey-raccoon dog-tiger-snake hybrid Nü Gui (Chinese) – Vengeful female ghost Nukekubi (Japanese) – Disembodied, flying head that attacks people Nuku-mai-tore...

(actually a classification error took place; in reality it features a nukekubi, not a rokurokubi). It features a protagonist who exemplifies the values...

Okinagusa (翁草). Zōkai Etan (象海慧湛), 1682–1733 cf. the yōkai monster known as nukekubi. Original source story title is Onna no maunen mayohi ariku koto (女のまうねんまよひありく事)...

The sixth child and the fifth daughter of the Yureimoto clan. She is a nukekubi. Mayumi: The seventh and the youngest daughter of the Yureimoto clan. She...

biting them. The curse of Nukekubi is often spread from mothers to daughters, and there is no certain cure. Stories of the Nukekubi appear as early as the...

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