saw the Yama-Uba,—the "Mountain Nurse." Legend says she catches little children and nurses them for awhile, and then devours them. The Yama-Uba did not...
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Japanese folklore. A child of superhuman strength, he was raised by a yama-uba ("mountain witch") on Mount Ashigara. He became friendly with the animals...
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it is believed that they would appear on a snowy night in the form of a yama-uba. Similarly, in Yoshida, Ehime Prefecture, on a night when snow is accumulating...
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creature that perches on torii gates to shrines and temples. Ouni A type of yama-uba with a slit mouth and a body covered in long black hair. Oyagami An ancestor...
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Ukrainian fairy tale Morana (goddess) The Morrígan "The Tale About Baba-Yaga" Yama-uba, a cannibalistic ugly crone in Japanese folklore "Баба-яга" . Brockhaus...
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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...
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to Zeami Motokiyo. Its central character is the legendary mountain hag, Yama-uba. A female dancer, called "Hyakuma Yamanba" because of her frequent performances...
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"burn-black look", and "dark tanning". The term yamanba is derived from Yama-uba, the name of a mountain hag in Japanese folklore whom the fashion is thought...
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Crone Hag Kurozuka Muma Pădurii Onibaba (film) The Witch (fairy tale) Yama-uba 村上健司編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. p. 132. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0. 多田克己 (2008)...
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(鬼女) – An oni woman from Japanese legends. See also onibabā (below) and yama-uba (below). Kimon (鬼門) – Based on the assignment of the twelve zodiac animals...
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Vanara – Man-ape species with human intelligence in Hindu scriptures. Yama-uba – Monstrous crone with cannibalistic tendencies. Yeren – Legendary creature...
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and white makeup. Yamanba is said to be inspired by the Japanese yōkai Yama-uba (山姥) lit. 'mountain witch woman', an unkempt old woman with dark skin,...
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Ukiyo-e of yama-uba with blackened teeth...
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Ukiyo-e of Yama-uba caring for Kintarō in which her dark teeth are distinguishable...
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vampires inside a cave of skeletons. Fifth level is against a team of Yama-uba (witches) in a bamboo forest. Sixth level is against a troop of Tengu in...
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Jynx is a species of Pokémon that greatly resembles the Japanese myth of Yama-uba. As a result of its design, it was considered by Western audiences to be...
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Ukiyo-e of yama-uba with blackened teeth and Kintarō (Yamanba and Kintaro Sakazuki series)...
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(Japanese) – Gigantic, eight-headed serpent Yama-uba (Japanese) – Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag Yama-waro (Japanese) – Hairy, one-eyed spirit Yanari...
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Lamia of Greek mythology, the witch Baba Yaga of Slavic folklore, and the Yama-uba in Japanese folklore. A number of stories in Greek mythology involve cannibalism...
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authoritarian masculine society". The figure is likely inspired by the yōkai Yama-uba, which, like the snake-woman, represents the archetype of the socially...
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Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams (2013) Turn to Gold (2016) Aloha! (2009) Yama-Uba (2011) Aliens in the Outfield (2014) "Diarrhea Planet Bio". Diarrheaplanet...
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Yama-uba with Kintaro and Watanabe no Tsuna (Genji no Tsuna) in Mount Ashigara by Utagawa Kunisada, 1811...
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acquainted with Cirno. Nemuno Sakata (坂田 ネムノ, Sakata Nemuno) Species: Yama-uba Ability: Creation of sanctuaries Residence: Yōkai Mountain Stage 2 midboss...
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Transliteration: "Jatai" (Japanese: ジャタイ) November 14, 2007 (2007-11-14) 8 "Yama-uba" Transliteration: "Yamauba" (Japanese: ヤマウバ) November 21, 2007 (2007-11-21)...
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some relation between the oshiroibabā, and the mountain yōkai , the yama-uba and yama-hime, given that both of these have stories about begging travelers...
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presentation as the next host city, Nagano was presented to world as a modern Yama-uba, also the 1998 Winter Olympics mascots, the Snowlets, was also presented...
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gaze Scylla, a six-headed dog-woman Tiamat, the Sumerian dragon-goddess Yama Uba, a Japanese witch The Beast of Le Gévaudan, a giant wolf Bigfoot, a shy...
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ICR-63 JEFF the Brotherhood/Greenhornes Split 7" ICR-64 Diarrhea Planet Yama-Uba 7" Originally ECONOLINE Series, later repressed on random colored vinyl...
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Ouni (苧うに), is a yōkai similar in features and behavior to Yamamba (or Yama-uba), a female with demon-like facial features, blackened teeth, and long hair...
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Liberian variant. In Japan, there is a legend called Ubasute or Ubasute-yama. Uba means old woman. However, in the story, sometimes be an old father type...
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