Look up rokurokubi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like...

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 Futakuchi-onna, the long-necked Rokurokubi, the clay monster Nuppeppō and the wise Abura-sumashi. The yōkai do not...

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...

death of a loved one. Flying Head Manananggal Soucouyant Tlahuelpuchi Rokurokubi Constantino Contreras 2000 (in Spanish). Unidad temática y variedad textual:...

"Ubazakura" "Diplomacy" "Of a Mirror and a Bell" "Jikininki" "Mujina" "Rokurokubi" (description of folktale) "A Dead Secret" "Yuki-Onna" "The Story of Aoyagi"...

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...

folklore) – Reanimated dead Roc (Arabian and Persian) – Gigantic bird Rokurokubi (Japanese) – Long-necked, humanoid trickster Rompo (Africa and India)...

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

Dhampir Preta Golden Hind Kappa Kekkai Lamia Manananggal Mandurugo Redcap Rokurokubi Sigbin Vampire Werewolf Yuki-onna Bloody Bones Gashadokuro Grim Reaper...

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

the tales of kasa-obake (an umbrella tsukumogami), and a long-necked rokurokubi. However, the landowner omits the purification ceremony at the end to...

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...

who try to steal the sword from him, including the kappa, a trio of rokurokubi, a group of nukekubi, a Jorōgumo, Gashadokuro, tengu, Yomotsu-shikome...

Teacher The Uchōten Hotel (2006), Sakura Cherry GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007), Rokurokubi Still Walking (2008), Chinami Kataoka Boys on the Run (2010), Shiho Friends:...

Kuchisake-onna Mononoke Mujina Noppera-bō Nure-onna Obake Ochimusha Onryō Raijū Rokurokubi Shikigami Shinigami Shirime Shiryō Tsukumogami Ubume Umibōzu Yōkai Yōsei...

Azuki-pupiled Katō. Sunekosuri Kirin Bakeneko Noppera-bō Chōchin-obake Rokurokubi Mokumokuren Futakuchi-onna Tsurubebi Karakasa Nurikabe Yuki-onna Sentakugitsune...

head detaches from its body, often confused with the much more peaceful rokurokubi, whose neck merely extends indefinitely. Nunakawahime A kami who helps...

Kitamura as Tsuna Watanabe Nanako Matsushima as Reika Watanabe Myra Arai as Rokurokubi Yokaiju Daimajin Fox-Faced Woman Inugami Gyōbu Nurarihyon Ubume Shōjō...

fish. Sekibanki (赤蛮奇) Species: Rokurokubi Ability: Detaching her head Residence: Human Village Stage 2 Boss. A Rokurokubi who can detach her head from the...

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

likes video games. He refuses to battle at the beginning, but when he saw Rokurokubi steal children, he changes his mind. He is driven by his desire for food...

there also have been slain by her. List of legendary creatures from Japan Rokurokubi Slender Man 村上健司編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. p. 208. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0...

that his stroll with the "Old Coyote" caused the Anothers, including rokurokubi, kappa, tanuki and okurijochin, to panic and hide. 9 "The Dream Demon...

named Tomoko, a kyūso, a noppera-bō, a nue, a nure-onna, various oni, a rokurokubi, Seto taishō, a Sunamura no oryō, two human-sized gashadokuro, various...

his seventh birthday. 132 "The Extending Head (1)" Transliteration: "Rokurokubi" (Japanese: ろくろ首) October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19) "Strong Tarō (2)" Transliteration:...

The third child and the second daughter of the Yureimoto clan. She is a rokurokubi. Rin: The fifth child and fourth daughter of the Yureimoto clan. She is...

notes that while Okiku is a spirit, in Hokusai's print she "resembles a rokurokubi or nure-onna. An intelligent decision on his part as these yokai are much...

Raigō became a plague of rats, and went into the world. Kurozuka (ja:黒塚) Rokurokubi (ja:ろくろ首) Sakabashira (ja:逆柱) Makuragaeshi (ja:枕返し) Yuki-onna (ja:雪女)...

Appleseed (2004) - Deunan (motion capture) The Great Yokai War (2005) - Rokurokubi "Asumi Miwa" (in Japanese). Breath Talent Agency. Archived from the original...