Sunday, November 13, 2005

山婦 yamaonna


山婦 yama_onna=woman in the mountain
This apparition is a woman of the mystery to live secretly in the mountain. Such a legend is a lot in Japan, and is assumed to be a monster who brutally harms the person. The person who is called on this name seems between the normal people who live nakedly if anything naturally. The one that comes out in document in Edo period.

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