Though the poison failed to kill her, she became horribly disfigured, causing her hair to fall out and her left eye to droop. In a revenge story made popular by the famous kabuki drama Yotsuya Kaidan, Oiwa was married to a rōnin (a masterless, wandering samurai) named Iemon he wanted to marry a rich local’s granddaughter who had fallen in love with him, and, in order to end their marriage, Oiwa was sent a poisoned cream. Locals made offerings to the tengu to avoid their mischief, and there are still festivals in Japan dedicated to them today. Many legends say the tengu were hypocritical priests who must now live the rest of their lives as mountain goblins as punishment. They are known to lead people away from Buddhism, tie priests to tall trees and towers, start fires in temples, and kidnap children. They were originally depicted as birdlike, with wings and beaks, though now the beak is often replaced with a comically large nose. Featured in countless folktales, they were considered purely evil until about the 14th century. In Japanese folklore, the tengu (which translates to “heavenly dogs”) are essentially impish mountain goblins that play tricks on people. Besides her intended victims, anyone who saw her instantly died of fear. To accomplish this, she bathed in the Uji River for 21 days, divided her hair into five horns, painted her body red with vermilion, and went on a legendary killing spree. In another tale of a woman scorned, Hashihime (also known as the Maiden of the Bridge) prayed to a deity to turn her into an oni so she could kill her husband, the woman he fell in love with, and all of their relatives. The yamabua also have mouths under their hair. But they’re not picky they’ll eat anyone who passes by. Among many tales, there is one of a yamauba who offers shelter to a young woman about to give birth while secretly planning to eat her baby, and another of a yamauba who goes to village homes to eat children while their mothers are away. The yamauba are generally considered to be old women who were marginalized by society and forced to live in the mountains, and who also have a penchant for eating human flesh. YamaubaĪlso originating in the medieval period are the yamauba, which are similar to the yōkai (which can be used to refer to a whole class of supernatural beings from Japanese folklore). After the demon passed out, the warriors cut off his head, killed the other oni, and freed the prisoners. The oni greeted them with a banquet of human flesh and blood, and the disguised warriors offered Shuten-dōji drugged saké.
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In a legend from the medieval period, warriors Minamoto no Raikō and Fujiwara no Hōshō infiltrated Shuten-dōji’s lair disguised as yamabushi (mountain priests) to free some kidnapped women. There’s no need to fear this demon, though.
Shuten-dōjiĬonsidered one of the most distinctive oni in Japanese folklore, Shuten-dōji is described as more than 50 feet tall with a red body, five-horned head, and 15 eyes. She feeds on human essence, and her killing method of choice is to blow on her victims to freeze them to death and then suck out their souls through their mouths. Her name is a portmanteau of the Japanese yuki (meaning “snow”) and onna for woman, and she is also known as the “Snow Woman.” She is usually described as having white skin, a white kimono, and long black hair, and appears during snowfall and glides without feet over the snow like a ghost. There are many variations of this popular tale. She then breathed fire onto the bell, melting it and killing Anchin. Not to be evaded, Kiyohime found him by his scent, coiled around the bell, and banged loudly on it with her tail. Terrified by her monstrous form, Anchin sought refuge in a temple, where monks hid him beneath a bell. Realizing he had left her, Kiyohime followed him to a river and transformed into a serpent while swimming after his boat. Kiyohime was a young woman scorned by her lover, a monk named Anchin, who grew cold and lost interest in her. Here are just a few more tales from Japanese folklore of demons, ghosts, and other spirits you don’t want to mess with. Much of this list is comprised of hannya, which in Noh theater are women whose rage and jealousy turned them into oni while still alive. Oni (demons) and yūrei (ghosts) have played a role in Japanese culture for thousands of years, and stories of new spirits continue to be told today.
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