The Hone-onna (jap. 骨女 / Transl. bone woman) is a Yōkai from Japanese stories. In the stories, the Hone-onna appears as a beautiful but extremely thin woman in a splendid kimono.
The Nure-Onna is a Japanese monster with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. While the description of her appearance varies slightly from side to side, she is depicted as being 30 feet long in length and has snake-like eyes/body with a human woman head, long beautiful hair, some...
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Japan has a wealth of creepy ghost stories, but this one is particularly chilling. Today's topic is Kuchisake-Onna, the Slit-Mouthed Woman. This ghost legend crosses over into the realm of urban legend and may have some basis in fact. The original story of Kuchisake-Onna comes from the Heian period of Japan's history, roughly 1200-800 years ago. A…
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onna in a maid dress??
"Death And The Maiden."
