Yuki onna 雪女 ゆきおんな Translation: snow woman Habitat: mountain passes; anywhere there is snow Diet: life energy; can also eat ordinary food Appearance: Yuki onna prey on travelers lost in the heavy snowstorms that blanket the Japanese Alps in winter. They have an otherworldly beauty, ...
Architecture Normally Yukionna simply use their sorcery to create simple shelters from ice. More complex architecture made from packed snow and ice, but molded after Yokai architecture, with its signature slightly curved and titled roofs. In places with a lot of tourism, Yukionna will often cons...
傳統雪女的形象 雖然各地的傳說都會有點差異,不過共通點就是雪女會穿著代表死亡的白裝束,透過出眾的外貌魅惑男性,最後用口中吐出的寒冷氣息將人凍死並吸取精氣,有許多記載也都有提到雪女會抱著嬰兒或是帶著童子一起行動,這種形象和另一種妖怪產女有點類似,山形縣的最上郡就有產女和雪女合在一起的傳說。江戶時代...