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Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.
His name meant "North Wind" or "Devouring One". His name gives rise to the adjective "boreal". Khione (from χιών – chiōn, "snow") is the daughter of Boreas and Greek goddess of snow; Ded Moroz (literally "Grandfather Frost"), a Russian substitute of Santa Claus; Itztlacoliuhqui, deified personification of winter-as-death in Aztecan mythology
The Snow Rose: a female snowy owl whose descendants include the Plonk family. Emerilla: A female spotted owl who becomes Hoole's mate. Lutta: a changeling created by Kreeth from a normal hatchling. She is killed by Strix Strumajen for impersonating Emerilla. Lord Arrin: a male spotted owl who is part hagsfiend; he kills H'rath and Siv.
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In Greek mythology, Chione or Khionê (/ k aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Χιόνη, romanized: Khiónē, from χιών, khiṓn, 'snow') may refer to the following women: Chione, daughter of Boreas and mother of Eumolpus by Poseidon. [2] Chione, daughter of Daedalion, and mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes ...
Snow woman, a monster; see List of female monsters in literature; Snow Woman (story; Japanese: ゆきおんな, romanized: Yuki-onna), a story in the Tokyo Kodomo Club The Snow Women (novella), a 1970 sword-and-sorcery novella by Fritz Leiber
The women's snowboarding events have come to an end at the Beijing Olympics, and anyone who watched is likely forever changed by all that big-air bravery and beautiful group-hug sportsmanship ...