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Jorōgumo (Japanese: 絡新婦 , じょろうぐも ) is a type of yōkai, a creature of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman, so the kanji that represent its actual meaning are 女郎蜘蛛 (lit. ' woman-spider '); the kanji which are used to write it instead, 絡新婦 (lit.
"Tsuchigumo" from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki by Sekien Toriyama Tsuchigumo, from Bakemono no e scroll, Brigham Young University. Tsuchigumo (土蜘蛛, literally translated "dirt/earth spider") is a historical Japanese derogatory term for renegade local clans, and also the name for a race of spider-like yōkai in Japanese folklore.
Trichonephila clavata, also known as the Joro-spider (ジョロウグモ, Jorō-gumo), is a spider in the Trichonephila genus. Native to East Asia, it is found throughout China, Japan (except Hokkaidō), Korea, and Taiwan, and has been spreading across North America since the 2010s. It rarely bites humans, and its venom is not deadly.
Another Japanese mythological spider figure is the Jorōgumo ("prostitute spider") which is portrayed as being able to transform into a seductive woman. In some instances, the Jorōgumo attempts to seduce and perhaps marry passing samurai.
Jorōgumo - Type of Japanese yōkai, depicted as a spider woman manipulating small fire-breathing spiders. Mothman – A humanoid moth. Selkie – A seal that becomes a human by shedding its skin on land. Karasu-tengu – A crow-type Tengu.
Tsuchigumo Sōshi is a picture scroll, or emaki. [8] Noriko Tsunoda Reider of Miami University identifies it as an example of an otogi-zōshi, or Muromachi-period fiction, [9] and it was included in Volume 9 of the Collection of Tales of the Muromachi Period (室町時代物語大成 Muromachi-jidai Monogatari Taisei), [10] in spite of its technically dating to the end of the Kamakura period.
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Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans with some differences. There is a type whose neck stretches and another whose head detaches and flies around freely (nukekubi). The Rokurokubi appear in classical kaidan (spirit tales) and in yōkai works. [1]