- neck
stretches and
another whose head
detaches and
flies around freely (
nukekubi). The
Rokurokubi appear in
classical kaidan (spirit tales) and in yōkai...
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Floating vampiric female head and
entrails that is
similar to a
manananggal Nukekubi – ****anese
creature that also
detaches its head to feed on
victims Penanggalan...
-
biting them. The
curse of
Nukekubi is
often spread from
mothers to daughters, and
there is no
certain cure.
Stories of the
Nukekubi appear as
early as the...
-
Brunei and Singapore. ****anese
folklore also has
yokai creatures called nukekubi and
rokurokubi that are
quite similar to
their Southeast Asian counterparts...
- Double-headed
eagle Dullahan Hekatonkheires Hydra Lernaean Hydra Nine-headed Bird
Nukekubi Rokurokubi Orthrus Shesha Penanggalan Wanyūdō Xing Tian
Yacuruna Yamata...
- (ぬりぼとけ)
Wauwau (わうわう) Yume no
seirei (夢のせいれい)
Yamauba (山うは)
Inugami (犬神)
Nukekubi (ぬけくび)
Yamawarau (山わらう) Uwan (うわん)
Akaguchi (あか口) Ushi-oni (うし鬼) Mehitotsu-bō...
- Monkey-raccoon dog-tiger-snake
hybrid Nü Gui (Chinese) –
Vengeful female ghost Nukekubi (****anese) – Disembodied,
flying head that
attacks people Nuku-mai-tore...
-
spelling variations: Neuntöter Nachtöter
Nelapsi –
Slovakia Nora –
Hungary Nukekubi – ****an Nure-onna – ****an
Obayifo –
Ashanti Obur –
Bulgaria Ohyn – Poland...
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sword from him,
including the kappa, a trio of rokurokubi, a
group of
nukekubi, a Jorōgumo, Gashadokuro, tengu, Yomotsu-shikome, and the
restless ghost...
- that also
detaches its head
Krasue Langsuyar Leyak Polong Rokurokubi and
Nukekubi, ****anese
yokai which take the form of a
woman with
either an extremely...
