- Look up
rokurokubi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of ****anese yōkai (apparition). They look
almost completely like...
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Rokurokubi (ろくろ首) is a tale from
Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan. It
features a
monster by the same name (actually a
classification error took place; in reality...
- one-legged Kasa-obake, the
frightening ****akuchi-onna, the long-necked
Rokurokubi, the clay
monster Nuppeppō and the wise Abura-sumashi. The yōkai do not...
- and folklore, ****akuchi-onna
belongs to the same
class of
stories as
rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and yama-uba,
women afflicted with a
curse or supernatural...
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death of a
loved one.
Flying Head
Manananggal Soucouyant Tlahuelpuchi Rokurokubi Constantino Contreras 2000 (in Spanish).
Unidad temática y
variedad textual:...
- long-necked
rokurokubi depicted in play
images in the Edo
period are
certainly not strange.
There are
those who
think that they are
related to the
rokurokubi, and...
- "Ubazakura" "Diplomacy" "Of a
Mirror and a Bell" "Jikininki" "Mujina" "
Rokurokubi" (description of folktale) "A Dead Secret" "Yuki-Onna" "The
Story of Aoyagi"...
- she
washes her hair and
reacts violently to
those who
bother her. The
rokurokubi is a
close relative to the nure-onna. 多田克己 (2000). 京極夏彦・多田克己編 (ed.). 妖怪図巻...
- part-human form. Hinduism, Buddhism, and
Jainism mythology.
Nukekubi –
Rokurokubi whose heads come off and
float about. Nuno – Dwarf-like
creature in Philippine...
- (Worldwide) –
Reanimated dead Roc (Arabian and Persian) –
Gigantic bird
Rokurokubi (****anese) – Long-necked,
humanoid trickster Rompo (Africa and India)...
