I terrify! 3 Japanese urban legends

Yes, the Japanese are particularly macabre as far as horror stories and urban legends are concerned.That is why today we bring you some of the most popular and terrifying urban legends of Japan .Continua reading and discover what it's all about.

I'm terrifying! Japanese urban legends

1.Yuki-onna
Yuki-onna is a beautiful woman who appears in the mountains during the colder nights .It is said that this woman has an incomparable beauty: white skin, long black hair and wears a white kimono.
Apparently Yuki-onna appears to travelers floating above the snow. This spirit deflects men from their path until they get lost and die of cold.They also usually get in the car of their victims and freeze them with their icy breath and take their lives.

I terrify! 3 Japanese urban legends

Is it revenge that leads this spirit to act in this way? Apparently not, simply Yuki-onna feels great pleasure to see his victims die .Other versions explain that he does it to stay with their souls or to have more strength.Be that as it may, it is better to walk through the Japanese mountains very cautiously.
2.Rokurokubi
Rokurokubi is a female monster that by day is a beautiful woman, but when night falls it transforms and its true grotesque and demonic appearance comes to light. The main feature of this monster is its long neck, but when we say long, we mean that it is extremely long and flexible.
It seems that this woman in life had the terrible habit of spying on her neighbors, so she was condemned to be a soul in pain .The Rokurokubi usually goes out at night to scare and feed of the energy and blood of human beings, especially those who in one way or another broke the precepts of bud ismo.
3.Yama-uba
Yama-uba is an old woman who looks like a witch. This spirit usually appears with an all-tattered kimony , long, white and neglected hair and a very large mouth that occupies almost her entire face.Although it is also said that this woman can change her appearance to attract and capture her victims, whom supposed to kill for revenge.

I terrify! 3 Japanese urban legends

Apparently this legend goes back to the times when hunger hit the Japanese very strongly .Before this situation, many of they took the elders from their homes and took them to the woods and then abandon them forever, that way they would have a mouth less to feed.
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