There’s no need to fear this demon, though. Shuten Dōji is described as more than 50 feet tall with a red body, five horns, and 15 eyes. She feeds on human essence, and her killing method of choice is to blow on her victims to freeze them to death and then suck out their souls through their mouths. She appears in snowfall and glides without feet over the snow like a ghost. Yuki-onna is usually described as having white skin, a white kimono, and long black hair. There are many variations of this popular Japanese tale. She then breathed fire onto the bell, melting it and killing Anchin. Not to be evaded, Kiyohime found him by his scent, coiled around the bell, and banged loudly on it with her tail. Terrified by her monstrous form, Anchin sought refuge in a temple, where monks hid him beneath a bell.
Realizing he had left her, Kiyohime followed him to a river and transformed into a serpent while swimming after his boat. Kiyohime was a young woman scorned by her lover, a monk named Anchin, who grew cold and lost interest in her. Here are just a few tales of demons, ghosts, and women you don't want to mess with. Much of this list is comprised of hannya, which in Noh theater are women whose rage and jealousy turned them into oni while still alive. Oni (demons) and yurei (ghosts) have played a role in Japanese culture for thousands of years, and stories of new spirits continue to be told today.
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