The “snow woman” is a spirit that died in the snow, and now only
appears in the snow—here we’ll take a quick break from the summer ghost
stories, and learn one that has a winter setting. Like the snow, this
woman has pale white skin, is usually dressed in white, and
traditionally has long black hair. She is very beautiful, and floats
along the snow leaving no trace behind to show that she has passed.
Don’t let her beauty fool you though—she’s a ruthless killer.
In
the stories, she usually appears to travelers and traps them in
snowstorms, breathing on them until they’re frosted dead, or simply
leading them out farther and farther so they die from hypothermia. In
tamer stories, 雪女 will sometimes let victims go if they’re beautiful or
young. Do you think you’re good-looking enough to survive?
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Snow girl 雪女 (ゆき おんな)
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