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A yokai (spirit/monster) originating from Southeast Asian regions, including Thailand, where it is known as 'Krasue' or 'Kras'. However, it is called 'Ap' in Cambodia, 'Kasu' in Laos, and 'Selat Met' in Myanmar. It is said that during the day, they appear as ordinary humans, but at night, their detached head and entrails glow red as they fly around. According to some legends, they live as humans without realizing they are Krasue during the day, only to transform and roam at night after falling asleep. They are known to suck the blood of livestock or stain laundry hung out to dry. They particularly favor visiting homes with newborns to consume the umbilical cord or placenta. It is believed that if a Krasue eats the placenta, the mother will go mad. Consequently, homes with newborns often plant thorny bushes in front of their doors or hang them on the gate. It is said that if the Krasue's entrails get caught on the thorns, they will promise to keep the Krasue's identity a secret in exchange for their release, and will bestow gold and jewels. They are also said to be destroyed by fire.

It is a Chinese yokai that looks like a red lump of flesh with thousands of eyeballs and speaks human language. It is accidentally discovered while digging the ground for civil engineering work. If Taese appears, it is said that the entire family of the house will die if the work is not stopped immediately and it is reburied. If it has been dug up, it is said that Taese will retreat if it is reburied with buckwheat porridge and soil, and a ritual is held for the Jade Emperor by inviting a monk or a Taoist priest, but if it is too delayed, everyone will die. In one house, laborers discovered Taese while digging. The owner took Taese and asked people about its identity. A high monk who happened to be passing by was greatly surprised and told him to bury it immediately and stop the construction. The owner and the laborers followed the monk's advice, but it was too late, and a year later, all the laborers and the family members died, ending their lineage. There is also a story that a person named Jo Ryang-jeong escaped disaster by whipping Taese hundreds of times. However, after hearing this story, someone else whipped it hundreds of times, and all but one of his 72 family members died.

A monster appearing in Korean legends, it is a corrupted imugi (a mythical serpent) that failed to become a dragon. Depending on the region, it is called by various names such as Gwangcheori, Kkangcheori, Kkwangcheori, Kkangcheori, or Gangcheori. Like typical imugi, it lives in swamps or deep lakes, but unlike them, it is said to be able to fly, and its appearance is often described as being similar to that of a cow or horse. Normally, an imugi trains for hundreds of years to become a dragon with the characteristics of a water deity. However, Gangcheori is said to have acquired the characteristics of a fire deity, the opposite of a water deity, due to extreme rage and resentment over failing to become a dragon. It breathes fire from its mouth, and its body emits intense heat and flames, drying up or burning the surrounding flora and fauna, and instantly evaporating clouds or large bodies of water. It can also cause damage to crops through storms, lightning, hail, or heavy rain. Therefore, there is a Korean proverb that says, "Where Gangcheori goes, autumn becomes spring," and in North Korea, there is a saying, 'Gangcheori's autumn,' to refer to a severe famine.

In Korea, they are called 'Jwashikdong', 'Jwashikdongja', 'Jwabudong', or 'Jwabudongja' by directly adopting the Sino-Korean pronunciation of the Chinese characters. Its origin is the Ninohe City area in Iwate Prefecture, Tohoku region, and it is also the mascot character of Ninohe City. At Maro Shrine in Kintaichi, Ninohe City, Zashiki-warashi are enshrined as deities. Despite being a yokai, Zashiki-warashi resides in the tatami rooms of a house and has characteristics of a household deity or guardian spirit that brings good fortune. Conversely, it is said that if a Zashiki-warashi leaves the house, the house will fall into ruin. In Japanese folklore, such as in Kunio Yanagita's 'Tono Monogatari,' Jwabudong is generally known as a young boy, but depending on the tradition, there are also tales of a little girl in red clothes, an old woman or man, or only slender, long hands being seen, or only sounds being heard. Nowadays, they often appear as a little girl in various media. In the Iwaizumi region, it was also believed that if a wooden statue resembling a child was buried under the tatami room floor when building a new house, a Zashiki-warashi would visit.

Using the kanji for mountain (山) and grandmother (姥), it is also called 'Yamauba'. There are benevolent traditions where she guides lost travelers or raises abandoned children, but also tales of her killing and eating people. Here is a Japanese folktale. Once upon a time, an old woman abandoned in a mountain became a Yamauba and lived by eating travelers who passed through the mountain. One day, a Yamauba appeared before a merchant crossing the mountain to sell fish and demanded fish. The merchant, in fear, gave her the fish, but she reappeared shortly after demanding more. Eventually, with no fish left, she tried to eat the merchant as well. The merchant fled to a tree near a pond, and the Yamauba, mistaking her reflection in the pond for the merchant, drank all the water and left. Later, the merchant coincidentally entered the Yamauba's house and hid. When the returning Yamauba fell asleep in a wooden box, the merchant poured hot water into the box, killing her. However, the Yamauba's corpse turned into gold and silver treasures, and the merchant returned to the village with the treasure and became rich.

The name literally translates to 'pillow flipper,' and it's a yokai that flips or moves a sleeping person's pillow, changing their sleeping direction. According to some legends, it flips the pillow to the north. In Japan, there's a custom of laying the deceased with their head facing north, so simply flipping a pillow northward was considered ominous, believed to bring death. In the past, Japanese people believed that the soul left the body during dreams. They thought that if the body's orientation changed while the soul was away, the soul might not be able to return, causing eternal sleep. Therefore, even the simple act of moving a pillow was feared as an omen of death or illness. In Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, it's depicted as a small Niō statue. It's also sometimes portrayed as a child or a monk. In some regions, it's considered an animal's prank and depicted as a tanuki, monkey, or cat. There's also a tale from Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, about seven woodcutters who felled an old cypress tree. That night, Makuragaeshi appeared and killed all seven of them.

Ohayoko is a very beautiful and enchanting woman who is 7 to 9 feet tall (210-272 cm), always wearing white clothes and a hat. She appears on deserted roads late at night and tempts young men walking alone by calling out "Ohayo~", a Japanese morning greeting. The moment they turn around upon hearing her voice, they become entranced by Ohayoko. She then takes the entranced man to her dilapidated house or a haunted house in the mountains, where the man lives a married life with Ohayoko and falls into an indescribable state of happiness. However, this is all just an illusion or dream created by Ohayoko, and it is said that the man's brain is being eaten away by her. Despite her Japanese-sounding name, there are no ghost stories related to Ohayoko in Japan. It is presumed to be a secondary creation by a user on a Korean ghost story website in early 2013, based on the then-popular Hachishakusama (Eight-Foot-Tall Woman). The image known as Ohayoko, attached to this post, is also said to be an image from a Japanese article explaining Hachishakusama.

In Kanji, it is written with the characters for 'high' (高) and 'woman' (女). It was introduced in Sekien Toriyama's 'Gazu Hyakki Yagyō' (百鬼夜行絵巻), but only a drawing is provided without explanation, leading to speculation about its true nature. It appears as a woman with abnormally long lower limbs. According to folklore from the Akita region, she is tall enough to peer into the second floor of buildings. In Wakayama, there are tales of the 'Takao-onna' threatening the second floor of brothels. In Tohoku, there are instances of ghost stories about a woman peeking into second-floor windows, titled 'Takao-onna'. While commonly described as a woman peering into second-floor windows to startle people, these stories seem to be later interpretations and re-creations based on Sekien's drawing, with little evidence of indigenous and definitive folklore. There are also satirical tales about the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters and courtesans, suggesting she became a yokai out of resentment for being unattractive and ignored by men. However, this narrative is also widely believed to be a later invention inspired by Sekien's drawing.

As the name suggests, using the kanji for mountain (山) and woman (女), it's a female yokai that lives in the mountains. It is also called 'Yamajoro' or 'Yamahime'. As a yokai found almost all over Japan, including Tohoku, Okayama, Shikoku, and Kyushu, the legends about its appearance and habits vary. It is generally depicted as a beautiful woman with long hair and fair skin. There are theories that she wears minimal clothing, that she wears a raincoat woven from grass and leaves or clothes made of bark, and some even say she wears a Junihitoe (court noble attire). In areas like Kumamoto, Oita, and Kagoshima, there are tales of her attacking those she encounters and drinking their blood. In Iwate, there are ghost stories of her attacking men, draining all their vitality before devouring them, or kidnapping them to bear children and live with them. In Kochi, it's even said that merely meeting her can cause a deadly fever. It is speculated that the tales of Yama-onna are distorted stories about women driven mad and abandoned in the mountains, or about indigenous mountain dwellers or foreign women who lived in the mountains.

Literally translated as 'Eight-Foot Lady,' she is famously known as the 'Eight-Foot Ghost' in Korea. She is a female ghost approximately 8 shaku (about 242.4cm) tall, originating from an urban legend posted on the 2channel anonymous bulletin board on August 26, 2008. It is widely believed that she originated from Japanese yokai like 'Takaonna' or 'Yamaonna.' She is most commonly depicted with long hair, a wide-brimmed hat, and a white dress, but there are also accounts of her appearing as a woman in mourning attire, an old woman in a kimono, or a middle-aged woman in work clothes. She is said to make a strange sound, 'Po.. Po..,' with a voice that is neither male nor female, and her limbs are twisted, causing a clicking sound with every step. She has the ability to mimic human voices, which she uses to lure people (usually young boys). Those who are lured follow Hasshaku-sama and either disappear or die within a few days. She is also said to have spawned other yokai such as 'Acrobatic Sarasa' and 'Ohayoko.'