Yuki-onna (”snow woman”) a yokai known for its unearthly beauty and white dress. Some tales say that during blizzards, a yuki-onna could be seen holding a child, asking passersby to embrace the young one. To accept meant the child increasingly become so heavy that one was buried in the snow and met a frozen death. On the other hand, to decline the yuki-onna’s offer meant one might also meet their doom by being thrown into a snowy gorge.

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MADEMYTHOS is an illustrated compendium of mythical creatures from around the world by Ed Kwong. Paperback, 80 pages, 6″x 9″, 32 colour illustrations with text.