雪女

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雪	女

Noun

雪女 (hiragana ゆきおんな, romaji yuki onna)

1. A snow spirit; spirit of woman who perished out in the snow during the winter months. Known to return during the winter months to lure lost souls to their deaths

See also

• 雪女 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• Yuki Onna on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Yuki Onna
• 雪男 (ゆきおとこ, yuki otoko): abominable snowman (modern calque from English, not related to the mythology of the 雪女)
• 雨女 (あめおんな, ame onna): a woman whose presence always seems to bring rain
• 雨男 (あめおとこ, ame otoko): a man whose presence always seems to bring rain