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Mountain Witch of Awa

Yokoi Kijun, Ashuu Kiji Zatsuwa (1936) In the southern mountains of Awa, there had once been sightings of a mountain

This happened when I was in elementary school. I was one of those so-called “latchkey kids” and whenever I got

By Takehara Shunsensai, Ehon Hyaku Monogatari (1841) You can of course find them on country roads, but they also lurk

This legend was popular in the north of Kyushu during the early 1980s. If you were sitting alone on a

By Ban Yuusa & Takagi Kousuke, Taihei Hyaku Monogatari (1732) There was a farmer by the name of Magobei who