• Another legend tells of a man from Yamagata Prefecture who claimed to have been married to Yuki onna. His wife was beautiful, with piercing eyes and skin as white as a marble statue. Although he liked to take long, hot baths every night, his wife always refused to bathe. This puzzled him greatly.
One particularly cold and snowy night, he insisted that his wife take a bath. “Otherwise you will freeze in the cold,” he said. She protested, but the man did not listen to any arguments. She had to agree. When he entered the bath a few minutes later, he found only a few icicles and snow.
In various Japanese legends, Yuki onna appears in completely contradictory images. For example, she can appear as the ghost of a woman who died in the snow or even, as in stories from Yamagata Prefecture, in the form of the moon princess, the snow courtesan Yuki Joro. This frivolous princess was expelled from the heavenly world, and she, having descended to earth, now dances in snowstorms and blizzards. In one guise or another, Yuki onna is widely known throughout Japan. In ancient times, in Miyagi Prefecture, it was believed that if a person saw Yuki onna in person, his spirit would certainly leave his body. In Iwate Prefecture, this snowy woman youkai only appears on a set date.
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