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» 1:25 - Let’s go to Japan!

» 2:56 - The Ubume (Birthing Woman)

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» 11:29 - The Kuchesake-Onna (Slit-Mouthed Woman)

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▼ Resources ▼

» my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books

Ubume:

» The Ubume in the Konjaku Monogatarishū: https://scalar.chapman.edu/scalar/the-ubume-challenge-a-digital-environmental-humanities-project/the-ubume-in-the-konjaku-monogatarish 

» Two Tales of Ubume: https://hyakumonogatari.com/2010/12/29/two-tales-of-ubume/ 

» Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism: https://books.google.com/books?id=BYKIANRPXagC&q=soaked#v=snippet&q=soaked&f=false 

» Yokai(dot)com: https://yokai.com/ubume/

» Tales of Times Now Past (1993): https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780939512614/mode/2up

Jorogumo:

» Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai: Ghosts, Demons, Monsters and other Creepy Japanese Yokai: https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=qQTrEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA284&dq=jorogumo&ots=Z4ef3-kv8P&sig=sQte42a9wFpPBs9B3ZW6Gf0qwrs#v=onepage&q=jorogumo&f=false 

» Japanese Mythical Yokai (Jorogumo): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/japanese-mythical-yokai-jorogumo-minha-zulfiqar/ 

» Not All Monsters Live Under Your Bed: https://cedar.wwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1718&context=wwu_honors 

Kuchisake-Onna:

» Yokai(dot)com: https://yokai.com/kuchisakeonna/

» Japanese Urban Legends from the “Slit-Mouthed Woman” to “Kisaragi Station”: https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/g00789/japanese-urban-legends-from-the-slit-mouthed-woman-to-kisaragi-station.html 

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