| Yanagi-Baba | ||
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| Information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Romanized | Yanagi-Baba | |
| Kanji | 柳婆 | |
| Meaning | Willow hag | |
| Type | Unknown | |
| Places | Ibaraki Prefecture | |
Yanagi-Baba (柳婆, Yanagi-Baba) is the spirit of a thousand year old willow tree.
Description
Yanagi-Baba looks like an old lady with long, green hair that reminds oneself of leafy willow branches, wrinkled bark-like skin and a cane cut from the wood of the old tree. There is a beautiful spirit similar to Yanagi-baba known as Yanagi-onna (柳の女, willow woman).
Although she is relatively harmless, Yanagi-baba is known to harass passersby by snatching their umbrellas and putting them into her hair. She also blows fog out through her nose and spits out tree sap.
Gallery
References
- Yanagi-Baba on Japanese Wikipedia