Harionago

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Harionago (Japanese: 針女子), also known as Harionna (Japanese: 針女), is a frightening female ghoul in Japanese mythology. Her name literally meaning "Barbed woman," the Harionago is said to be a beautiful woman with extremely long hair tipped with thorn-like barbs. Her hair is under her direct control, and she uses it to ensare men. She is said to wander the roads of the Japanese prefecture of Ehime on the island of Shikoku, searching for victims. When she find a young man, she will laugh at him, and if the young man dares to laugh back, Harionago will drop her terrible, barbed hair and attack.

[edit] Popular culture

Yura of the Hair, a hair-comb tsukumogami encountered in an early episode of Inuyasha, uses mobile hair as a weapon much like the harionago.

[edit] References

Harionago. The Obakemono Project. Retrieved on February 26, 2006.
Harionago. Mizuki Road No Yōkai-tachi. Retrieved on June 15, 2006.

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