Yomotsu-shikome

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Yomotsu-shikome (黄泉醜女, ugly women of Yomi?), also known as Yomotsu-hisame (泉津日狭女?), were, in Japanese mythology, eight (or myriad) hags sent by Izanami to chase Izanagi out of the underworld.

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