Yuki Onna

(Yuki Onna)

雪女

Yuki Onna is a dangerous Yōkai that should be avoided at all costs. An irresistibly beautiful snow woman with peircing, cold eyes, she hunts travelers lost during harsh snow storms and leads them to their death. A Yuki Onna sucks the life from her victims with her icy breath, freezing them solid. Other methods she uses are sneaking into homes during winter to steal the breath of the inhabitants, leaving them frozen. However, some legends claim that the Yuki Onna's bitterly cold heart can indeed be melted, as some claimed to have married a Yuki Onna. But since the Yuki Onna is a supernatural creature, the Yōkai always outlives their betrothed.