I don’t even live in Japan but I’m a little freaked out right now.
I didn’t compile this list, I got it from here
Here’s the Tomino’s Hell poem for those of you brave enough to read it out loud.
Also the original Cow’s Head story, which supposedly makes you die from fright is said to have no known copies around.
Teke teke will sometimes be sitting in a window, but once she catches you staring, she will jump out and chase you. Run as fast as you can.
Kuchisake Onna is a dead-end if you keep saying yes. When she asks you if she is pretty, you can say “You’re average,” “You’re so-so,” or “Am I pretty?” And escape when she is confused.
Teke teke makes my heart race. I dunno, just imagine it slowly crawling towards you in the middle of the night. Yikes.
yeah kuchisake onna my homegirl
If I am not wrong you can give a bag of candies to Kuchisake Onna as a gift if you encounter her, she will be pleased and will leave you alone.
yes, you’re right! There are a few different ways on how to appease or at least distract Kuchisake Onna: one is offering her boiled sweets like you said (they are said to be her favourite treat). Another way is apparently to ask her if she thinks you are pretty: this will confuse her long enough for you to make like a tree and bugger off. Another version of the legend claims that she embodies Japanese politeness as well as the very different set of alien morality that otherwordly beings such as western fairies and Japanese yokai run on: if you simply tell her that you are late for an appointment she will apologise and allow you to leave. In some versions of the story, appeasing her in some way will have her present you with a bloody diamond as a gift.
However since all these stories contrast so much and so many of them contradict each other (such as Kuchisake onna often following her victims home or moving faster then any human ever can, you’ll just have to make a lucky guess and hope for the best.
I read the poem
(Source: sixpenceee)
