Yuki-Onna

Yuki Onna ( 雪女 ? , snow woman) is a  spirit or  yōkai in  Japanese folklore. She is a popular figure in  Japanese literature,  manga, and  animation.

She may also go by such names as yuki-musume snow girl,[1]  yuki-onago "snow wench", yukijorō "snow harlot",[1]  yuki anesa "snow sis'", yuki-omba"snow granny or snow nanny",[2]  yukinba "snow hag"（Ehime）,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-soran_2-1" style="line-height:1em;">[2]  yukifuri-baba(?) "snowfall hag"<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-konno_1-2" style="line-height:1em;">[1] (Nagano).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-soran_2-2" style="line-height:1em;">[2]

Appearance
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">Yuki-onna appears on snowy nights as a tall, beautiful woman with long black hair and blue lips. Her inhumanly pale or even transparent skin makes her blend into the snowy landscape (as famously described in  Lafcadio Hearn<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">'s  Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">). She sometimes wears a white  kimono<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-a_3-0" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[3] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> but other legends describe her as nude, with only her face and hair standing out against the snow. <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[4] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> Despite her inhuman beauty, her eyes can strike terror into mortals. She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints (in fact, some tales say she has no feet, a feature of many Japanese ghosts<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">), and she can transform into a cloud of  mist<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> or snow if threatened.