Yamawaro (山童, or yamawarau) is a yōkai (spirit) said to appear in mountains in Western Japan, starting in the Kyushu region. According to mythology, it...

Yamawaro stepped in as their son. Ms. Ashiya accepted him with no worry. Mr. Ashiya, knowing that Yamawaro was obviously not human, used Yamawaro for...

said to be in mountainous regions and are a type of the mountain yōkai yamawaro. They appear as children from two to four years of age and wear clothes...

Kikuri returns to recruit Enma's assistants along with a yōkai named Yamawaro, who accepts an old offer from Enma to become her fourth assistant. The...

(mountain old man), and the yamauba would also appear together with a yamawaro (mountain child), and here the yamauba would be called "yamahaha" (mountain...

from Past and Present (今昔百鬼拾遺, published in 1780) Kawataro 河太郎 Kawako 河腰 Yamawaro 山和露 Ushi no koku mairi 牛の国参り A Horde of Haunted Housewares (画図百鬼徒然袋, published...

Kasa-obake, one-eyed sentient umbrella yokai of Japanese folklore Shirime Yamawaro Jian, a bird in Chinese mythology with only one eye and one wing. A pair...

little food, the yamawarō would become angry and leave, never to return, while in the case of it being offered too soon, the yamawarō would simply take...

phenomenon is called "yamahiko". They are sometimes seen to be the same as the yamawaro, spoken of in Western Japan, as well as the yamako in the Wakan Sansai...

Kijo A term for female oni, the most famous of which is Onibaba. Kinoko A yamawaro variant from the Kinki region that resembles a very young child on the...