saw the Yama-Uba,—the "Mountain Nurse." Legend says she catches little children and nurses them for awhile, and then devours them. The Yama-Uba did not...

Japanese folklore. A child of superhuman strength, he was raised by a yama-uba ("mountain witch") on Mount Ashigara. He became friendly with the animals...

it is believed that they would appear on a snowy night in the form of a yama-uba. Similarly, in Yoshida, Ehime Prefecture, on a night when snow is accumulating...

belongs to the same class of stories as rokurokubi, kuchisake-onna and yama-uba, women afflicted with a curse or supernatural disease that transforms them...

to Zeami Motokiyo. Its central character is the legendary mountain hag, Yama-uba. A female dancer, called "Hyakuma Yamanba" because of her frequent performances...

creature that perches on torii gates to shrines and temples. Ouni A type of yama-uba with a slit mouth and a body covered in long black hair. Oyagami An ancestor...

Ukrainian fairy tale Morana (goddess) The Morrígan "The Tale About Baba-Yaga" Yama-uba, a cannibalistic ugly crone in Japanese folklore  "Баба-яга" . Brockhaus...

"burn-black look", and "dark tanning". The term yamanba is derived from Yama-uba, the name of a mountain hag in Japanese folklore whom the fashion is thought...

Crone Hag Kurozuka Muma Pădurii Onibaba (film) The Witch (fairy tale) Yama-uba 村上健司編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. p. 132. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0. 多田克己 (2008)...

(Japanese) – Gigantic, eight-headed serpent Yama-uba (Japanese) – Malevolent, mountain-dwelling hag Yama-waro (Japanese) – Hairy, one-eyed spirit Yanari...