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Osiroi-baba

Added	Mon, 12/11/2018
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Осирои-баба
Область распространения	Japan
Характерные признаки	→
Sources	bestiary.us

A local spirit that met in the villages of Totsuka and Yoshino, in the Japanese prefecture of Nara.

Osiroi-baba appears in winter in the form of a hunched old woman with a torn hat on her head and a stick in her hands. A lot of white powder is sloppily applied to her face, which looks very scary.

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