Kiyohime
According to Japanese folklore, Kiyohime was the daughter of a village headman named Shōji, on the Hidaka riverbank. One day, a visiting priest named Anchin fell in love with Kiyohime, but after a time he overcame his passions and refrained from further meetings. Kiyohime became furious and pursued him in rage.
They met at the edge of the Hidaka river, but then the priest tried to escape from her by asked a boatman to help him to cross the river, but told him not to let her cross with him. Kiyohime after him by jumped and swimming into the river while transformed into a large serpent. Anchin ran into the temple called Dōjō-ji. He asked the priests of Dōjōji for help and they hid him under the bell of temple.
However, Kiyohime smelled him. She banged the bell loudly several times with her tail, then gave a great belch of fire that melted the bell, killing the priest.
Yuki-Onna
Yuki-Onna , literally translate as "snow woman", is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore. She is a popular figure in Japanese literature, manga, and animation. 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. She sometimes wears a white kimono, but other legends describe her as nude, with only her face and hair standing out against the snow.
She floats across the snow, leaving no footprints, and she can transform into a cloud of mist or snow if threatened. She is at the same time beautiful and serene, yet ruthless in killing unsuspecting mortals. Until the 18th century, she was almost uniformly portrayed as evil. Today, however, stories often color her as more human, emphasizing her ghost-like nature and ephemeral beauty.
Ubume
Ubume is a is a type of demon encountered in Ōkami. It belongs to the Flying Demon category. The Ubume is a demon of a woman who had died in childbirth.The Ubume is dressed in an elaborate robe with the primary shades of crimson, gray and dark blue, and is said to be in the style of courtesanship.
Typically, the Ubume asks a passerby to hold her child for just a moment and disappears when her victim takes the swaddled baby. The baby then becomes increasingly heavy until it is impossible to hold. It is then revealed not to be a human child at all, but a boulder or a stone image of Jizo.
Jorōgumo
Jorōgumo is a type of Yōkai, or ghost of Japanese folklore. According to folktales, a Jorōgumois is a spider that can change its appearance into a seductive woman.Jorōgumo can also refer to some species of spiders, but in casual use it can refer to the Nephila and Argiope spiders.
The Edo period legend has it that a beautiful woman would entice a man into a quiet shack and begin to play a Biwa, a type of Japanese lute. While the victim would be distracted by the sound of the instrument, she binds her victim in spider silk threads in order to devour the unsuspecting person as her next meal.
