Hiderigami


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Hiderigami (ひでり神, God of Drought) is a mythical species of yōkai in Japanese folklore that holds the power to cause droughts.

Appearance

Personality

History

First Anime

Third Anime

Hiderigami appears in episode #29 of the third anime adaptation, Yōkai Hiderigami.

Fourth Anime

Fifth Anime

Hiderigami appears in episode #73 of the fifth anime adaptation, Mystery of the Forty Seven Yōkai Warriors.

Abilities

Legend

According to a quote from Bencao Gangmu in the Edo period encyclopedia Wakan Sansai Zue, the Hiderigami is from sixty to ninety centimeters long, has eyes on the top of its head, and moves quickly like the wind. In Toriyama Sekien's Illustrated One Hundred Demons from the Present and the Past, it is referred to as Hiderigami (魃"drought") or Kanbo (旱母"drought mother") and is drawn as a beast with one arm and one eye.

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v • e 1968 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko
GeGeGe Forest	Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe • Yama-Kozō
Yōkai Baseball Team	Kiba-Gurui • Chimi • Dozaemon • Rokurobei • Nowake-Baba • Akanbei • Muku-Jara • Chōkōzetsu • Notaribō
Yōkai Sideshow	Azuki-Arai • Chōchin-Obake • Ohaguro-Bettari • Rokuro-Kubi
Other Allies	Akashita • Amefuri-Kozō • Bake-Garasu • Baku • Enma-Daiō • Hyakume Child • Kasa-Bake • Neko-Musume • Tsurube-Bi • Umibōzu Child • Umi-Jijii • Zashiki-Warashi
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku • Amamehagi • Bake-Neko • Buru-Buru • Daruma • Hakusanbō • Hiderigami • Hitokui-Jima • Hōkō • Inmoraki • Iso-Onna • Jami • Kagami-Jijii • Kaminari • Kawauso • Keukegen • Kōmori-Neko & Sōzuka-Babaa • Makura-Gaeshi • Miage-Nyūdō • Mōryō • Namahage • Neko-Sennin • Nobiagari • Nopperabō • Nupperabō • Nurarihyon & Jakotsu-Babaa • Odoro-Odoro • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Suiko • Te-no-Me • Ubume • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Wanyūdō
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Ōkuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
Western Yōkai	Backbeard • Dracula • Witch • Wolfman
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Silk Hat Tanuki • Kimono Tanuki • Dansaburō-Danuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Yōkai Army	Akamata • Yashi-Otoshi
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Onna • Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kiko • Kūko
Vampire Yōkai Gang	Yōkaiju • Langsuyar • Shina-Yasha • Asanbosam • Penanggalan • Yōkai-Men
Obake School	Guwagoze • Obake-Hamaguri • Caroline
Other Threats	Belial • Dai-Kaijū • Frankenstein • Gremlin • La Seine • Vampire Elite • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Others
Japanese Yōkai	Abura-Sumashi • Anagura-Nyūdō • Fairy Hanako • Furari-Bi • Gama-Sennin • Hyōsube • Ido-no-Kami • Kawazaru • Mikoshi-Nyūdō • Maruge • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Mermaid Child • Nozuchi • Oniga • Oshiroi-Babaa • Sanchū • Yama-Jijii • Yama-Oni
Foreign Yōkai	Yōka

v • e 1985 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Shisa • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
GeGeGe Forest	Abura-Sumashi • Amikiri • Bake-Garasu • Gangi-Kozō • Hyōsube • Ido-Sennin • Kamikiri • Kasa-Bake • Tsurube-Otoshi • Yobuko
Former Enemies	Akaname • Daruma • Hiderigami • Kagami-Jijii • Kamaitachi • Kawauso • Maruge • Sazae-Oni
Flame Yōkai Five	Bake-Bi • Kurage-no-Hinotama • Tenka • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi
Other Allies	Baku • Dodomeki • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gotaimen • Hatahiro • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hōsō-Babaa • Ichimokuren • Kage-Onna • Kanadama • Kitsune-Tsuki • Kuro-Kamikiri • Mizoidashi • Nikonbō-no-Hi • Shirobōzu • Sodehiki-Kozō • Tenjō-Sagari • Watari-Bishaku
Threats
Japanese Threats	Aka-Atama • Akashita • Ama-no-Jaku • Amamehagi • Bake-Neko • Bake-Zōri • Binbōgami • Buru-Buru • Dorotabō • Enra-Enra • Fukkeshi-Babaa • Fukuro-Sage • Gyūki • Hakusanbō • Han-Gyojin • Hata-Onryō • Hi Clan • Hitokui-Jima • Hone-Onna • Hyakume • Iso-Onna • Ita-Oni • Iyami • Jami • Kabuso • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Kaminari • Kasha • Kerakera-Onna • Keukegen • Kushizashi-Nyūdō • Makura-Gaeshi • Mannen-Dake • Menko-Tengu • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • Mōryō • Neko-Sennin • Nix & Cobalt • Nobiagari • Nuke-Kubi • Ōdako • Odoro-Odoro • Ōkubi • Ōmukade • Onmoraki • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Oshiroi-Babaa • Raijū • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō & Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Shishi-Gashira Penanggalan • Suiko • Suisei-no-Okina & Mōrei-Yassan • Takurō-Bi • Te-no-Me & Gaki • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Tofu-Kozō & Yama-no-Kami • Tsuchi-Korobi • Ubume • Umi-Oshō • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami• Wanyūdō • Yama-Otoko • Yama-Tengu • Yamata-no-Orochi • Yanari • Yaobikuni
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ayakashi • Ashi-Arai • Ashi-Magari • Daidarabotchi • Kusa-Kamaitachi • Guwagoze • Ippon-Datara • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kijo • Kowai • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Obake-Hamaguri • Okuri-Chōchin • Shiro-Uneri • Tsujigami • Yama-Warawa
Yōkai Army	Chinpo • Akamata • Yashi-Otoshi
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Kimono Tanuki • Silk Hat Tanuki • Danjūrō-Danuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Western Yōkai Army	Backbeard • Dracula • Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfman
Qi's Army	Qi • Gahi • Kakutanjū • Kuro-Kaibutsu • Kushami-no-Sei • Qi's Troopers • Sanshō • Chinese Tengu • Yōken
Other Foreign Yōkai	Belial • Buer • Dai-Kaijū • Gremlin • Kōmori-Neko • Pii & Monroe • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Onna • Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kūko • Yako
Vampire Gang	Yōkaiju • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Penanggalan • Shina-Yasha
Jigoku
Allies	Enma-Daiō • Jigoku-Dōji • Matagorō-no-Oni • Yagyō-san • Yūko
Threats	Datsui-Babaa & Jigoku no Banken • Gotoku-Neko & Tesso • Hitokui-Zakana • Kumo-Otoko • Mimizu-Otoko • Nururibō • Sanzu River Serpent • Sasori-Onna • Shinigami • Sōzuka-Babaa
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Adobarana • Anagura-Nyūdō & Ōgumo • Chōchin-Obake • Fairy Hanako • Furari-Bi • Fūjin • Fuku-no-Kami • Gama-Sennin • Gasha-Dokuro • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Katakira-Uwa • Kijimuna • Kinoko • Kura-Bokko • Mammoth-Otoko • Moth • Ōdako • Nozuchi • Nupperabō • Nure-Onna • Rokuro-Kubi • Sagari • Sanchū • Sankichi • Shifun-Senko • Susanoo-no-Mikoto • Tenjō-Name • Tsurara-Onna • Umi-Jijii • Umibōzu • Yakanzuru • Yama-Oni • Yōkai Flower Spirit • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Matasaburō • Sara-Kazoe & Ōnyūdō
Merfolks	Mermaid Boss • Mermaid Child • Mermaid Princess
Tengu	Dai-Tengu • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Tengu Police
Former Foreign Threats	Genieya & Genieya's Father
Other Foreign Yōkai	Sennin • Yōka

v • e 1996 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Nezumi-Otoko • Neko-Musume • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
Yōkai Apartments	Abura-Sumashi • Yobuko
Kura-Bokko and Friends	Kura-Bokko • Chōchin-Obake • Kuneyusuri • Nando-Babaa • Tenjō-Name
Former Enemies	Azuki Allied Force (Azuki-Togi • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari) • Bake-Kujira • Fukikeshi-Babaa • Hiderigami • Kani-Bōzu • Kasa-Bake • Katsura-Otoko & Tsukime • Mokumokuren • Nopperabō • Wanyūdō • Yuki-Onna
Other Allies	Bake-Garasu • Fūjin & Raijin • Gangi-Kozō • Hata-Onryō • Hyōsube • Ido-Sennin • Kagami-Jijii • Konta • Kuro-Kamikiri • Maruge • Satori • Takekiri-Danuki • Tsurara-Onna • Yagyō-san
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku • Amefuri-Tengu • Anagura-Nyūdō & Byōchū & Ōmukade • Bake-Neko • Bake-Zōri • Buru-Buru • Daidarabotchi • Daruma • Dorotabō • Funa-Yūrei • Guwagoze • Gyūki • Hakusanbō • Hi Clan Miko • Hitokui-Jima • Hōkō • Hone-Onna & Ōkubi • Hyakki-Yagyō Oni • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Ippon-Datara • Iso-Onna • Iyami • Jami • Kage-Onna • Kamanari • Kihatsu • Kubire-Oni • Kyūso • Makura-Gaeshi • Mammoth Flower • Man-Eating Portrait • Mannen-Dake • Miage-Nyūdō • Mōryō • Neko-Mata • Neko-Shō • Nobiagari • Nozuchi • Oboro-Guruma • Odoro-Odoro • Onmoraki • Oritatami-Nyūdō & Mujina • Oshiroi-Babaa • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Shinigami • Suiko • Tsuchi-Gumo • Tsuchi-Korobi • Ubaga-Bi • Ubume • Umi-Oshō • Ungaikyō • Ushirogami
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Buer • Han-Gyojin & Yōkai-Ika • Hyakume Child • Ikkokudō's Shikigami (Gohō-Dōji • Ko-Oni • Seto-Taishō) • Jakotsu-Babaa • Momon-Jii • Poltergeist • Ustrel • Yamata-no-Orochi • Youaltepuztli • Three Assassins (Gotoku-Neko • Nyoi-Jizai • Yama-Jijii)
Backbeard and the Four Yōkai Kings	Backbeard • Giant • Grimalkin • Kōmori-Neko • Viy
Yōkai Army	Akamata • Chinpo • Kijimuna • Yashi-Otoshi
Western Yōkai Army	Dracula • Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfman
Qi's Gang	Qi • Chinese Tengu • Qi's Troopers • Sanshō • Yōjin • Yōken
Other Chinese Threats	Xingtian • Yangtze Suiko • Yasha
Other Foreign Yōkai	Belial • Pii & Monroe • Rakshasa • Vampire Elite
Snow Yōkai	Yuki-Otoko • Yukinko
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
Yōko Clan	Tenko • Kūko • Chiko
Vampire Yōkai	Kyūketsuju • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Penanggalan
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Tuxedo Tanuki • Kimono Tanuki • Headband Tanuki • Yō-Kaijū • Ōnamazu
Others
Other Japanese Yōkai	Amefuri-Kozō • Baby Dorotabō • Dai-Tengu • Enma-Daiō • Gama-Sennin • Iwanabōzu • Karura • Kashabo • Kawauso • Kawazaru • Kubinashi-Uma • Kuchisake-Onna • Mt. Kurama Karasu-Tengu • Neko-Sennin • Mermaid Child • Obariyon • Shisa • Yakanzuru • Yama-Warawa • Zashiki-Warashi
Former Threats	Akaname & Shiro-Uneri • Akashita • Amamehagi • Fukuro-Sage • Kaminari • Kasha • Keukegen & Gasha-Dokuro • Mizu-Sennin
Other Foreign Yōkai	Xú Fú • Yōka • Chiisuttā no Kami

v • e 2007 Series Yōkai and other Mystical Beings
Kitarō and Allies
Kitarō Family	Kitarō • Medama-Oyaji • Neko-Musume • Nezumi-Otoko • Sunakake-Babaa • Konaki-Jijii • Ittan-Momen • Nurikabe
Yōkai Apartment	Amabie • Kasa-Bake • Kawauso • Konaki-Jijii • Rokuro-Kubi • Sunakake-Babaa • Yobuko
Yōkai Yokochō	Abura-Sumashi • Bake-Dako • Hakusanbō • Kasha • Maruge • Nuppehofu • Nurikabe-Nyōbō & Ko-Nurikabes • Ohaguro-Bettari • Ōkubi • Shirobōzu • Tofu-Kozō • Tsurube-Otoshi • Wanyūdō
Shinigami's Family	Aoko • Honeta • Shinigami No. 99
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Hakari • Azuki-Babaa
Kappa Pond	Shibaten • Garappa • Kankichi • Medochi • Neneko • Yamashita
Tengu Police	Dai-Tengu • Higomo • Kuro-Karasu
Yuki-Onna	Okuro • Yuki-Jorō
Amami Tribe	Miu • Miu's Mother • Kai
47 Yōkai Warriors	Akamata • Akashita • Amabie • Aoi • Azuki-Arai • Dansaburō-Danuki • Gyōbu-Danuki • Hitotsume-Kozō • Hyōsube • Ichimokuren • Ippon-Datara • Iso-Onna • Ittan-Momen • Iwanabōzu • Kabukiri-Kozō • Kame-hime • Kasha • Kawauso • Konaki-Jijii • Kuro-Karasu • Matsu no Seirei • Mikari-Baba • Mintsuchi • Namahage • Nami-Kozō • Nora • Nurikabe • Osakabe-hime • Osan-Kitsune • Raijū • Seko • Shidaidaka • Shirobōzu • Sunakake-Babaa • Sunekosuri • Tankororin • Tearai-Oni • Tesso • Waira • Wakasa Mermaid • Wanyūdō • Yadōkai • Yakanzuru • Yama-Jijii • Yanboshi • Yobuko • Zashiki-Warashi
Other Allies	Amefuri-Kozō • Aobōzu • Bake-Garasu • Bakerō • Baku • Bari-Bari • Biwa-Bokuboku • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Hoihoi-Bi • Ido-Sennin • Kokon • Nue • Osore • Rashōmon-no-Oni • Shiroshōzoku • Shisa • Tenjō-Sagari • Tsunomagari Obake Stag Beetle • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi • Uwan • Yagyō-san
Threats
Japanese Threats	Ama-no-Jaku & Te-no-Me • Bake-Tōrō • Bake-Zōri • Furu-Tsubaki • Gyūki • Hari-Onago • Hata-Onryō • Hone-Onna & Mai-Kubi • Hyakume • Isogashi • Itsu-Maden • Jami • Jubokko • Kubi-Kajiri • Kubire-Oni • Kurobōzu • Kuro-Kihatsu • Kyōkotsu • Kyōrinrin • Makura-Gaeshi • Mokumokuren • Momon-Jii • Mōrei-Yassan • Neko-Shō • Numa-Gozen • Odoro-Odoro • Ōmukade • Onmoraki • Sakabashira • Sara-Kozō • Sazae-Oni • Shichinin Misaki • Shibito-Tsuki & Chimi-Mōryō & Dosei • Shōkera • Suiko • Tsuchi-Korobi • Tsuchinoko • Tsujigami • Ubume • Yato-no-Kami & Orochi-Onna
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Jakotsu-Babaa • Kamaitachi • Kani-Bōzu • Kyūso • Hitorima • Katasharin • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Yōkai Castle (Four Spirit Dragons) • Yuki-Nyūdo & Mashiro
Backbeard's Army	Backbeard • Balmond • Count Dracula • Dracula II • Dracula III • Frankenstein • Gorgon • Gremlin • Mabi • Maken • Mummies • Panther • Pumpkin Soldiers • Vampire Bats • Witch • Wolfman • Wild • Youaltepuztli • Zambia
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna
South Asian Five	Akamata • Asanbosam • Langsuyar • Po • Yashi-Otoshi
Qi's Gang	Qi • Gahi • Kami-no-Sei • Tora-Otoko • Yangtze Suiko
Koku'unbō's Army	Koku'unbō • Tengu-Kugutsu • Suiryūmaru • Taimatsumaru
Other Foreign Threats	Belial • Mahi Mahi • Kahaku • Kyūketsuju • Rakshasa • Vampire Elite • Yasha
Others
Jigoku	Enma-Daiō • Gokan-Ō • Sō-Daiō • Jion-Ō • Gion-Ō • Godō Tenrin-Ō • Renge-Ō • Byōdō-Ō • Shokō-Ō • Henjō-Ō • Taizan-Ō • Shinkō-Ō • Toshi-Ō • Gozu • Mezu
Shinigami	Shinigami Chief • Shinigami No. 100
Former Threats	Akaei • Amamehagi • Daruma • Dodomeki • Dorotabō • Fuguruma-Yōbi • Gasha-Dokuro • Hidarugami • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Kagami-Jijii • Kamanari • Kami-sama & Kemedama • Keukegen • Miage-Nyūdō • Monroe & Pii • Nobiagari • Noderabō • Shiro-Kihatsu • Tsubomi • Ushirogami
Other Japanese Yōkai	Aka-Atama • Akaname • Anagura-Nyūdō & Jaki • Ayatsuri-Musume • Bake-Danuki • Bakenoko • Beto-Beto-san • Birabira • Cerberus • Chikarasui • Chōchin-Kozō • Chōchin-Obake • Furusoma • Futatsume-Nyūdō • Gangi-Kozō • Gobutsu • Hiderigami • Hitodama • Hitotsume-Kozō • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Hiyoribō • Hizama • Iyake-Mushi • Kaifukibō • Kami-Kokeshi • Kawa-Otoko • Kaze-no-Kami • Kiba-Gurui • Kijimuna • Kinu-Tanuki • Ko-Oni • Kuneyusuri • Kyushu Kappa • Mikoshi-Nyūdō & Baby • Minomushi-Bi • Mitsume-Kozō • Mitsume-Nyūdō • Nebutori • Nekoko • Nyoi-Jizai • Ohiagari • Okiku • Oshiroi-Babaa • Ōyamai • Sakeyoi • Shichimi • Shiro-Uneri • Soroban-Bōzu • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Tenka • Yako • Yamai • Yama-Oni • Yanari • Yōkai Cactus • Yōkaiju • Yuki-Otoko
Other Foreign Yōkai	Aguri • Golem & Ko-Golem • Guha • Karura • Monroe & Pii • New Guinea Forest Spirits • Yōka