Nure-Onna (
Appearance[]
Nure-Onna resembles a large serpent with the head of a woman, she has brown scales and a white underside. She has green eyes, long, soaking black hair, a long forked tongue and a pair of arms with five white claws.[1]
Nure-Onnna's appearance drastically differs between Series 3 Episode 6 and Series 3 Episode 32.
Personality[]
History[]
1985 Anime[]
Episode Six: Nure-Onna first appears in episode six of the third anime adaptation, Hell Journey! Ghost Train!!. She was among several other yōkai on board the Ghost Train, but played a larger role in scaring the two drunk men who were bound for Jigoku.
2007 Anime[]
Nure-Onna appeared in episode #25 of the fifth anime adaptation, The Great Yōkai Sports Festival, as one of the many participants of the sports festival, representing the Northern Japan team.[2]
She later appears in GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!. Nure-Onna appears as one of the multitude of Yōkai parading through cities due to Yato-no-Kami's influence. She is later returned to where he came from after Hana agrees to follow Yato-no-Kami.[3]
2018 Anime[]
Episode Seven: She is first seen in the seventh episode of the sixth anime adaptation, Ghost Train, helping Kitarō scare the company boss along with several other yōkai.[1]
Episode Ten: She is first identified in the tenth episode when she is spotted at the Yōkai Hot Springs by Kitarō and Medama-Oyaji, when they remember that it is a mixed bath. She steps out of the hotsprings, blushing, while saying she will see them again later.[4]
Episode 28: She is later among the many yōkai inhabitants of GeGeGe Forest to help Kitarō fight off the Western Yōkai. She is seen being pestered by some of Carmilla's bats.[5]
Episode 74: She is seen in the Yokai Hot Springs with Neko-Musume[6]
Episode 97: She is among the many yokai who helped Kitaro by cheering for him by saying his name[7]
GeGeGe no Kitarō: Sennen Noroi Uta[]
In the live-action film GeGeGe no Kitarō: Sennen Noroi Uta, a mermaid named Nami (なみ, Wave) married a human named Umihito (海人, Ocean Man) and had a child, but was later burned alive by the Kidōshū and turned into a vengeful spirit, Nure-Onna.
Powers and Abilities[]
Legend[]
Illustration of Nure-Onna by Shigeru Mizuki.
Illustration of Nure-Onago by Shigeru Mizuki.
The Nure-Onna or Nure-Onago (
Creatures with the head or upper body of human lady and the body of serpents or dragons can be found commonly among many lore around the world, and Nure-Onna is one of those.
Nure-Onago is described to be more humanoid or ghost-like in appearance, and is similar in behavior to Yama-Onna or Yama-Hime. She would appear and make a smile to a man, and whenever the victim smiles backs, she would haunt the man for his life.
Because of their close mythological origins, Mizuki's design for the Nure-Onna and Iso-Onna's design are interchangeable with one another.
Trivia[]
Nure-Onna's design with influences from Iso-Onna in the 2007 anime.
- Shigeru Mizuki's creation of Hari-Onago was based on the legends of Nure-Onago.
- In one of books, Mizuki described Nube-Onna as a human lady being possessed by a snake spirit.[9]
- Nure-Onna's design in the 2007 anime adaptation bears several reseblances to the yōkai illustration of Iso-Onna.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 7
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō (2007): Episode 25
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō: Nippon Bakuretsu!!
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 10
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 28
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 74
- ↑ GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018): Episode 97
- ↑ 妖怪図巻, 2000
- ↑ Shigeru Mizuki (1922 - 2015)
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