Tsuchi-Gumo

Tsuchi-Gumo (土蜘蛛 Tsuchi-Gumo, lit. Earth Spider) is a spider-like yōkai.

Appearance

In the 1996 anime, it resembled ōgumo instead of the traditional chimera-like appearance.

Personality

History

Saishinban GeGeGe no Kitarō

In chapter six, it appeared as a minion of Nurarihyon.

Along with Iwaryū, Dasuza, Cihuateteo, Greenland Evil Spirit, and Nugu, it attacked Kitarō and others when they were playing "Spirit World Hide and Seek" in the caverns.

1985 Anime

Tsuchi-Gumo appears in the fourth movie based on the third anime adaptation, GeGeGe no Kitarō: Gekitotsu!! Ijigen Yōkai no Dai-Hanran!!

1996 Anime

2018 Anime

Powers and Abilities

Transformation

Thread

Body Transmutation:In 1996, it could create a new body as an anti-aging, with bodies of four humans or yokai. However, if a new body is destroyed, it cannot exist in the physical world and would vanish.

Blood-Sucking:In Mizuki's book, it was described to suck and save human blood within its body.

Hidden Claws:

Legend

References

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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
Mermaid	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 2018 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
GeGeGe Forest	Abura-Sumashi • Amamehagi • Amefuri-Kozō • Amikiri • Beto-Beto-san • Chōchin-Obake • Datsue-Babaa • Ganbari-Nyūdō • Gangi-Kozō • Hone-Onna • Hyōsube • Ippon-Datara • Iwanabōzu • Kawauso • Kijimuna • Kurage-no-Hinotama • Maruge • Mizu-Yōkai • Nopperabō • Nure-Onna • Ohaguro-Bettari • Sunekosuri • Tankororin • Takurō-Bi • Tenjō-Name • Tofu-Kozō • Tsurube-Otoshi • Waira • Yagyō-san • Yama-Jijii • Yobuko
Sōkai Apartment	Akaname • Karakasa • Rokuro-Kubi • Tenjō-Name • Tofu-Kozō
Azuki Allied Union	Azuki-Arai • Azuki-Babaa • Azuki-Hakari
Mermaids	Uoko Hito • Mermaid Child
Other Allies	Adél • Agnès • Bake-Bi • Bake-Garasu • Binbōgami • Chin-san • Elder & Kojirō • Hakusanbō • Hiderigami • Ibukimaru • Isogashi • Jirōmaru & Tarōmaru • Kagami-Jijii • Karura • Kinoko • Makura-Gaeshi • Nebutori • Seika • Tsurube-Bi • Ubaga-Bi • Umibōzu • Yuki
Threats
Japanese Threats	Aka-Akki & Kuro-Akki • Ashi-Magari • Buru-Buru • Dorotabō • Dream Bell Girl • Gasha-Dokuro • Gyūki • Han-Gyojin & Ōika • Haniwa-Musha • Hōkō • Iyami • Kaminari • Kani-Bōzu • Kasha • Kubire-Oni • Machikomi • Madabin • Mayuge • Miage-Nyūdō • Momon-Jii • Mōryō • Mujina • Nobiagari • Odoro-Odoro • Onmoraki • Oshiroi-Babaa • Otoroshi • Sazae-Oni • Shinigami • Shōkera • Suiko • Tsuchi-Gumo • Umizatō & Funa-Yūrei • Wanyūdō • Yamata-no-Orochi & Mt. Oguro Yobuko • Yama-Tengu • Yōkai Cactus • Yōsuke-kun
Yōkai Castle Trio	Tantanbō • Futakuchi-Onna • Kamaitachi
808 Tanuki	Gyōbu-Danuki • Danichirō • Danjirō • Dansaburō • Newscaster Tanuki • Yō-Kaijū
Backbeard's Army	Backbeard • Adél (Former) • Belial • Buer • Carmilla • Dracula • Frankenstein • Kōmori-Neko • La Seine • Victor Frankenstein • Witch • Wolfgang • Wolfman
Four Treasonous Generals	Nue • Kurobōzu • Ibukimaru • Tamamo-no-Mae
Nurarihyon Faction	Nurarihyon • Shu-no-Bon • Ama-no-Jaku • Daidarabotchi • Neko-Sennin • Nuppeppō • Shichinin Dōgyō • Te-no-Me • Tsuchi-Korobi
Saru-Oni-Gumi	Saru-Oni • Kyō • Ren
Other Foreign Threats	Asanbosam • Gahi • Penanggalan • Pii & Monroe • Vampire Elite Johnny • Yasha
Others
Seven School Mysteries	Design Statue • Anatomical Model • Kinjirō Ninomiya Statue • Jinmenken • Beethoven Portrait • Hanako-san • Yōsuke-kun (Former)
Former Threats	Baku • Korō-Bi • Mabyō • Mannen-Dake • Nanashi • Numa-Gozen • Sara-Kozō • Sekiyō • Ubume • Ushirogami
Other GeGeGe Forest Inhabitants	Aka-Atama • Ato'oi-Kozō • Chōchin-Kozō • Gotaimen • Hata-Onryō • Hihi • Hitotsume-Nyūdō • Ichimoku-Nyūdō • Jami • Kamanari • Kuneyusuri • Mai-Kubi • Nuke-Kubi • Sakusan-Baa • Suiko • Tatami-Tataki • Tearai-Oni • Tenaga-Ashinaga • Uwan • Yamabiko • Yama-Warawa
Other Japanese Yōkai	Aka-Gashira • Bake-Bi • Bake-Zōri • Dai-Tengu • Hyakki-Yagyō Oni • Hitodama • Hitotsumebō • Hitotsume-Kozō • Inugami • Jinmenki • Kaichigo • Kijin • Kubi-Kajiri • Nanashi's Father • Nanashi's Grand Father • Nikao-no-Sō • Nobusuma • Satori • Shōjō • Shuten-Dōji • Taitanbō • Yuki's Mother • Zashiki-Warashi • Zunbera
Jigoku	Enma-Daiō • Gozu • Mezu • Jigoku Oni • Gaki
Malayan Yōkai	Miminaga • Bidi • Egiku • Humpback • Kempas Snake • Take-Nezumi no Sei • Tsuchi no Sei
Other Foreign Yōkai	Agnès' Mother • Dokkyakuki • Mama Kōmori-Neko • Papa Kōmori-Neko • Tubuan • Yōka