Chapter 596: Snow Hime
Yukihime, also known as the Snow Maiden, is a type of yokai that appears in ancient Japanese legends. "When the snow girl goes out, she returns home early" is an old saying that is widely spread among Japanese folklore. The Snow Maiden, who specializes in making ice and snow, is a traditional Japanese-style youkai known to women and children. They live in the mountains, resemble humans, and have a stunningly beautiful appearance, often attracting men who enter the snowy mountains to kiss him in places where no one is, and while kissing, they are completely frozen and their souls are taken for consumption.
Snow Girl is a very contradictory youkai in the hearts of the Japanese, she has snow-white skin, beautiful appearance, and virtuous character, but she can take people's lives mercilessly at the moment when you break your oath, beautiful and terrifying. If you encounter the Snow Maiden, you are likely to have a terrifying experience full of erotic love.
The Snow Maiden's child is called Snow Boy, and in Japan it is believed that Snow Boy is a youkai who brings the first snow of winter. Snow Maidens are cold by nature, and are subordinates of the mountain gods, who are in charge of the winter snow. The three emotions of fragility, femininity, and sadness make up the soul of the Snow Maiden, which is exactly how the ice and snow of nature react in the delicate character of the Japanese. The juvenile Snow Maiden is harmless to humans, and the adult Snow Maiden will freeze her favorite human male forever and bring it back to the cave where she lives to be placed for him to see.
The last time Su Crazy was entangled by Xue Ji and took him to live in his cave for seven days, during which there were many opportunities to suck Su Crazy's soul and freeze his body. And I didn't understand why Yukihime didn't do it. Instead, he let go of Su Crazy, the soul of the big supplement.
In Japan, there are many legends about the Snow Hime, claiming that the first person to see the Snow Maiden was a mage named Sotsu at the end of the Muromachi period in Japan, who was a famous renge master in Japan at that time (Renge is a literary form of the transition from haiku to waka), he claimed to have seen the Snow Maiden in the mountains of Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture in the six northeastern prefectures of Japan), and recorded it in his book "The Tale of Sozu Zhuguo", which is also the first book in Japan to record the legend of the Snow Maiden. Yukime has been a youkai in Japan for at least 500 years.
There is also a saying that the earliest legend of the Snow Maiden is recorded in the strange tale of Koizumi Yakumo, which is not accurate, because Koizumi Yakumo was originally a Greek, and later became a naturalized Japanese citizen, more than 400 years later than Sozuma was born. Long before Koizumi Yakumo arrived in Japan, the legend of the Snow Maiden was spread among Japanese folklore. In Japan, the older generation of people believe in some legends of gods and monsters, and believe that the disasters of nature are controlled by gods and ghosts, so there is a story of a snow girl in the snow.
Legend has it that in the Heian period of ancient Japan, there was a father and son who lived in the deep mountains and forests of Echigo State, and they made a living by cutting wood and opening dry firewood shops. One day, the woodcutter father and son were in a snowstorm while cutting firewood in the mountains, and they were forced to stay overnight in a small cabin in the mountains. The cabin was empty, and the father and son settled down in peace. Unexpectedly, this small cabin turned out to be the boudoir of the Snow Maiden, and in the middle of the night, a beautiful woman wearing a white kimono with snow-white skin broke in from outside the house. The little woodcutter was awakened, and saw that it was the legendary Snow Girl who trembled and couldn't move, and watched the Snow Girl walk to the old woodcutter, bend down, and blow a breath, and the old woodcutter instantly became "chilled". Then, the Snow Maiden walked up to the woodcutter. Maybe it was because she saw that the little woodcutter was handsome, and the Snow Maiden's killing intent suddenly decreased, and she just warned the little woodcutter: "If you tell anyone what happened tonight, I will kill you." With that, he disappeared into the blizzard.
A few years later, on another snowy night, a beautiful young girl came to the little woodcutter's house and begged him to take him in. It is probably another clichΓ© such as looking for relatives and not meeting and exhausting the entanglement, so please be merciful to the big officials and take in the cheap concubines, and the cheap concubines will be used as cattle and horses to repay their husbands. The little woodcutter gladly accepted, and soon the concubine changed from being a cow and a horse to being a wife, and finally a child mother. Because the little woodcutter's wife is beautiful and virtuous, and her complexion is not like the local village girl at all, the little woodcutter's affair has become the envy of everyone in the village. It's a pity that it was another snowy night, and the little woodcutter who had been hurt by the Snow Girl's weak heart never forgot the nightmare of his father's tragic transformation into "Ice", so he told his wife about the terrible experience of that year. Unexpectedly, as soon as the little woodcutter's voice fell, the beautiful and virtuous wife suddenly became the hideous snow girl of the year.
I saw the Snow Maiden warn the little woodcutter fiercely: "I warned you back then that if you dare to speak out, I will kill you." For our son's sake, I will spare you one more time. You have to take good care of your son, or I'll come back and kill you. After saying that, he disappeared into the wind and snow like back then. Since then, the little woodcutter's wife has never been seen again.
This ancient legend, it fully tells the cold and merciless nature of the monster, and through this story of betrayal reflects the marriage between men and women, as well as the delicate and sentimental appearance of a woman who dares to love and hate, although this ancient legend is both sad and cold, and the ancient moral concept of "about promises, you must keep them", but in today's people's hearts, how many people maintain awe and respect for traditions, and even abide by them? There is also a legend that the Snow Maiden would ask travelers to help take care of the child in her arms in the snowy wilderness.
There is also a legend that the Snow Maiden sometimes separates men and women who are in love.
In one village, there is a pair of young people who are in love with each other. The man once met the Snow Maiden in the snowy mountains, and was afraid that he would be killed by the Snow Maiden, so he avoided looking at the Snow Maiden's face, and knelt down and begged the Snow Maiden to let him live at any cost. The Snow Maiden smiled and said to him for a long time: If only you didn't regret it. The man bowed and bowed to the Snow Girl, expressing his willingness. The Snow Maiden held the man's face with one hand, and the ice cube with the other hand and put it into the man's eyes. The man returned to the village safely, and the Snow Maiden did not test him with her usual means. But the man no longer knows the woman he has always loved. No matter how much the woman calls again and again, the cold eyes are the only and eternal response of the man.
The legend of the Snow Maiden varies from place to place.
As a fairy in the snow, the Snow Maiden is most afraid of fire and heat, and the legend of Kochiya in Niigata Prefecture is that one day, after a single man broke the icicles that were knotted in the eaves, at night, a girl suddenly came and asked to marry him. Due to the cold weather, in order to please the girl, the man specially boiled a bucket of water so that she could take a bath. The girl refused, but she could not resist it, so she jumped into the hot water, and disappeared in the hot water, leaving only slender pieces of icicles to float.
In Yamagata Prefecture, there is a legend that on a snowy night, a girl came to the home of an elderly couple to ask for directions, and the old couple asked her to warm herself by the hearth. In the middle of the night, the girl wanted to go out again and continue her journey, but the old grandfather was worried about her safety, so he grabbed her hand and tried to keep her, but the girl's hand was so cold that the old grandfather was terrified, and in an instant the girl turned into snow smoke and flew out from the skylight where the smoke was released.
In the Tono area of Iwate Prefecture, there is a legend that the Snow Maiden will roam the snowfields with many children on the winter night of the full moon on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In addition to the above, in other places, there is still a legend of the Snow Maiden holding a baby to entrust; There are also snowy night girls who ask for accommodation, and the next dynasty only a wisp of white clothes remains, and there is gold in the clothes. All kinds of legends are rich and interesting. Because the snow is white, the legendary image of the Snow Maiden is mostly dressed in white, or has snow-white skin.
There are terrible legends about the Snow Maiden eating people, and other folk legends are to warn children not to go out on heavy snowy days, so as not to encounter accidents. Perhaps most of the people who tell stories to their children are mothers who are like women, and in the passage of time, another legend gradually emerges - as long as you embrace the Snow Girl with a sincere heart, you can melt the Snow Girl. Where the Snow Maiden melts, she will be reborn as a human being.
Su Crazy provoked Xue Ji, and the time when he didn't die in the catastrophe had already shown that his luck was good at home. However, no one can guarantee that she will be okay this time. Maybe our worries are unnecessary, maybe last time she had already had a relationship with Su Crazy and wouldn't hurt him. But, anyway, after all, Yukihime is a monster, so I think I still have to be careful.
After running for a long time, he still didn't catch up with Su Madman, so he could only gasp and rest on the spot and said: "I haven't found any clues about the enemy here, but Su Madman's criticism made a disappearance first." Is it possible for him to deal with such a powerful youkai as Yukihime alone? It's really too nonsense, it's true, Su is crazy and crazy sooner or later to die of lust! β
I glanced at Li Huhu again and asked, "Xuansheng, what do you think about this matter?" β
Li Huhu said: "Don't worry, haven't you interpreted the dream for Tiansheng?" Xue Ji can't help him, the real danger of the senior brother is the demon fox, Tamamo front. Besides, Xuansheng's demon hand is not worse than our person's Taoism, don't worry. β
At this time, the sky began to sprinkle scattered snowflakes again, and the demonic aura became a little thicker.
Geng Biaobiao grabbed a snowflake and said, "Strange, it just snowed, why did it fall again?" Isn't that snow demon near us? Why is that? β
Xu Chengcheng was not calm and said: "Don't guess, look ahead, the snow has already fallen, let's go in that direction to find it!" Perhaps, Su Crazy's pervert embryo has been seduced by Xue Ji! Let's go, if it's late, senior brother, you may die! β
A few of us didn't delay any longer, and hurriedly ran over, running towards the place where the snow was falling, the bigger the snow, the stronger the demonic aura, Xu Chengcheng was right, Xue Ji must be in front, and we can't afford to delay a minute or a second.