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Pantheon: Japanese
Classification: Yokai

Key Points
- Beautiful woman who uses her extremely long barb tipped hair to snare unsuspecting young men
Brief Bio
In Japanese mythology, Harionago is a frightening female yokai (spirit) known as the "Barbed Woman". She is depicted as a beautiful woman with extremely long hair tipped with thorn-like barbs that she can control. Harionago is said to wander the roads of the Ehime prefecture on the island of Shikoku, luring men with her beauty before attacking them with her barbed hair.
Harionago 針女子

JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
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