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Pantheon: Japanese


Classification: Yokai


Translation: Removable Neck


Habitat: Occurs in ordinary women


Diet: Regular food by day, Blood by night

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Key Points

- Human-looking spirit that has a head which floats freely from the body 

- Are either newer "variants" of the Rokurokubi or their final evolved form


Brief Bio 

In Japanese folklore, a Nukekubi (抜け首) is a type of yokai (monster) that appears as a normal woman by day, but at night, her head detaches from her body and floats around freely. This floating head can attack people, sometimes drinking their blood, before returning to the body in the morning. 

Nukekubi ぬけくび

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JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

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