Subject
Hitokui 人喰い
The man-eaters. Not one creature but a category: the eater may be an oni, a yamauba, a hungry ghost, an animal in human shape, a holy man, a ruler, or someone welcomed into the house. Sometimes a person is eaten. Sometimes the horror is realizing how narrowly the meal was avoided.
Note
- Oni, Yamauba, and the Other Man-Eaters In English they are ogres and mountain witches. The old records give the same appetite to a mother, a prince, a preacher, and the people one ridge over.
Volume
Japanese Horror Folktales Collection
HITOKUI
Tales of the Man Eaters
Twenty Japanese tales of man-eaters — and of the moment when hunger stops being human.
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