Articles presented by the current is 5 frightening female figure from several countries. Okay, we only refer to all five of the female figure.
1. Nukekubi (Japan)
Nukekubi (抜 首?, Written in Chinese characters, meaning neck that can be removed; also written in script Hiragana as "ぬ け く び" or in Katakana is "ヌ ケ ク ビ" [but still read as "Nukekubi"]) are Yokai (monsters) in Japanese folklore. At noon, Nukekubi ordinary human form. At night, their heads off and fly separately prowl human form. After finding the victim, this head will scream and bite the victim.
While the head off, the body Nukekubi into inanimate objects. In some legends, this is one of the weaknesses Nukekubi; if the head Nukekubi could not find his body until sunrise, then Nukekubi it will die.
At noon, Nukekubi trying to blend into society. sometimes they live in groups, posing as a family. The only feature of Nukekubi is the red line in the neck which is where the release of her head, and Nukekubi often hide these marks.
In his Kwaidan, Lafcadio Hearn Nukekubi misidentified as Rokuro-Kubi, an error also appears in the action fantasy book, Sword of the Samurai, and the novel The Art of Arrow-Cutting bouquet Stephen Dedman. Rokuro-kubi similar to Nukekubi but a different creature; Rokuro-kubi not let go of his head but craned his neck.
2. Aswang (Philippines)
Aswang (Asuwang) is a vampire-like creature in Philippine mythology. Occupiers of Spain mentioned that aswang is the most feared creatures by the Filipino people. Aswang myth known throughout the territory of the Philippines, except in the Ilocos region. This myth is very popular in the Visayas western regions such as Capiz, Iloilo and Antique. Several regional names for aswang is "tik-tik", "wak-wak" and "soc-soc". Aswang is sometimes described as a mix of vampires and witches and women almost always tangible. They are sometimes described as a monster with wings flapping hard.
3. Onibaba (Japan)
Onibaba is a ghost who is believed to come from the public stories that exist in Japan. It is said that a ghost named onibaba this is a woman who is old and wrinkled with the appearance of visible hair tousled hair, the same as sprawl streets and crazy. Onibaba also always wears a mask that looks creepy. Which became her favorite is eating the flesh of humans. When it was revealed itself usually it has a wide mouth and gaping, sometimes told that onibaba often carry a knife in his hand and sitting as people were ngesot and bring the yarn along the rolls and the side of the yarn there is a pot whose contents are boiling water.
Onibaba always hide frightening appearance that like the devil so that the victims will be tricked or deceived and thought he saw was an old woman who was in need of help and aloof when in fact the old woman is onibaba. It is said that the ghost onibaba kill the victim by means of stabbing with a knife after the internal organs such as the kidneys and liver will be taken and in cooked or boiled into a pot of boiling water earlier. Onibaba organ victims usually enter into the pan of water in the state alive. The most favored in this action is to drink human blood were still a fetus or infant. Onibaba reside in a place called Adachigahara and onibaba have more famous names are ghost old woman from adachigahara. Reportedly there is a small museum located in the store adachigahara knives, thread, and pots used by onibaba to kill the victim.
4. Penanggalan (Malaysia)
The Penanggalan or 'Hantu Penanggal' is a ghost of Southeast Asian folk mythology. It is a variation of the vampire myth found in the Malay Peninsula, or as Balan-balan in Sabah. It is similar to the Manananggal, a similar creature of Filipino folklore. "Penanggal" or "Penanggalan" literally means "detach" or "remove". Both terms—Manananggal and Penanggal—may carry the same meaning due to both languages being grouped or having a common root under the Austronesian language family, though the two creatures are culturally distinct in appearance and behavior.
There are similar myths of creatures with almost exactly the same features. Among ethnic groups in Indonesia, the ghost is called Leyak among the Balinese, Kuyang by the Dayak people of Kalimantan, or Palasik (or Pelesit) by the Minangkabau people. In Thailand it is called the Krasue, in Laos it is the Kasu or Phi-Kasu and in Cambodia it is the Ap.
According to the folklore of that region, the Penanggalan is a detached female head capable of flying about on its own. As it flies, the stomach and entrails dangle below it, and these organs twinkle like fireflies as the Penanggalan moves through the night.
Due to the common theme of Penanggal being the result of active use of black magic or supernatural means, a Penanggal cannot be readily classified as a classical undead being. The creature is, for all intents and purposes, a living human being during daytime (much like the Japanese Nukekubi) or at any time when it does not detach itself from its body.
5. Arachne (Greek)
In Roman and Greek mythology, Arachne (/ [unsupported input] ərækniː /) is a woman who is very skilled in weaving. Arachne reject being called that his ability was a blessing from the gods, he felt even more astute than Minerva (Athena), the goddess of weaving. Minerva angry and consequently challenged Arachne into a weaving contest. According to Ovid, in the race was woven Arachne better, but it nonwovens Arachne depict the stories of the gods who rape men. This makes Minerva angry and tore the woven rug and change Arachne Arachne into a spider, an animal that constantly weaving.
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