Long neck woman yokai

Rokuro-Kubi: a woman who's neck uncontrollably stretches, Shannon Freshwater

A digital art inspired by Japanese mythology and folklore, Futa-kuchi-onna is a type of yokai, characterized by having two mouths, one normal and another on the nape of the neck, underneath the hair, where the woman's skull divides, forming lips, teeth and tongue, creating a second mouth.

Yokai are creatures of Japanese folklore and legend, some of which go back thousands of years. I try to recreate the feeling of old Japanese woodblock prints while adding a contemporary illustrative touch. You can see many more yokai illustrations in my books and on yokai.com.

Futakuchi onna

a Futakuchi-onna and a Bakeneko

Rokurokubi, the long necked yokai.

Nure Onna is a youkai with the body of a python and the head of a woman. Nure Onna causes quite a lot of fear for residents of coastal and r...

Rokurokubi are a type of yokai; Japanese supernatural creatures of various origins and traits. They are perfectly human during the day, but their necks can stretch up to incredibly long lengths at night, and which the rokurokubi will make use of to drain life out of passer us or just give them a good scare. Sometimes the rokurokubi is unaware of its nature as a yokai, leading to a situation where the yokai just thinks that it has a very weird dream every night, where it sees the town at...

Futakuchi Onna by MrRedButcher

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