Given how she solved the oniguma problem, I have a vague idea of how she'll fix Mao's housing problem in a very straightforward way... because, y'know, that tail is the main issue.
Hmmm... I went with Mountain Witch for Yamaba, but I guess it's more just 'Old Woman of the Mountain' side rather than "Mystical Crone that lives in the Mountains", huh.
Hmmm... I went with Mountain Witch for Yamaba, but I guess it's more just 'Old Woman of the Mountain' side rather than "Mystical Crone that lives in the Mountains", huh.
Well, she does have horns, so she's not just some old woman up in the mountains. (Not especially old-looking here, either, but that may be less important.)
Hmmm... I went with Mountain Witch for Yamaba, but I guess it's more just 'Old Woman of the Mountain' side rather than "Mystical Crone that lives in the Mountains", huh.
Doesn't this make her the same kind of being that Sakata Nemuno from Touhou is?
On a related note, it seems her horns appear and disappear at will.
Hmmm... I went with Mountain Witch for Yamaba, but I guess it's more just 'Old Woman of the Mountain' side rather than "Mystical Crone that lives in the Mountains", huh.
Yamamba can be translated also as mountain-hag or peak-hag. Not EXACTLY mystical, as the origins of the myth are supposedly a tradition to dump your elderly in the wilderness so you don't need to care for them anymore and leave them to the elements to starve or trip up. (Although, knowing how strong the shame-culture was and still is, it might have been a voluntary suicide for elderly folk to no longer be a burden on their family. This was seen during clean-up of the Fukushima disaster.)
Supposedly a necessity back then, and the yamamba legend might have been the result of the collective guilt, and that granny is still up there, forced to become feral and eat any passing stranger.
the baba-yaga is a very quick go-to translation as well.
This little guy's been a noisy one for quite a while now...Mountain Witch...MAKING A GODAWFUL RACKET RIGHT OUTSIDE SOMEONE'S HOME!WOULD YOU JUST KEEP IT DOWN!NO EATING HIM!Let's go have ourselves a nice bear hotpot, shall we!Mieru!What's this? Mieru, eh?That's dinner decided!