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Chapter 153

The child of the Snow Girl is called Yukidouji, and in Japan it is believed that Yudouji is the monster who brought the first snow in winter.Snow girls are all cruel by nature, they are the subordinates of the mountain god, and they are in charge of the snow in winter.Since Japan is an island country, the heroism of mainland countries that are covered in ice and snow for thousands of miles is actually something Japanese cannot appreciate or understand.The three emotions of fragility, femininity, and sadness constitute the soul of the snow girl, which is exactly the reflection of the ice and snow in nature in the slender character of the Japanese.The young Snow Girl is harmless to humans, but the adult Snow Girl will freeze the human male he loves forever, bring them back to the cave where they live, and put them up for them to watch.

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There are many versions of the legend of Snow Maiden.Yuki Onna is a kind of monster in Japanese folklore, also known as "Snow Princess", "Snow Lady", and "Snow Won". Legend has it that she is a subordinate of the mountain god and is in charge of the snow in Japan in winter.The person who claimed to be the first to see a snow girl was a master named Sogeki at the end of the Muromachi period in Japan. He was a famous renge master in Japan at that time (renge is a literary form in the transitional stage from haiku to waka). He claimed to have seen a snow girl in the mountains of Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture, six prefectures in Northeast Japan), and recorded it in his book "The Tale of Sogetsu Kingdoms". "The Tale of Sogetsu Kingdoms" is also the first book in Japan to have such records. Based on the classics of the legend of the snow girl, it is estimated that monsters like the snow girl have "existed" in Japan for at least 500 years.Another theory is that the earliest snow girl legend is recorded in Koizumi Yakumo's ghost story. This statement is not accurate because Koizumi Yakumo was originally a Greek and later naturalized as a Japanese citizen, more than 400 years after the birth of Sogetsu.Long before Koizumi Yakumo arrived in Japan, the legend of Yuki-onna had been circulated in Japanese folk.Among the Japanese folk, the older generation of people believe in some legends about gods and monsters, and believe that disasters in nature are controlled by gods and ghosts, so there are stories about the ghosts of the snow girl in the snow.It is said that there was a woodcutter father and son who lived in the deep mountains and old forests in Echigo Province (today's Niigata Prefecture, six counties in northeastern Japan) during the Heian Period in ancient Japan. They made a living by cutting firewood and opening a dry wood shop.One day, the woodcutter father and son encountered a snowstorm while chopping firewood in the mountains, and were forced to stay overnight in a small wooden hut in the mountains.The cabin was empty, and the father and son lived in peace of mind upon seeing this.Unexpectedly, this small wooden house was actually the boudoir of the snow girl. In the middle of the night, a beautiful woman with white skin and wearing a white kimono broke in from outside the house.The little woodcutter was awakened, and when he saw the legendary Snow Girl, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and couldn't move. He watched helplessly as the Snow Girl walked up to the old woodcutter, bent down and blew a breath, and the old woodcutter instantly became "chilled" .Then, Xuenv went to the little woodcutter.Perhaps seeing that the little woodcutter was handsome, the snow girl's murderous intention suddenly decreased, and she just warned the little woodcutter: "If you tell others what happened tonight, I will kill you." After that, she disappeared in the blizzard. middle.Several years later, on another snowy night, a beautiful young girl came to the little woodcutter's house and asked him to take him in.It is probably the old-fashioned tricks like asking the high officials to be merciful to take in the lowly concubine, and the lowly concubine is like a cow and a horse to repay the husband.The little woodcutter readily accepted, and soon the concubine changed from being a cow and a horse to a wife, and finally a mother to a child.Because the little woodcutter's wife was beautiful and virtuous, and her snow-white complexion was nothing like the local village girls, so the little woodcutter's affair became the envy of everyone in the village.Unfortunately, it was another snowy night, and the little woodcutter, whose weak heart had been hurt by the snow girl, could not forget the nightmare of his father turning into "chilled", so he told his wife the horrific experience that year.Unexpectedly, as soon as the little woodcutter finished speaking, the beautiful and virtuous wife instantly turned into the ferocious Snow Maiden.I saw the snow girl sternly warning the little woodcutter: "I warned you back then that I would kill you if you dared to speak out. For the sake of our son, I will spare you one more time. You must take good care of your son, otherwise I will come back I'll kill you." After speaking, he disappeared into the wind and snow just like back then.From then on, the little woodcutter's wife never appeared again.

This ancient legend is recorded in the Japanese ghost novel, the "Ghost Talk" by Koizumi Yakumo of the classic Liaozhai. Marriage, as well as the style and appearance of a woman who is delicate, sentimental, daring to love and hate, although this ancient legend is sad and cold, and the ancient morality "concerning promises, you must keep them", but in today's old people's hearts, how many people are there? People maintain awe and respect for traditions, and even abide by them? There are also legends that Snow Girl will ask travelers to help take care of the child in her arms in the snowy wilderness.

There is also a legend: Xuenv sometimes separates a man and a woman who are in love.In a village, there is a pair of young people who love each other.The man once met a snow girl in the snowy mountains, and was afraid of being killed by the snow girl: so he avoided looking at the snow girl's face, and knelt down and begged the snow girl to let him live at any cost.Xue Nu smiled and said nothing for a long time, and said to him: Just don't regret it.The man bowed to Xuenv again and again, expressing his willingness.Xue Nu held the man's face in one hand, and put ice cubes in the other hand, and put them into the man's eyes respectively.The man returned to the village safely, and Xue Nu did not test him with the usual means.But the man no longer knows the woman he has always loved.No matter how many times the woman calls, the cold eyes are the man's only and eternal response.

The legend about Snow Maiden varies from place to place.

Ancient Chinese culture did not have a real snow girl, probably because the region does not often suffer from snow damage.The female fairy, commonly known as Snow Mountain Girl, is the daughter of Zhang Dadi, the mountain god of Guangde Temple. According to the records in "Qing Jialu", the eighth day of February every year is Zhang Dadi's birthday. A few days before and after, the local area will inevitably encounter wind and rain, causing the temperature to drop. This is considered to be caused by Zhang Dadi's daughters Fengshannv and Xueshannv returning to the province.Therefore, there is a local proverb that "Emperor Zhang eats frozen dog meat".There is another famous snow mountain goddess, Parvati known as the "Daughter of the Himalayas". She and her husband Lord Shiva live on Mount Jiluosa. She is a powerful and beautiful goddess.

Niigata Prefecture

As an elf in the snow, the snow girl is most afraid of fire and heat. There is a legend in Ojiya, Niigata Prefecture: One day, after a single man knocked off the icicles on the eaves, at night, a girl suddenly came to ask for help. and asked to marry him.Because of the cold weather, in order to please the girl, the man specially boiled a bucket of water for her to take a bath.Although the girl refused in every possible way, she still couldn't resist, so she jumped into the hot water, but disappeared in the hot water, leaving only slender icicle fragments floating up.

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