There are numerous legends and stories that were circulating around the internet and even in the real life; nevertheless that not all of the people knows that particular story, there is still some who knows them and keeps on being entertained by those certain stories.
Japanese Urban Legend seems to be really popular and can be
seen through the internet lately, and in fact, most of them were about
terrifying stories. So because of that, I searched for different stories and
legends that came from Japan.
One of the legends that I found and was written on
wickedbones’ blog is about Kuchisake-Onna, or also called The Slit-Mouth Woman,
is a Japanese Urban Legend about a woman with a slit-mouth who wears a surgical
white mask to cover her mouth.
Kuchisake-Onna wanders around the streets of Japan,
murdering mainly children with a pair of huge scissors but she appears to ask
them questions before killing them. She asks them “Am I pretty?” and if the
victim answers “Yes,” Kuchisake-Onna will remove her mask and will ask the same
question, “How about now?”If the victim says “No,” she will kill him and if he
says “Yes,” she will get her scissors and cut the victim’s mouth, making him
have a slit-mouth just like hers, but she will let you live. It is said that it
is almost impossible to escape Kuchisake-Onna because she can move at a
super-human speed.
However, there are few ways to escape her:
One is, if you tell her that she looks normal, she will be
confused and you will have enough time to escape.
Second is, if you ask if you’re pretty, she will be confused
and will leave.
And the third and the newest answer is tell her that you
have to attend a previous engagement, she will pardon her manners and excuse
herself from her presence (Isn’t she a bit polite?)
Some says that Kuchisake-onna got had her mouth like that
because her surgery gone wrong, some says that she is a mental hospital patient
who was so insane that’s he cut her own mouth. But the most popular legend is
her husband sliced her mouth with a sword because she was cheating on him and
he yelled “Who’ll think you’re beautiful now?!” on her.
Around 1979, the rumors started to spread like a wildfire in
Japan about the sightings of Kuchisake-Onna, hunting down children.
Another story is about Tek-Tek or Teke-Teke. Teke-Teke is an
urban legend about a girl who fell under a train and was cut in half. She took
a long time to die while crawling and now, her ghost roams through Japan,
dragging her top body part using her claw-like hands, and every time she moves,
she will make a “Teke-Teke” sound.
Once there was a young boy who was walking from school. As
he turned his head back, he saw a beautiful girl sitting at a window. He
wondered why the girl was there, because the school was an all-boys school. When
the girl saw him, she smiled and suddenly leaped out on the window, realizing
that the girl does not have legs, and started crawling fast towards him. Because of the boy; filled with terror, he wasn’t able to
run and got cut in half by Teke-Teke.
Not all of the Japanese Legends is about horror and terrifying
stories; there are also about fantasy and meant to be told for children. And
for non-terrifying legends, here comes Momotaro.
There was an old couple who lives in the country of Okayama.
While washing clothes, the old woman happens to saw a big peach, floating down
the river. It looked delicious so she decided to take it home and eat it. The
old couple cut the peach into two and to their surprise, they saw a small boy
inside, and called him Momotaro, which means “Peach Boy”
They raised Momotaro and one day, he decided to defeat the
Ogres who trouble the villagers. On Momotaro’s journey, he met a monkey, a dog,
and a pheasant and made them help Momotaro to defeat the ogre, in exchange of
the Millet Dumplings which is the old woman made for him.
When they reached the Ogre’s harbor, they fought the Evil
Ogres and defeated them as the Ogres started to cry for mercy. They gave
Momotaro their treasure and he returned to his village, and Momotaro and the
old couple lived happily ever after.
There are still numerous of different kinds of Japanese
Urban Legends that has been told, read and heard. Japan is rich at stories and
legends. However, all of them can catch your attention and interest and some can really scare you, and that is the best of their Urban Legends.
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