Human transformations

           There are a large number of yōkai who were originally ordinary human beings, transformed into something horrific and grotesque usually during an extremely emotional state. Women suffering from intense jealousy, for example, were thought to transform into the female oni represented by hannya masks. Other examples of human transformations or humanoid yōkai are:

A)  Rokuro-kubi (humans able to elongate their necks during the night)

B)  Ohaguro-bettari (a figure, usually female, that turns to reveal a face with only a blackened mouth)



 

    C)  Futakuchi-onna (a woman with a voracious extra mouth on the back of her head)

       D)  Dorotabō (the risen corpse of a farmer, who haunts his abused land)