Kubikajiri

Kubikajiri

In Japanese Mythology, Kubikajiri (首かじり) is a yurei which is seen in graveyards at night. According to legend, the kubikajiri is looking for its lost head. It eats the headswhich are not its own, of both dead and living.

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*Jikininki


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