Jorōgumo
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the mythological creature. For Jorō-gumo, the spider, see Joro spider. Jorōgumo from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien. Jorōgumo (Japanese: 絡新婦 (kanji), じょろうぐも (hiragana)) is a type of yōkai, a creature of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman, so the kanji that represent its actual meaning are 女郎蜘蛛 (lit. 'woman-spider'); the kanji which are used to write it instead, 絡新婦 (lit. 'entangling newlywed woman') have a jukujikun pronunciation that is related to the meaning, but not the sound of the word. In…
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