Yuki-Onna - Recorded by Lafcadio Hearn
Even as she screamed, her voice became thin, like a crying of wind; then she melted into a bright white mist that spired to the roof-beams, and shuddered away through the smoke hole…
Japan as the Successor to Ancient Greece? The Life of the Greco-Irish Folklorist Lafcadio Hearn
The rigid cultural bulwark of Japanese society is reminiscent of Irish-Ireland; a vision of revitalised Irish culture keeping at bay the influence of alien ideals.