nure-onna
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right|thumb|upright=.85|"Nure-onna" (ぬれ女) from the Hyakkai-Zukan by Sawaki Suushi. right|thumb|upright|"Nure-onna" (濡女) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]]
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right|thumb|upright=.85|"Nure-onna" (ぬれ女) from the Hyakkai-Zukan by Sawaki Suushi. right|thumb|upright|"Nure-onna" (濡女) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]]
is a Japanese yōkai which resembles a reptilian creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. They are also seen as a paranormal phenomenon at sea under the name of nureyomejo. In legends, they are often said to consume humans, but they have no single appearance or personality.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “nure-onna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.