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, in Japanese mythology, was a hag sent by the dead Izanami to pursue her husband Izanagi, for shaming her by breaking promise not to see her in her decayed form in the Underworld (Yomi-no-kuni). Also recorded by the name , the name may have been a term referring collectively to eight hags, not just one.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shikome” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.