Harionago (Japanese: 針女子),[citation needed] also known as Harionna (Japanese: 針女),[citation needed] is a "frightening female ghoul"[citation needed] in Japanese mythology.
Her name literally meaning "Barbed woman"[citation needed] the Harionago is said to be a "beautiful woman with extremely long hair tipped with thorn-like barbs,"[citation needed] Her hair is under her "direct control, and she uses it to ensnare men."[citation needed]
She is said to wander the roads of the Japanese prefecture of Ehime[citation needed] on the island of Shikoku.[citation needed]
When she finds a "young
man, she will laugh at him, and if the young man dares to laugh back,
Harionago will drop her terrible, barbed hair and attack."[citation needed]
Basan (波山), alternatively referred to as Basabasa (婆娑婆娑) or Inuhōō (犬鳳凰),[1] is a fowl-like bird illustrated in the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari that lives in the mountains of Iyo Province (today Ehime Prefecture).
According to the description on the illustration, it resembles a large
chicken and breathes ghost-fire from its mouth. It is described as
having a bright red cockscomb and spits an equally brilliant-hued fire. The fire is a cold fire, a glow, and it does not burn.[1]
It usually lives in the bamboo
groves of mountain recesses but sometimes materializes in human
villages late at night. When the Basan flaps its wings, an eerie
rustling ("basabasa") sound can be heard. Supposedly, if a human hears
the sound and looks outside, the bird's form will suddenly vanish.[1]
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