Time and Tide S2024E18: YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore – UBUME
- Aired: 2024-10-12
- Runtime: 28 minutes
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Overview
The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night, asking passersby to hold her child under threat of death. We examine how this terrifying figure came to be seen as a sympathetic one.