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[[Image:SekienHoneonna.jpg|thumb|Honeonna from ''[[Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki]]'']]
[[Image:SekienHoneonna.jpg|thumb|Honeonna from ''[[Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki]]''{{citation needed}}]]

{{nihongo|'''Hone-onna'''|骨女||literally: bone woman}} is a [[yōkai]] of [[Japanese folklore]]. Like her name suggests, her true form is that of a skeletal woman. In the guise of a beautiful woman, she lures unwitting men while she sucks the life force of her targets dry.
{{nihongo|'''Hone-onna'''|骨女||literally: bone woman}}{{citation needed}} is a [[yōkai]] of [[Japanese]] [[folklore]].{{citation needed}}

==Description==

Like her name suggests,{{citation needed}} ''"her true form is that of a skeletal woman. In the guise of a beautiful woman, she lures unwitting men while she sucks the life force of her targets dry."''{{citation needed}}

==Notes==


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Obake]]
*[[Obake]]
*[[Succubus]]
*[[Succubus]]
*[[Energy vampire]]


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Revision as of 23:20, 6 December 2011

Honeonna from Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki[citation needed]

Hone-onna (骨女, literally: bone woman)[citation needed] is a yōkai of Japanese folklore.[citation needed]

Description

Like her name suggests,[citation needed] "her true form is that of a skeletal woman. In the guise of a beautiful woman, she lures unwitting men while she sucks the life force of her targets dry."[citation needed]

Notes

See also