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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]}

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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]}

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