Day 19 is here and we have a prompt I was very excited to do. From #monstober is harionago, and I combined it with #niktober2018 and the prompt mirror. A harionago is a yokai from Japanese folklore. For those who don't know about them, yokai are a group of supernatural beings who are said to live throughout Japan. Demon isn't the right translation, because they aren't all malevolent and don't have any sort of devil or master to follow. Perhaps they're more comparable to the fey of Celtic folklore. Supernatural beings who have their own motivations and may help or harm. Now back to the harionago. They always appear as a woman, and upon an initial glance they look like a normal woman. Look closer though, and you'll notice that her hair is different, it moves almost like it has a life of its own. Look closer still, and you're sure that it must be moving of its own accord against the wind. The ends of her hair look different, thicker somehow. By the time you get close enough to truly get a good look it's too late, she has ensnared you. You see, the harionago can control her hair as easily as you can your fingers. Her hair also has barbs on the ends, to slash or trap her victims. She tends to prey on young men, but only those who laugh or smile back at her after she first laughs at them. Then, most gruesomely, she eats them. Or so the men who wrote her history say at least... #inktober #inktober2018 #drawlloween #drawlloween2018 #monstober2018 #harionago #yokai #folklore #japan #japanese #longhair #barbs #demon #japanesefolklore #fey #watercolour #mirrorpic #mirror #artstagram #artistsofinstagram #artistsoninstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BpH139-hB_S/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=37hpm9jg4hup