Ōkubi

Ōkubi (大首 Ōkubi, lit. giant severed head) is a yōkai that appears in the 1971, 1985 and the 1996 anime version of "GeGeGe no Kitarō." He is accompanied by Hone-Onna in a plan to sacrifice canned souls into Mt. Fuji's volcanic core for an eruption.
==Appearance==
==Personality==
==History==
===1971 Anime===
===1985 Anime===
===1996 Anime===
===2007 Anime===
===Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare===
===The Great Yōkai War===
===The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan===
Sanmoto Gorōzaemon appeared in the final battle and commanded giant Yōkai including Ōkubi, Tearai-Oni, Gasha-Dokuro, and Miage-Nyūdō to bring down and capture gigantic Nue. These Yōkai slammed Nue on Mount Ōe, however Nue was powerful enough to drive away them at once.Hirokazu Minemori, 2021, The Great Yōkai War: Guardians: Side Story: Heian Hyakkitan, p.262-263, Media Works Bunko, Kadokawa
==Powers and Abilities==
==Legend==
The Ōkubi, also known as Odori-kubi, is a giant head yōkai, resembling a woman with blackened teeth similar to those found on married women. Because of this, they are thought to be formed from the grudges of married women.
Ōkubi can be found floating through the sky or seen when opening a door to storage rooms, as their presence scares people, but other than that they pose no threat. The Ōkubi is also thought of as a portent of impending disasters like volcanic eruptions, typhoons and such.
An excerpt from the Iwamura Kaidanroku told of a servant girl who gathered bracken near the ruins of an old castle at Mt. Mijōyama, when one day she encountered an Ōkubi sitting on the castle's platforms and smiling at her. The woman was so frightened that immediately ran back home and never came near the mountain again.
==Trivia==
*Ōkubi was originally a human from the Jōmon period.
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