History Main / YukiOnna

* In issue #14 of her pre-Comicbook/New52 series, Comicbook/{{Zatanna}} faces off against a creature who is a yuki-onna InNameOnly: she is more of a cross between a gorgon and a succubus who controls Z's brother Zachary (who got attracted to her in one of his many instances of thinking with his "bottom head") to make him fighting her.

* In Franchise/{{Tsukipro}}'s yokai AU, as seen in the second SQ stage play, Rikka is a male yuki-onna.

* Franchise/{{Tsukipro}}'s rhythm game "Tsukino Paradise" features cards of their Yokai AU, including (male) Yuki-onna Rikka.

%%* Appears as a monster in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' "Oriental Adventures" supplement. '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''

* Statistics for Yuki-Onna were included in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'''s third ''Bestiary''. They are LawfulEvil [[TheUndead undead]] with cold-based abilities (including a blizzard aura) formed from the spirits of women who froze to death in the cold and weren't given a proper burial.

Literally meaning "snow woman", Yuki-onna appear as beautiful women in snowy, cold, or mountainous regions. They're typically depicted as pale women with long, black or [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]] hair that wear kimonos (however, some traditional depictions also show them being nude). Yuki-onna are the spirits of women who died during snow storms.

* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Froslass ("Yukimenoko" in Japan, which is essentially an old-fashioned way of saying "yuki-onna"). You even meet one as a boss and her gallery of [[HumanPopsicle frozen]] victims in the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' spinoff series. Froslass evolves when a female Snorunt is exposed to a Dawn Stone. They're more humanoid than most Pokémon, but still aren't exactly human-looking [[note]]Their arms are directly attached to the sides of their heads and the kimono-like body is actually hollow.[[/note]]. Pokédex entries mention that, according to legend, Froslass are the souls of women who died in snowstorms reborn as Pokémon. She freezes her victims, be they Pokémon or human, then either eats them or uses them as decorations in her cave. According to the ''Moon'' entry, Froslass are especially fond of men.

** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' also had a Yuki-onna. Since all the Youkai in the series were inanimate objects transformed into monsters, she was made from a snowcone machine that she could crank to produce freezing breath.

* Letty Whiterock from the ''[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Touhou Project]]''. Letty goes into hibernation during the spring and is only seen during the winter. She controls the snow. Letty wears a blue-and-white attire and has off-white hair.

** A Yuki-Onna appeared as a MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/NinjaSentaiKakuranger''. She could transform people into snowmen or create giant angry snowmen to fight the Kakurangers.
** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' also had a Yuki-Onna. Since all the Youkai in the series were inanimate objects transformed into monsters, she was made from a snowcone machine.
* The [[AnIcePerson icy]] {{kaiju}} Snowgon from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' is able to transform into a Yuki-Onna, blasting people with its freezing breath in that form. However, its true form more closely resembles a polar bear mixed with a dragon.

* Frostina and her S-rank evolution Blizzaria from ''Franchise/YokaiWatch'' are known as "Yukionna" and "Fubukihime" in Japan. They're [[LighterAndSofter toned down]] incarnations of Yuki-onna that look like children. Though Frostina is the one named "Yukionna", Blizzaria is more similar to Yuki-onna than her:

Literally meaning "snow woman", Yuki-onna appear as beautiful women in snowy, cold, or mountainous regions. They're typically depicted as pale, long-haired women with long, black or [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]] hair that wear kimonos (however some traditional depictions also show them being nude). Yuki-onna are the spirits of women who died during snow storms.

%%* Appears as a monster in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' "Oriental Adventures" supplement.. - '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''
%%* ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' features traditional Yuki-onna. - '''Administrivia/ZeroContextExample'''

* ''Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things'' (1903) by Western author Lafcadio Hearn, who moved to Japan in 1890 and became a naturalized citizen, contains the first ever recorded Yuki-onna folktale which Hearn got from an informant. The story goes that a woodcutter is spared by one during a blizzard after she'd already frozen his older master to death, because he is young and handsome. She warns him never to speak of this to anyone, or else she would find and kill him. Unsure if it was all just a dream, he later falls in love with a girl named Oyuki, and they marry and have ten children. One night, he tells his wife about the snow woman, and sure enough she reveals her true form. She spares him only for the sake of their children, but she dissolves into mist and is never seen again.

* ''Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things'' (1903) by Western author Lafcadio Hearn, who moved to Japan in 1890 and became a naturalized citizen, contains the first ever recorded Yuki-onna folktale which Hearn got from an informant. The story goes that a woodcutter is spared by one during a blizzard after she'd already frozen his older master to death, because he is young and handsome. She warns him never to speak of this to anyone, or else she would find and kill him. Unsure if it was all just a dream, he later falls in love with a girl named Yuki, and they marry and have ten children. One night, he tells his wife about the snow woman, and sure enough she reveals her true form. She spares him only for the sake of their children, but she dissolves into mist and is never seen again.

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* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Froslass ("Yukimenoko" in Japan, which is essentially an old-fashioned way of saying "yuki-onna"). You even meet one as a boss and her gallery of [[HumanPopsicle frozen]] victims in the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' spinoff series. Froslass evolves when a female Snorunt is exposed to a Dawn Stone. They're more humanoid than most Pokémon, but still aren't exactly human-looking. Pokédex entries mention that, according to legend, Froslass are the souls of women who died in snowstorms reborn as Pokémon. She freezes her victims, be they Pokémon or human, then either eats them or uses them as decorations in her cave. According to the ''Moon'' entry, Froslass are especially fond of men.

* In ''ComicBook/DCComicsPresents'' #46, Superman and the Global Guardians fight a group of magical villains, one of whom was Yuki-Onna. It's not clear if she was an actual nature spirit or just a Japanese sorceress with a specialty in ice spells.

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* The Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Froslass ("Yukimenoko" in Japan, which is essentially an old-fashioned way of saying "yuki-onna"). You even meet one as a boss and her gallery of [[HumanPopsicle frozen]] victims in the ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' spinoff series. Froslass evolves when a female Snorunt is exposed to a Dawn Stone. They're more humanoid than most Pokemon, but still aren't exactly human-looking. Pokedex entries mention that, according to legend, Froslass are the souls of women who died in snowstorms reborn as Pokemon. She freezes her victims, be they Pokemon or human, then either eats them or uses them as decorations in her cave. According to the ''Moon'' entry, Froslass are especially fond of men.

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* Wiki/SCPFoundation [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1529 SCP-1529 ("King of the Mountain")]], implied to be the cause of many (if not all) of the deaths on Mt. Everest, acts a lot like one: it dresses all in white, can freeze with a touch [[spoiler: (and through sight if it sees you looking at it through a telescope)]], and seduces climbers with visions of tropical paradise. Pretty much the most significant difference is that its actual gender is ambiguous since it is dressed head to toe in mountaineering gear.

Like all mythological creatures, Yuki-onna have [[DependingOnTheWriter many different interpretations]]. Some are benevolent while others are malicious. Some Yuki-onna are essentially normal women who live in snowy areas, while others have specifical powers. These powers can include turning into mist when scared, [[AnIcePerson ice or snow powers]], and the ability to hover over snow as to not leave footprints.