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The "snow woman" is a spirit that died in the snow, and now only appears in the snow—here we'll take a quick break from the summer ghost stories, and learn one that has a winter setting. Like the snow, this woman has pale white skin, is usually dressed in white, and traditionally has long black hair. She is very beautiful, and floats along the snow leaving no trace behind to show that she has passed.
Don't let her beauty fool you though—she's a ruthless killer.
In the stories, she usually appears to travelers and traps them in snowstorms, breathing on them until they're frosted dead, or simply leading them out farther and farther so they die from hypothermia. In tamer stories, 雪女 will sometimes let victims go if they're beautiful or young. Do you think you're good-looking enough to survive?
