Seven-Fathom WifeComposite Folklore Edition
NAH-nah-hee-roh NYOH-boh
Detailed Description
Shichihiro Nyōbō is a giant-woman tale widely told in Izumo, Oki, and Hōki, appearing at boundary places such as mountain paths, riverbanks, and shores. Her form shifts by locale: in Ama on Oki she is a wild-haired mocker who hurls stones, along the Shimane coast a sea-wind woman flashing blackened teeth, in Yasugi a beggar beauty trailing a long robe, and in Hōki a pallid grinder-woman who sharpens while singing grain songs. Common threads are excessive length of body or neck and the way laughter, gestures, or song serve as lures. In banishment tales, sword wounds link to petrification, with odd stones, mounds, or ancient trees named as origins, and some lineages claim heirloom swords or tack from these encounters. The cycle is not pure horror; beauty, begging for alms, and the humble fear tied to the sound of grinding grain mingle together, encoding folk lessons about handling boundary anxieties: do not meet the gaze, do not answer voices, avoid night roads. It is comparable to early modern long-faced demon-maidens, yet Shichihiro Nyōbō is marked by ties to local sacred landscapes of mountains and coasts.
Personality
listless yet testing toward humans, not necessarily inclined to kill
Compatibility
gets along with those who avoid night roads, with those who do not answer voices or laughter
Abilities & Skills
Weaknesses
driven off or petrified by a single cut from a blade, loses effect when her true nature is seen and the victim avoids eye contact, human caution such as avoiding night roads
Collection Inclusion
This yokai is included in the following collections:
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An introduction to Japanese female yokai like Yuki-onna, Ubume, Jorogumo, and Kuchisake-onna, exploring their diverse origins and stories.
診断評価
妖怪バウンダリー・タイプ指標
いたずら濃度
1.0high: 戯 low: 護
📝 メモ
笑いや石投げで人を試し惑わす
変化適応
1.0high: 化 low: 定
📝 メモ
首や身丈を異常に伸ばす伸縮性がある
夜話度
2.0high: 夜 low: 昼
📝 メモ
夜道を避ける用心が語られ夜寄り
情の深さ
0.0high: 縁 low: 境
📝 メモ
人に深く憑くより路上で出会う女怪
結界強度
1.0high: 律 low: 流
📝 メモ
山道や浜辺や古塚に出るが厳格な結界ではない
表舞台圧
2.0high: 表 low: 影
📝 メモ
七尋の巨女として山道や海辺で強い視覚圧を持つ
妖怪相性診断
喜び
3.5喜びと楽しさの程度
📝 メモ
笑いかけるが親しみよりも誘引・嘲笑の機能。喜悦そのものの表出は限定的。
怒り
5.0怒りの激しさの程度
📝 メモ
石投げや威圧など攻撃的側面はあるが、常に激昂するわけではない。応戦時に激化する中庸。
慈悲深い
3.0慈悲深さの程度
📝 メモ
美貌の物乞いとしての弱さの表象や直接加害しない例がある一方、嘲笑や威圧が目立つため低め。
憂鬱
4.5憂鬱で思慮深い程度
📝 メモ
青白い顔・穀を研ぐ音・影女など物哀しさを感じる描写はあるが、中心特性ではない。
静寂
3.0内なる平静の程度
📝 メモ
境で動的に人を試す性質が強く、静けさや内的平安はあまり強調されない。
いたずら好き
6.5いたずら好きで活発な程度
📝 メモ
笑い・歌・所作で人を誘う悪戯性が顕著。命取りではない試し方も多い。
やさしい
2.0やさしく親しみやすい程度
📝 メモ
人を惑わし嘲笑し石を投げる例が多く、基本的に親しみやすさは低い。乞食女として施しを乞う穏やかな描写もあるが少数。
厳格
2.5厳格で真面目な程度
📝 メモ
規範を直接課す厳格さは低い。結果的に夜道の用心を教えるが、性格としての厳格さは弱い。
守護的
1.5他者を守る傾向
📝 メモ
守護的行動は伝承に乏しい。むしろ試す・脅かす存在。境界を教訓化する点は間接的だが守護とは言い難い。
神秘的
8.5神秘的で不思議な程度
📝 メモ
七尋の身丈・首伸長、笑いや歌で誘う所作、石化・奇石由来など強い異界性と謎を帯びる。
霊性の深さ
8.0精神的境界の深さ
📝 メモ
境界（山道・河辺・浜辺）に現れ、石化・奇石・塚・古木と結びつく在地信仰景観を媒介。民俗教訓性も高い。
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