Miscellaneous Myths: Jorogumo

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[darkridoom]

To quote a Tumblr post I once saw; “It doesn’t matter how terrifying or monstrous or deadly you make your eldrich monster, there’s gonna be a person who hauls themselves out of the sewers to tell you that they will personally fuck it.”

[SallinKari]

"And so your girlfriend is a spider-woman. I'm sorry."
"I'm... actually okay with this."

[pigcatapult]

Everyone: "WOODCUTTER NO"
Woodcutter: "WOODCUTTER YES"

[sananaryon]

So fun fact: John R. R. Tolkien, the guy most people think of, did _not_ have arachnophobia. His son. Christopher on the other hand, _did_

[TalkingVidya]

My man just risked his life to be with his spider girl waifu.
What a hero.

[mr.j]

Red: “Did you know there’s one about a specific rock that was possessed by a malevolent kitsune?”
Me: “Yeah it broke”

[FirstLast-cgnk]

People make jokes about how Japan got weird after WW2, but this ancient myth shows that this thirst for weird waifus was there from the very start.

[masterfthearts]

Y’know, if the Jorogumu was actually going to kill the woodcutter, she would have killed him way earlier, either when he dropped his axe (No axe means no woodcutting, meaning he’s not going to leave for a very long time), or when he arrived for the many, many, maaaany times they met up. Because she didn’t kill him those times, she probably didn’t kill him when he got caught. So yes...

This man has a Spider-Demon Waifu. *Tips my hat*

[connorray]

Blue: *emerges from the abyss* Did someone say smores.

[Scientin]

"Tolkien's crippling arachnophobia did not die for this."


I love Red's sass.

[TheSnakemanOfTheNorthwest]

"So now the woodcutter knows this hot lady he's been seeing is actually a jorogumo, but surprisingly this isn't a deal-breaker for him"
*Monster Musume intensifies

[Biohazbird]

Can we talk about how local dude from 3:00 thought that a confused little spider was making a home on his leg, and he just, like, gently moved the web over to a tree instead of just destroying what he thought was a little spider's hard work? That's so sweet of him to be so considerate of the spider. I mean, the spider was actually a man-eating spider lady, but, you know, it's the thought that counts.

[DerpsWithWolves]

And so, the monstergirl fandom has existed since ancient times...

[SirSomeguy]

"Yokai is an umbrella term..."

Umbrella Yokai at the front of group shot.

I see what you did there, Red!

[hattheduck]

The first lumberjack is pretty nice isn't he? Who woke up with a spider web on his boot and put it on a tree instead of ripping it like a normal person

[MegaChickenfish]

I don't know how to feel about that "dating hot spider monster" was not a concept invented by anime.

[LivTheCyberdhole]

if anime has taught me anything, he lived happily ever after with his cute spider waifu, and they had plenty of horrific abominable babies together.

[NecroCritic]

Spider-Wife, Spider-Wife,
Hungry waterfall Spider-Wife.
Strings you up, by your legs,
Eats your face, now you're dead.
Hey bro, don't date the Spider-Wife.

[gamingemail]

My favorite definitely is “There are less emotionally taxing ways to die.”


I love you red.

[deborahhaimowitz]

"One specific rock that was possessed by a malevolent kitsune and killed everyone it touched" was it a... rolling stone?