Kishibojin

Also called Kishimojin, Kishi-Mojin, Hariti, Kariteimo.

The ogress who ate other people's children until she lost one of her own, and became the goddess Japanese women pray to for offspring.

Tradition: Buddhist mythologyEast Asian folklore (general)
Region: East Asia (place of origin)
Trait family: The Ward-Holders

Near this figure

Arzshenk Guardianship
Bannik Guardianship
Bisan Guardianship
Briareos Guardianship
Campe Guardianship
Colt Pixy Guardianship

and 11 more

Coquena Guardianship
Hiisi Guardianship
Kirkegrim Guardianship
Ma Guardianship
Mars Guardianship
Mehen Guardianship
Mucalinda Guardianship
Orthos Guardianship
Pixiu Guardianship
Pytho Guardianship
Simargl Guardianship

Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Behaviour

Mistakes other children for her own and abducts them
why
A demoness who preyed on other people's children was taught by having one of her own hidden from her, so that she experienced directly the grief she had been inflicting, and was bound thereafter to protect children rather than devour them.

Defensive powers

Guardianship
why
What survives in ordinary devotional practice is entirely the second half: a protector of childbirth and offspring, invoked domestically and with real warmth by people who are not thinking about ogres at all.