extending-tongue-attack
morphological
Figures bearing this motif (4)
Chōchinobake · salience 0.9
“This tongue, cool and slightly damp, is used to playfully lick unsuspecting passersby, causing them to experience a sudden, disorienting chill that runs down their spine.”
Krasue · salience 0.9
“in some tellings it feeds by extending a long tongue-like proboscis into its victim.”
Tenjōname · salience 0.65
“Tenjōname, literally "ceiling-licker," is a yōkai of the Japanese Edo period depicted as a tall, gaunt, faintly humanoid figure with an extraordinarily long tongue, shown clinging to or reaching along the ceiling of an old building.”
Manananggal
“Using an elongated, thread-like tongue, it can pierce through the roofs of houses to reach its victims.”