Mistakes other children for her own and abducts them
A motif · Behaviour
2 figures carry it.
Carried by
Kishibojin
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.
La Llorona
Many believe that La Llorona kidnaps wandering children, mistaking them for her own, or drowns them in an attempt to replace her lost offspring.