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Bulgasari · salience 0.6

“Accounts of its end vary: in some tellings the same monks who inadvertently created it manage to destroy it, often by fire, while in others the creature is overcome only with great difficulty after having grown far beyond its makers' control, and the tale is generally read as a caution about a small, seemingly harmless creation that becomes destructive once its appetite is allowed to run unchecked.”

Yuki-onna

“Weaknesses attributed to her vary by region: in some tellings hot water, fire, or the warmth of a bathhouse can destroy her or force her to flee, reflecting her fundamental nature as a being of cold that cannot coexist with heat.”