What is a futakuchi-on?

Futakuchi-on is the legendary Japanese monster or yokai . The name futakuchi-on means "a woman with two mouth" and as the name suggests, this type of monster has two functional mouths. The second mouth is in the back of her head. Futakuchi-on appears throughout the Japanese folklore, in which the second mouth is usually the result of a curse or other supernatural cause. In this type of story, the true nature of a woman is often hidden for most of the story before finally reveals. If it is not fed, it can start murmuring and threatening a woman and it can experience pain and start screaming. The hair of this monster is sometimes said to become tentacles, picking up the female food from her plate and feeding her second mouth. In such cases, a tduch of a dead child carries out a curse and can even live in a female body. In other stories, these women are unhappy and cursed as a result of their spouses. In one story, a woman becomes a futakuchi-on after her husband strikes the back of the head with an ax. PlaceAbout healing becomes a second mouth that must be fed.

One of Futakuchi's most famous stories tells of a man who has chosen his bride because he never had anything. As a dear he could not bear the idea of ​​having to feed another person, so the fact that his wife had never eaten was a huge attraction. Soon, however, he noticed that his rice shops were mysteriously exhausted. One day he was spying on his wife to find out what was happening, he found that it was a futakuchi-on. He saw an open mouth in the back of his head, and when the Ubavilavlasy threw her hair into her other's mouths a huge amount of rice.