Japanese · No. 016

Nure-onna, Serpent-Woman of the Shore

Real myth

Nure-onna, Serpent-Woman of the Shore
She asks you to hold her baby. It isn't a baby.
Rarity
Uncommon
Category
Monster
ATK
1900
DEF
1600
Level
5
Type
Serpent
Element
Water
Constellations
Moon · Leviathan

The myth

Nure-onna, the "wet woman", is a shore yōkai with a woman's head and a serpent's body, her long hair always soaked. She appears in Edo-period illustrated scrolls and in legends from western Japan and Kyushu. In the Iwami version, today's Shimane, she appears on the beach holding a baby and asks a fisherman to hold it for a moment. The child grows heavy as stone and sticks to his hands so he cannot flee, while the ushi-oni, a bull-headed monster, rises from the sea to attack. In other versions she strikes alone with her long tail.

Why it has this power

An Uncommon level-5 Water Serpent with 1900 ATK and 1600 DEF: one of the highest attacks among the archipelago's non-fusion serpents, because her trap usually works. Water and Moon come from the night beach; Leviathan from her serpent body. She pairs well with the Coastal Ushi-oni, her partner in ambush in the legend.

Did you know

In some versions the nure-onna can stretch her tongue or tail hundreds of meters to drag her victim into the water.

Connections

  • In Kaguya, Guardian of the Torii's deck

Where to get it

  • Campaign drop: Kenji, Kamo River Fisherman (Archipelago of the Kami) — grade S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 14% · grade C: 11%
  • Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 100 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. The Database of Paintings of Mysterious Phenomena and Yōkai — International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
  2. Kaii・Yōkai Denshō Database (folklore of strange phenomena and yōkai) — International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)