Young Jorōgumo of the Hidden Web

The myth

The jorōgumo, "courtesan spider" or "entangling spider", is a spider yōkai that takes the form of a beautiful woman to lure men and bind them in her threads. A spider that lives many years, sometimes four hundred, is said to gain this power. Toriyama Sekien portrayed her in 1776 as a spider-woman handling small fire-breathing spiders. Edo-period tales tell of travelers who accept hospitality in a house in the woods and wake up wrapped in web. Jorōgumo is also the name of a real, large and colorful spider common in Japan.

Why it has this power

A Common level-3 Darkness Insect-Plant with 1100 ATK and 900 DEF: still young, but already dangerous. Darkness and Moon are the night woods; Scarab, the constellation of crawling things and the dead. Fused with a Spellcaster she matures into the Lady of the Waterfall, and she is one of the materials of the Rite of Mount Mikami.

Did you know

The real spider Trichonephila clavata, called jorōgumo in Japan, has spread in recent years across the southeastern United States.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Spellcaster → Jorōgumo, Lady of the Waterfall
• In Aiko, Dojo Apprentice's deck
• In Renji, Ronin of the Snowy Roads's deck

Where to get it

• Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
• Craft with card dust: 40 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)