We’ve already looked at the Kappa, Garappa, and Hyousube. Today I present you the final member of the Kappa family: the Yamawarawa.

All the Kappa we previously looked at are summertime spirits. Every year on the fall equinox they perform a mass migration into the mountains, transforming into one-eyed hairy beasties the size of small children as they go. They live in this form as Yamawarawa for the whole winter, and return back to the rivers in another mass migration that takes place on the spring equinox.

Anyone unlucky enough to be caught in the middle of this massive migration is in for a nasty surprise. Yamawarawa hate to be spied upon, and they might viciously slaughter anyone they suspect of peeping on them. Any houses unlucky enough to be in the way of the migration are torn apart by the masses of monsters coming down the mountains, angry that someone had the gall to put up an impediment to their journey.

Yamawarawa

Yamawarawa detail 1

Yamawarawa detail 2

Yamawarawa detail 3