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Hihi* monsters are living in trees. Many legends tell about young virgins of unequaled beauty being offered as sacrificial victims to old cedar trees with thick and dark foliage, in order to protect villages from disasters. Iwami Jyutaro is known as a hihislayer, but perhaps a hihi is some kind of a bandit.

*A hihi is a fabled monster that looks like a giant monkey. These beings are believed to have lived in mountains and attacked women, often demanding human sacrifice.

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樹の怪あり。怪の樹に棲むあり。老杉鬱々たる頭、絶世の美女、人身御供となりて一村の災厄を免れしめんとすることに伝説多し。拂々退治といへば岩見重太郎を連想すれども、拂々とは或は山賊の類ならんか。