Jōrōgumo
c. 1200 CE – 2026 CEattested
Japan
- Japanese
A spider that lives long enough to gain the power of transformation, taking the form of a beautiful woman to lure men to waterfalls. The name means 'binding bride'. The web is the point.
Known for
- spider become woman
- the waterfall trap
- the binding bride
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.