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Published: 2015-09-21 13:20:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 3096; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 3
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Description I'm surprised this isn't in the 100 creatures challenge. legend has it that a beautiful woman would entice a man into a quiet shack and begin to play a Biwa , a type of Japanese lute. While the victim would be distracted by the sound of the instrument, she binds her victim in spider silk threads in order to devour the unsuspecting person as her next meal.

According to legend, when a spider turns 400 years old, it gains magical powers. In many of her stories, Jorōgumo into a beautiful woman to ask a samurai to marry her, or takes the form of a young woman carrying a baby (which may turn out to be a spider's eggsack).

based on the stalk design from saga i've been wanting to draw one for a while

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Comments: 4

Seriiko [2015-09-22 12:52:50 +0000 UTC]

Nice !

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xAlalax In reply to Seriiko [2015-09-26 16:29:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks :3

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MechaTrav [2015-09-21 16:23:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow, she came out really cool, both pretty and scary at the same time!

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xAlalax In reply to MechaTrav [2015-09-26 16:30:13 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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