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what does Onibaba mean?

posted 15 years ago by minamelandme
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[–] minamelandme 15 years ago

doeas it mean the mask?

[–] WillBarks 15 years ago

Doesn't the title translate as "Demon Woman"?

[–] minamelandme 15 years ago

yes,u'r right,i'd totally forgot that one

[–] kerpan 15 years ago

Oni is demon

baba is hag, old woman

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[–] sharptongue 11 years ago

"Demon Granny".

[–] mevmijaumau 11 years ago

Interesting. In my native language (Croatian) baba means the exact same thing.

[–] Don-the-Lamplighter 8 years ago

So what you're telling me is that I should probably stop having my kids address their maternal grandmother as Onibaba?