A hiderigami
Hiderigami (日照り神, "god of drought") is a mythical species of female yōkai in Japanese folklore that holds the power to cause droughts.
Description[]
Hiderigami appear as a grotesque, hairy humanoid which stands between two and three feet tall. It has a single eye on the top of its head. It only has a single arm and a single leg, although it can run as fast as the wind.
Hiderigami are rarely encountered by humans. They live deep in the mountains and only rarely travel out into human-inhabited lands, but when they do their presence can be strongly felt over a wide area. A hiderigami’s body exerts such a strong heat that everywhere it goes the ground dries up, clouds fail to form, and rain cannot fall. Despite the incredible danger that they pose, it is said that throwing a hiderigami into a toilet will kill it.
Overview[]
Hiderigami originated in southern China, and originally appeared as a goddess. Their origin is recorded in some of the oldest ancient Chinese records. When the legendary Yellow Emperor of China fought the warlord Chi You, he summoned a powerful goddess named Batsu to aid him in battle. Batsu contained supernatural heat from within her, and whenever released, the battle was quickly and decisively won in the emperor’s favor. However, she had used so much of her power that she was unable to return to the heavens or contain her heat.
While Batsu was nearby, the waters all dried up and rain would not fall, and so her presence became a terrible problem for the emperor. Unable to kill her or send her back to heaven, the emperor exiled the goddess to a far-away mountain and forbade her to return. Whether Batsu became the mother of the hiderigami or became corrupted and transformed into this yokai herself is unknown.