Ame-onna

Morning cloud...evening rain.

On rainy days and nights, they summon rain wherever they go, and are blamed for kidnapping and spiriting away children.

Ame-onna go back to the ancient folk religions of Japan and China. The rains were said to be brought by benevolent gods and goddesses who lived as clouds by morning and as rain by night, forever traveling between heaven and earth. Legend has it that some of these rain-bringing goddesses became corrupted and devolved into evil yōkai. They abandoned their divinity to live among mortals and prey upon them.