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Traditional folktales from places as far apart as Japan and Iceland may contain elements of horror.
Here is a story from Japan as told by Lafcadio Hearn.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1210/1210-h/1210-h.htm#mujina
If you have read E. F. Benson's "The Step," you may wonder if Benson hadn't read this Hearn piece.
People interested in folktales (scary or otherwise) are invited to start a discussion here:
Folktales: Grimm, Asbjørnsen and Moe, Jacobs, Afanasyev, & more
Here is a story from Japan as told by Lafcadio Hearn.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1210/1210-h/1210-h.htm#mujina
If you have read E. F. Benson's "The Step," you may wonder if Benson hadn't read this Hearn piece.
People interested in folktales (scary or otherwise) are invited to start a discussion here:
Folktales: Grimm, Asbjørnsen and Moe, Jacobs, Afanasyev, & more