earth-spiders

Updated: February 23, 2026

As for the things told in the Chronicles about short bodies, long limbs, pigmies, and nets of dolichos, they may be dismissed as mere fancies suggested by the name Tsuchi-gumo, which was commonly supposed to mean "earth-spiders."

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era