>>35778396also a traditional clothing piece some locals dress in the snowy region during blizzards
originally it was born to protect from rain but since it protects from rain of course it does serve well against snow and blizzards, the chinese, filippinos and other asian cultures do have those similar concepts as well
they are also known as snowman straw hats (hat costumes) or snow jackets, now instead of straws made from rice crops, fabric made poncho that look similar are also used, it makes sense because froslass keeps the the clothing theme as some sort of kimono and the yuki onna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mino_(straw_cape)>here some morehttps://imgur.com/a/VZpwy8fAs for Glalie:
"Not all snow-creations come with corncob pipes. In Japan, snowmen are made with two balls, one big and one small atop it, and without arms. They are to resemble the daruma doll, which brings good luck."
The oni theme was clear, they added extra details like having a rock body like and hard ice, the rest explains why it has no arms and is basically spheric. The other wall was dropped to explain its movement which is all about rolling I suppose.
Snorunt (Yuki Mino / Warashi) -> Glalie (Yuki Daruma)
Snorunt (Yuki Mino / Warashi) -> Froslass (Yuki Onna)
I'm okay with them.
In Gen 5 it would probably have been a cartoon snowman with a happy face.
https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/12/13/yuki-warashi-yukinbo-the-snow-babies/Interesting how Snorunt is partially based on a folk story about a woman wanting a baby and one of its evos, Froslass, steals or preys on kids and mountain or blizzard adventurers.
Both women are still depicted as lone individuals.
