In "Zusetsu Minzokugaku Zenshu" (Illustrated Collection of Folklore) written by a folklorist called Morihiko FUJISAWA, it is depicted as a specter of the same type as Yuki Onna (Snow Woman) and that it appears on a snow night seeking sake in the Noto Peninsula region in Ishikawa Prefecture; however, there is actually no such tradition in Noto and one theory has it that Fujisawa invented the story by association of "Konjaku Hyakki Shui".
民俗学者・藤沢衛彦の著書『図説民俗学全集』によれば、雪女と同種の妖怪であり、石川県能登半島地方で雪の降る夜に酒を求めて現れるとされるが、実際には能登にはそのような伝承は存在せず、藤沢が『今昔百鬼拾遺』から連想して創作したものとの説がある。