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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Shimane 島根県 and Shizuoka 静岡県 . Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説 . :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
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古民家カフェ 山の神 An old farm house turned cafe named Yamanokami 鳥取県日南町阿毘縁 Nichinan town, Abire hamlet
Nearby is the rose garden バラ園 AVONLEA
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- - - - - 山の神 Yamanokami - - - - - Yamanokami and 飛騨の工 a master carpenter from Hida made a competition. The carpenter said he could built three houses until next morning.
Yamanokami weaved a cloth and tried to cover the whole mountain area.
Next morning the three houses were almost finished when suddenly the whole mountain was covered in white snow - so Yamanokami had won.
. "Hida no Takumi" 飛騨の匠 Master Builder, carpenter from Hida, Gifu . - - - - -
Yamanokami is blind.
Therefore wood cutters plant a fresh branch by the side of a stump from a tree they have just cut down.
Every night Yamanokami comes to count the trees and if there is no branch, she will know the tree has been cut and punish the wood cutter.
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The main mountain forest had all been cut down, so Yamanokami went off to 三瓶山 Mount Sanbesan (1,126 m).
(Father, Son and Grandchild Sanbe.)
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If a cow has gotten lost in the mountain, people make an offering of Okoze, which Yamanokami likes, and then the animal will be found soon.
. okoze 虎魚 / 鰧魚 / オコゼ / ヲコゼ stonefish and Yamanokami . - - - - -
kagayaku mono 輝くもの something sparkling If a fishing boat gets lost in the wild waters of the Nihonkai sea, there might be a light on the top of the mountain. Fishermen use this light to come back home safely.
Therefore the local fishermen often go to the top of the mountain to pray to Yamanokami.
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matsu no ki 松の木 pine tree，sugegasa 菅笠 Along the Shiga river there is a huge pine tree.
Once a wood cutter was trying to cut id down, but when he looked up, he saw a sugegasa 菅笠 sedge hat hanging up there. When he looked closer, he suddenly felt very ill and could not cut the tree.
. sugegasa 菅笠と伝説 Legends about the sedge hat . .......................................................................
Yamabiko 山彦 Echo Yamabiko Echo is the voice of things given to them by Yamanokami.
Once a hunter tried to break off a branch from a dry tree to make a fire. It made the sound of ポン PON ,
and the forest on the other side responded with the same sound.
The hunter was surprized and called out "Whow!" and the answer "WHOW" came back soon.
The hunter became afraid and run for home as fast as he could.
. Yamabiko 山彦 / やまびこ "Echo". - also featured as a Yokai monster
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. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 / 山ン婆 mountain hag monster . On the 9th day of the second lunar month, Yamanba is cooking rice. On this day people are not allowed to go the the mountain or cut trees.
Yamanba is another name for Yamanokami, others say it is the wife of a Tengu.
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. Yamanokami and 天狗 Tengu legends . Once a man worked in the forest and the Tengu came to help him. But he used the taboo-word
sakana 肴 when talking and the Tengu left.
The man called on Yamanokami for help, but then he used the taboo-word
mochi 餅 and Yamanokami got angry.
After that the man could not go to the mountai forest any more.
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飯石郡
Iishi district Kanayago sama no tatari カナヤゴ様のたたり the curse of the Kanayago deity Kanayago is 炭焼きの神・火の神・鉄山の神 the female deity venerated by charcoal makers, protecting from fire and in mines.
She is venerate dway back in the valley of Ibaradani 井原谷.
The deity tends to curse people who do not keep the rituals, pee in her direction or cut off branches from sacred trees.
Once she cursed the family of 山口恭一家 Yamaguchi Kyoichi.
. Kanayagogami 金屋子神 / カナヤゴガミ Deity of the Blacksmith . - - - - -
Koojin san 荒神さん Kojin Deity At 穴見谷・大向 Omukai / Anamidani valley on the 14th day and at 井原谷 Ibaradani on the 16th day the young men of the village pound straw, making a sound like
hotohoto ホトホト. They make 藁の馬 straw horses and walk through the village, throwing one straw horse for each family. Then the horses are venerated at the Shrine for Yamanokami.
This is also the Shrine for the Kojin Deity 荒神
Aragami. They also offer a ritual Sakaki branch.
. Aragami 荒神と伝説 Legends about the Aragami deity . - Koojinsama, Koojin sama 荒神様 Kojin sama, "rough god", "wild deity"
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Yamanokami san no sawari 山の神さんのさわり negative feeling of Yamanokami If someone feels his eyes going bad or his body in bad condition for some days, they say it is the negative feeling of 水神さん the Deity of Water or 山の神さん the Deity of the Mountain.
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日原
Nippara Yamanokami is venerated at special trees in the mountain forest.
On the 9th day of the 10th lunar month, the festival day of Yamanokami, if people go to the forest they will get injured.
A man who cut down a tree sacred to Yamanokami got ill and could not get up for more than 10 years, then he finally died all of a sudden. His wife and his cows also died.
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隠岐郡
Oki district 都万村
Tsumamura village kazamichi カザミチ road of the Deity (kami no michi) The path where Yamanokami passes. If someone cuts a tree along this path, he will get a great injury.
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邑智郡
Oochi district The
saotome 早乙女 female planters of the rice fields of 大石家 the Oishi family wre one more as there are.
That was rather strange. When they brought the lunch trays there was one less then counted before and one tray was too much.
They said that Yamanokami from the mountain behind the home had come to help.
A curious servant once followed the one female helper, but lost sight of her half way up the mountain.
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. Yamanokami kofun 山の神古墳 Yamanokami tumulus in Japan . Higashikashiwabara Shinden, Fuji
Uchinodai, Hamakita Ward, Hamamatsu
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西臼塚 山の神 Nishiizuzuka Yamanokami
Awakura, Fujinomiya
- reference source : photohi.sakura.ne.jp/fuji-nishi... - 山の神滝 Yamanokami taki waterfall
Takumi, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka city
山の神 歴史博物館 History museum
Fujieda, Okabecho Miwa
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. Hitotsume Kozoo 一つ目小僧 Hitotsume Kozo - Young Monk with One Eye . . 
source : wikiwand me hitotsu kozoo, mehitotsu kozō 目一つ小僧 - same as hitotsume kozo In Atami city Mehitotsu Kozo is seen as Yamanokami, a Tengu.
On the 8th day of the second and 12th lunar month, children have a special song:
source : kawahata-m.cocolog-nifty... 「大寒小寒、山から小僧がやって来た」
On the day of great cold and small cold, the young monk comes from the mountain." In Shimoda city On the 8th day of the second and 12th lunar month, people put a baskets of woven bamboo (mekago 目籠)) on a pole.
This will prevent Mehitostu Kozo from coming.
source : wikipedia . koto hajime 事始 beginning of work and activities . Starting of February 8. Work stopped on December 8.
Both days with an 8 are called "Days of Work (things)" (koto no hi 事の日).
.....koto no yooka 事八日（ことようか）"day number 8"
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Hitotsume Kozo is usually seen as a Yokai monster which brings bac luck. Some say it is a Tengu with one eye and one leg.
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. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 / 山ン婆 mountain hag monster . 浜松市
Hamamatsu city 天竜区佐久間町
Tenryu ward, Sakuma town When Yamanba started to build Mount Fujisan, she carried earth from Mount Kurakiyama. On her way at night she heard the sound of someone grinding a mortar and went there. leaving the earth. This became 浅間山 Mount Asamasan.
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On 倉木山 Mount Kurakiyama (1,155 m) there lived a Yamanba. She had three sons,
龍筑坊 Ryuchikubo，白髯童子 Shirahige doji and 常光坊 Jokobo.
They became the lords of the areas 龍頭嶺 / 竜頭峰 Ryutozan, 神三沢（三つ森 Mitsumori）and 山住奥の院 Yamazumi Oku no In (in that order).
The Yamanba later took off and lived at 浅間山 Mount Asamasan in 佐久間 Sakuma.
Her living quarters were the home of 杉本家 the Sugimoto family. The name of their estate was カリヤド Kariyado. In the mountain in the back of the estate was a sanctuary for Yamanokami, where Yamanba had planted wisteria.
Yamanba often helped pregnant women during birth and showed them how to weave.
But one day she ate the baby of the family and had to hide in a cave at Mount Kurakiyama. It was dark (kurai) there and that changed to the name of the mountain, Kuraki.
Much later the Samurai 平賀中務 Hiraga Nakatsukasa and 矢部後藤左衛門 Yabe Goto Izaemon came and chased her away. Now she had to fly to 秋葉山 Mount Akibasan.
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熱海市
Atami city If someone goes to the mountain on the day of the festival for Yamanokami, he will be blown away by
kamikaze 神風 a divine storm.
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榛原郡
Haibara district 本川根町
Honkawane town Some farmers burning the fields in spring near a place where Yamanokami is venerated have been cursed.
To get rid of the curse they had to perform special purification rituals.
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浜松市
Hamamatsu city 天竜区佐久間町
Tenryu ward, Sakuma town 大平の一本足 Ohira no ippon ashi，山男 Yamaotoko，白髯童子 Shirahige doji 角右衛門
Kakuemon and 助右衛門
Sukeemon head a voice deep in the mountain, calling:
"Run away, run away fast!" There was a
yamaotoko 山男 maountain man with a white beard smoking the leaves of
momi no ki 樅の木 fir tree. This mountain man was Shirahige Doji. So the two villagers fled in haste.
Three days later Kakuemon made Miso paste when someone from behind talked to him. He saw a huge man, but only his up to the knees, the rest of the body was too high up. Kakuemon went to Kikoemon to tell him, but his friend had been in bed, and he died soon.
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庵原郡
Ihara district 両河内村
Ryogochi village kechiyama ケチヤマ mountain off-limits Once upon a time, a girl with a
kaburokko カブロッコ haircut like a Kappa had appeared here and since then Yamanokami is venerated>
The area is now ケチ地 off limits.
source : line-tatsujin.com/detail... - - - - -
. keyaki 欅 Zelkova and fuji 藤 wisteria tree . .......................................................................
引佐郡
Inasa district 引佐町
Inasa town Yamanokami no taiju 山の神の大樹 the huge tree of Yamanokami If someone cuts the sacred tree at 田沢 Tazawa or burns its leaves, he will be cursed.
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伊豆の国市
Izunokuni city Someone went to the forest on the day of the festival for Yamanokami, but he was hit by an arrow and lost his eyesight.
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賀茂郡
Kamo district 松崎町
Matsuzaki town Yamanokami is seen as a woman.
Once a villager passed the sanctuary for Yamanokami in the late evening, when he saw a young woman of about 17 or 18 years carrying a boy on her back. He tried to talk to her, but she did not say anything and went on up the mountain, until he could not see her any more.
Yamanokami does not show her human features to villagers very often, so he was quite proud.
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静岡市
Shizuoka city 葵区
Aoi ward . shinboku 神木, shinju 神樹 sacred tree, divine tree . hyoorayama ヒョーラ山 Hyora mountain A mountain with a tree sacred to Yamanokami is called Hyora mountain.
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. kashi no ki カシの木 / 樫 oak tree . This tree is sacred to Yamanokami. If someone tries to cut such an old tree, he will be cursed, die soon or get injured.
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. yama-inu, yamainu 山犬、豺 "mountain dog" - wolf legends . Both parents were preparing the fields and burning them in sprig. They took a break and made some tea but forgot to give some offerings to Yamanokami.
That night they heard the eerie howling of a wolf and could not sleep at all.
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- reference source : nichibun yokai database - ..............................................................................................................................................
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