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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
Sometimes people are bewitched by a fox, badger or a Tengu.
They begin to eat earthworms thinking they are buckwheat noodles or Udon noodles and run round and round in the mountains.
Children lost in the forest for some time also tell about "eating noodles" while holding an earthworm in the hand when they are found, not starving in the woods.
. soba 蕎麦 伝説 Legends about buckwheat .
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oomimizu 大蚯蚓 / オオミミズ large earthworm
In the Tanba region of 兵庫県 Hyogo
there lived a huge earthworm of more than 1丈 (about 3 meters).
There had been a period of long rain and large mudslides, so the earthworms thrived. Another one must have been at least 4 meters, and another one maybe six meters !!
Near the Kumano Hongu Shrine of 和歌山県 Wakayama
the earthworm is called 加夫羅太伊 (カフラタイ) Kafuratai.
A man named 新兵衛 Shinbei from Hongu village once went to 大瀬山 Oseyama to cut wood. Suddenly he heared a strange voice and when he looked closer, he saw many huge earthworms of more than one meter long. His son caught them in a Bonito trap and carried them home, where they made a fire and burned them to prevent more harm.
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In many parts of Japan there are tales about 小便 peeing on an earthworm, which causes swelling of the penis. Therefore before peeing outside, men should spit on the place and thus inform the earthworms of their deed.
And if they peed on it by accident, they had to wash it carefully with clean water to avoid problems.
source : kabukumono
No peeing here !
赤い鳥居と立ち小便厳禁、蚯蚓に小便をかける...
These kinds of signs were quite common in the past.
If you pee on an earthworm, there will be a "punishment of the Gods" 神罰.
.......................................................................
Sometimes a woman gives earthworms to a blind relative,
telling them its Udon or Soba noodles.
.......................................................................
Sometimes a serpent shape-shifts into an earthworm (or vice-versa)
to make mischief in a village.
.......................................................................
In 青森県 Akita around Towada
if children throw a tantrum (kan no mushi), the mother has to make a tea with
tamakura mimizu タマクラミミズ, a large earthworm, to cure the child.
. kan no mushi 疳の虫 / 癇 insect of nervousness, short-temperedness .
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In 広島県 Hiroshima
a Samurai once wanted to shoot a pheasant which had just eaten a frog that had just eaten an earthworm. "Maybe someday my own life will be in peril" the Samurai thought and did not shoot after all.
Suddenly he heard a voice shouting
ee ian, ee ian エー思案、エー思案 "that is a good consideration".
When he looked back, he saw
hitotsume oonyuudo 一つ目の大入道 the Yokai Onyudo with one Eye
coming after him, so he fled as fast as he could.
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .
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In 神奈川県 Kanagawa
sometimes people hear ミミズの歌う唄 an earthworm singing in the woods and a 鯉 carp is there dancing to the music. So the young folk of the village planned to go for an outing to watch the scene. But on that night there was no song and no carp dancing.
On the way back they saw a group of people carrying their wives in palanquins and they run fast for bewilderment. But in the end they realized they had been bewitched by a fox or badger.
In the Hata district of 高知県 Kochi
if the pee of an earthworm hits the eye, you will become blind.
And if a man pees on an earthworm, his penis will be swelling.
The child of 酒井玉喜 Sakai Tamaki once had a swollen penis. To heal it they caught an earthworm and while counting the years of the child washed it carefully in water. Then the earthworm was let free in the fields and the child was cured.
In 奥武山Onoyama of Okinawa
once an earthworm begun to cry loudly because he feared the earth of the place would disappear. Then he heard in the local animal grape-wine from a poisonous snake (habu ハブ) that on the other side on the beach there was much better earth and begun to move there. This is how earthworms begun to settle all over Okinava.
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If people in the Ina district of 長野県 Nagano catch a mole cricket, they chant this spell, rub their hands and hope for something interesting to happen:
おけらおけらおてんとう様おがめ
o-kera o-kera o-tentoosama ogame
honorable mole cricket, mole cricket,
now you can pray to the sun !
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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source : homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e
mimizu no tenjoo 蚓（みみず）の天上 an earthworm goes to Heaven
This is just the moment when the earthworm turns into a dragon.
The earthworm was supposed to be the bait of an angler but . . .
From a collection of Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画十二編図（江戸摺）
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
Sometimes people are bewitched by a fox, badger or a Tengu.
They begin to eat earthworms thinking they are buckwheat noodles or Udon noodles and run round and round in the mountains.
Children lost in the forest for some time also tell about "eating noodles" while holding an earthworm in the hand when they are found, not starving in the woods.
. soba 蕎麦 伝説 Legends about buckwheat .
.......................................................................
oomimizu 大蚯蚓 / オオミミズ large earthworm
In the Tanba region of 兵庫県 Hyogo
there lived a huge earthworm of more than 1丈 (about 3 meters).
There had been a period of long rain and large mudslides, so the earthworms thrived. Another one must have been at least 4 meters, and another one maybe six meters !!
Near the Kumano Hongu Shrine of 和歌山県 Wakayama
the earthworm is called 加夫羅太伊 (カフラタイ) Kafuratai.
A man named 新兵衛 Shinbei from Hongu village once went to 大瀬山 Oseyama to cut wood. Suddenly he heared a strange voice and when he looked closer, he saw many huge earthworms of more than one meter long. His son caught them in a Bonito trap and carried them home, where they made a fire and burned them to prevent more harm.
.......................................................................
In many parts of Japan there are tales about 小便 peeing on an earthworm, which causes swelling of the penis. Therefore before peeing outside, men should spit on the place and thus inform the earthworms of their deed.
And if they peed on it by accident, they had to wash it carefully with clean water to avoid problems.
source : kabukumono
No peeing here !
赤い鳥居と立ち小便厳禁、蚯蚓に小便をかける...
These kinds of signs were quite common in the past.
If you pee on an earthworm, there will be a "punishment of the Gods" 神罰.
.......................................................................
Sometimes a woman gives earthworms to a blind relative,
telling them its Udon or Soba noodles.
.......................................................................
Sometimes a serpent shape-shifts into an earthworm (or vice-versa)
to make mischief in a village.
.......................................................................
In 青森県 Akita around Towada
if children throw a tantrum (kan no mushi), the mother has to make a tea with
tamakura mimizu タマクラミミズ, a large earthworm, to cure the child.
. kan no mushi 疳の虫 / 癇 insect of nervousness, short-temperedness .
.................................
In 広島県 Hiroshima
a Samurai once wanted to shoot a pheasant which had just eaten a frog that had just eaten an earthworm. "Maybe someday my own life will be in peril" the Samurai thought and did not shoot after all.
Suddenly he heard a voice shouting
ee ian, ee ian エー思案、エー思案 "that is a good consideration".
When he looked back, he saw
hitotsume oonyuudo 一つ目の大入道 the Yokai Onyudo with one Eye
coming after him, so he fled as fast as he could.
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .
.................................
In 神奈川県 Kanagawa
sometimes people hear ミミズの歌う唄 an earthworm singing in the woods and a 鯉 carp is there dancing to the music. So the young folk of the village planned to go for an outing to watch the scene. But on that night there was no song and no carp dancing.
On the way back they saw a group of people carrying their wives in palanquins and they run fast for bewilderment. But in the end they realized they had been bewitched by a fox or badger.
In the Hata district of 高知県 Kochi
if the pee of an earthworm hits the eye, you will become blind.
And if a man pees on an earthworm, his penis will be swelling.
The child of 酒井玉喜 Sakai Tamaki once had a swollen penis. To heal it they caught an earthworm and while counting the years of the child washed it carefully in water. Then the earthworm was let free in the fields and the child was cured.
In 奥武山Onoyama of Okinawa
once an earthworm begun to cry loudly because he feared the earth of the place would disappear. Then he heard in the local animal grape-wine from a poisonous snake (habu ハブ) that on the other side on the beach there was much better earth and begun to move there. This is how earthworms begun to settle all over Okinava.
.......................................................................
If people in the Ina district of 長野県 Nagano catch a mole cricket, they chant this spell, rub their hands and hope for something interesting to happen:
おけらおけらおてんとう様おがめ
o-kera o-kera o-tentoosama ogame
honorable mole cricket, mole cricket,
now you can pray to the sun !
.......................................................................
- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
.......................................................................
source : homepage2.nifty.com/ukiyo-e
mimizu no tenjoo 蚓（みみず）の天上 an earthworm goes to Heaven
This is just the moment when the earthworm turns into a dragon.
The earthworm was supposed to be the bait of an angler but . . .
From a collection of Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画十二編図（江戸摺）
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