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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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Hyooze no Matsuwaka 兵生の松若と伝説 Matsuwaka from Hyoze
Hyoze is a small hamlet in Wakayama, bordering to Nara, in the 果無山脈 Hatenashi Sanmyaku mountain range and 安堵山 Mount Andosan.
It can be reached from 福定 Fukusada and sometimes even bears roam in the deep forests surrounding it.
source : michi-oto.com/kodo/hyoze-
There used to be a sub-shrine of 春日神社 Kasuga Jinja in the forest and once a year the villagers come for special rituals.
The shrine is usually not visited by tourists.
source : michi-oto.com/kodo/hyoze-
. How Mount Hatenashi 果無山 got its name - Legend .
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兵生の松若 Hyoze no Matsuwaka
Once upon a time
there lived a very tall man in the forest of Hyoze, called 松若 Matsuwaka.
Once he went down to the village to get some salt. When he stretched out his hand a huge amount of salt would fit in.
During the 日露戦争 Russo-Japanese war (1904 - 1905) he was to be recruited by the army, but he never came to join.
Some other stories talk about a wolf who had bitten of one of his arms.
While Matsuwaka lived in the deep forest, he ate many strange things to survive and eventually 鬼になった became an Oni Demon.
. oni ni naru 鬼になる to become a demon .
Matsuwaka became known as the 山の妖怪 Yokai Forest Monster of Hyoze.
When he was born, the baby soon had all his teeth and long hair hanging down to his shoulders. He grew much faster then other babies and had a great appetite for any kind of food.
At age ten he realized that he would be a burden on his family and went off into the deep forest to live there.
Many years later a group of thieves haunted the village. Matsuwaka, who had become big like a demon, went down to the village to take care of the problem.
He soon killed all the thieves and thugs.
But after that, he was never seen again.
Sometimes villagers in Hyoze can hear him shout in the winter mountains - うおお~ UOOOOOOOO !
- reference source : nwn.jp/feature/20170722_
source : michi-oto.com/densetsu/hyoze-
ある日のこと、山にこだまするほどの産声をあげながら、
「松若」と名付けられたその子は、
「わしが家におったら、みなが飢えてしまう」
松若は、そう思うたんやな。
だんだんと一人で山へこもるようになって、
ある夜、兵生に盗賊が押し寄せてきた。集団で荒しまわられて、
松若や。
その大きな体は一瞬にして森を走り抜け、
おかげで村は、難を逃れることができた。
村の衆はそりゃ喜んだ。松若に食わしちゃろと、
そして「なんぞあったら、安堵山でわしの名をおがれよ。
それから、松若の姿を見た者はないんやが。
ただ、しんと冷えた冬の夜にな「うぉお、うぉお」
そんな時、すっかり年老いてしもた松若の母親は、「松若よぉ、
source : michi-oto.com/densetsu/hyoze-
Autumn festival at the Shrine Kasuga Jinja.
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- - - - - Hyooze, Hyoze - Not to mix with
. Hyōzu 兵主神 Hyozu no Kami - Deity of Wind and Weapons .
. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 .
. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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