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. Yama no Kami 山の神 Yamanokami - Introduction .
. Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami - Introduction .
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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Saga, Saitama and Shiga
. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説 .
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....................................................................... Saga 佐賀県 .....
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東松浦郡 Higashimatsuura district 鎮西町 Chinzei town
On the second day of the 12th lunar month, the regional Yamanokami have a meeting and do the washing.
They also count the mountains, so humans are not allowed to go there on this day.
If people cook 味噌汁 miso soup on this day and smell of Miso while walking outside, they will get ill.
Yamanokami does not like the smell of Miso soup.
Another legend about Yamanokami and Miso soup from Oita and from Yamagata.
. misojiru 味噌汁 Miso soup .
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山神社 Yamajinja
佐賀県 神崎郡吉野ヶ里町松隈永山 / Nagayama Matsuguma Yoshinogari, Kanzaki District, Saga
- reference source : hotokami.jp/area/saga... -
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. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin .
Behind the Shrine 和田神社 Wada Jinja is a memorial of the deity 愛宕様 Atago sama, where Yamanokami is venerated.
The pious son of a postmaster went there regularly to pray. On the 17th day of the 2nd lunar month the Tengu come there for a meeting.
They are very large and their face is hardly to be seen up there.
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. Chichibu no Tengu 秩父の天狗さま The Tengu from Chichibu .
Tengoo matsuri 天狗祭（テンゴー祭り） Tengo (Tengu) Festival
Tengu is seen as Yamanokami
- - - Legend from 小鹿野町 Ogano town
- - - Legend from 倉尾村 Kurao village
- - - Legend from 寄居町 Yorii town
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秩父市 Chichibu city
. yama no kami no yasumigi 山の神の休み木 sacred trees of Yamanokami .
..... kikkabu キッカブ（木株 kikabu）stumps of the trees
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秩父郡 Chichibu district 倉尾村 Kurao village
When forest workers stay in the mountain hut they can hear the sound of boulders rolling around and trees being cut.
This is Yamanokami showing his power.
Another forest worker could suddenly not see any more on a clear full-moon night.
Yamanokami had blinded his eyes to make him stop, they say.
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秩父郡 Chichibu district 皆野町 Minano town
If someone goes into the mountain forest on the Day of Yamanokami, he will get injured.
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秩父郡 Chichibu district 大滝村 Otaki village
Yamanokami ga sawagu 山の神が騒ぐ Yamanokami celebrates
In the morning, one can hear Yamanokami making music with drums and flutes.
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秩父郡 Chichibu district 両神村 Ryokami village
Someone went to the river to put out his net for yamame ヤマメ salmon and got his net all full in no time. When he wanted to lift the full net out of the river, it was all empty.
The fish he had caught before that were also gone from his basket. He had been fishing very close to a place sacred to Yamanokami. He became afraid, hurried home and had to stay in bed for many days.
. yamame やまめ (山女) masu salmon / Oncorhynchus masou .
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入間郡 Iruma district 毛呂山町 Moroyama town
. Sarugami 猿神 monkey deity .
Since the monkey is Yamanokami, people are not allowed to do forest work on 申の日 the days of the monkey.
If they do, they will have a lot of problems.
..............................................................................................................................................
. oo-otoko, Ōotoko 大男と伝説 O-Otoko, Legends about giants .
Since a giant with a red race came at night to shake the mountain hut, the forest workers held a ritual for Yamanokami during the whole night.
Another carpenter had cut a tree sacred to Yamanokami and that night his home was shaking and kept him awake all night. But the other people sleeping in that house did not feel a thing.
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....................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県 .....
山ノ神遺跡
3 Chome-38-18 Ichiriyama, Otsu, Shiga
an archaeological site of the kiln at about 1,300 years ago.
山の神古墳 Yamanokami kufun mound
Gokashoinobecho, Higashiomi, Shiga / 滋賀県東近江市五個荘伊野部町
山の神古墳/伊野部古墳（やまのかみこふん/いのべこふん）Inobe kofun 古墳
Yamanokami shrine
31 Hiramatsucho, Higashiomi, Shiga
山の神延命地蔵尊 Yamanokami Enmei Jizo son
90-23 Tatebekawarayajicho, Higashiomi, Shiga / 東近江市建部瓦屋寺町
郷山坂東山の神
2 Minakuchicho Ayano, Koka, Shiga
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甲賀市 Koka city 信楽町 Shigaraki
During the change from the 11th to the 12th lunar month, an especially cold day is said to happen because
Yamanokami goes wild. Yamanokami rides the wind to go home to the mountain.
.......................................................................
大津市 Otsu city
Yamagami no kaii 山神の怪異 strange things happening
A doctor from Otsu often went to 胆吹山 Tan-Ibukiyama (the old name of 伊吹山 Ibukiyama / Ibukisan in the Nihon Shoki records 日本書紀) to collect medicinal herbs and stones. But every evening some stones were thrown at him. Finally he realized that Yamanokami did not like the herbs and stones being taken away, so he brought them back to the mountian And indeed, all was quiet after this.
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栗東市 Ritto city
Yamanokami is an old ugly woman, and she is very jealous.
If anyone laughs about, she gets very angry and punishes that person.
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高島郡 Takashima district 今津町 Imazu town
. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin .
Yamanokami is a Tengu and lives in the trees.
At the bottom of the mountain sacred to Yamanokami are statues of 道祖神 Dosojin, to pray for safety of the traveler.
. doosoojin 道祖神 Dosojin, wayside gods .
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高島郡 Takashima district マキノ町 Makino city
If one goes to the mountain on the day of Yamanokami, he will get injured.
A charcoal maker carrying his coal in a backpack was almost thrown down from the mountain path.
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- reference source : nichibun yokai database -
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. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説 .
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. Yama no Kami 山の神 - Table of Contents - .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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sangaku shinkoo 山岳信仰 religion of the High Mountains is a different matter.
. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .
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. Yama no Kami 山の神 Yamanokami - Introduction .
. Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami - Introduction .
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Saga, Saitama and Shiga
. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説 .
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
....................................................................... Saga 佐賀県 .....
.......................................................................
東松浦郡 Higashimatsuura district 鎮西町 Chinzei town
On the second day of the 12th lunar month, the regional Yamanokami have a meeting and do the washing.
They also count the mountains, so humans are not allowed to go there on this day.
If people cook 味噌汁 miso soup on this day and smell of Miso while walking outside, they will get ill.
Yamanokami does not like the smell of Miso soup.
Another legend about Yamanokami and Miso soup from Oita and from Yamagata.
. misojiru 味噌汁 Miso soup .
.......................................................................
山神社 Yamajinja
佐賀県 神崎郡吉野ヶ里町松隈永山 / Nagayama Matsuguma Yoshinogari, Kanzaki District, Saga
- reference source : hotokami.jp/area/saga... -
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....................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県 .....
. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin .
Behind the Shrine 和田神社 Wada Jinja is a memorial of the deity 愛宕様 Atago sama, where Yamanokami is venerated.
The pious son of a postmaster went there regularly to pray. On the 17th day of the 2nd lunar month the Tengu come there for a meeting.
They are very large and their face is hardly to be seen up there.
-
. Chichibu no Tengu 秩父の天狗さま The Tengu from Chichibu .
Tengoo matsuri 天狗祭（テンゴー祭り） Tengo (Tengu) Festival
Tengu is seen as Yamanokami
- - - Legend from 小鹿野町 Ogano town
- - - Legend from 倉尾村 Kurao village
- - - Legend from 寄居町 Yorii town
.......................................................................
秩父市 Chichibu city
. yama no kami no yasumigi 山の神の休み木 sacred trees of Yamanokami .
..... kikkabu キッカブ（木株 kikabu）stumps of the trees
.......................................................................
秩父郡 Chichibu district 倉尾村 Kurao village
When forest workers stay in the mountain hut they can hear the sound of boulders rolling around and trees being cut.
This is Yamanokami showing his power.
Another forest worker could suddenly not see any more on a clear full-moon night.
Yamanokami had blinded his eyes to make him stop, they say.
.......................................................................
秩父郡 Chichibu district 皆野町 Minano town
If someone goes into the mountain forest on the Day of Yamanokami, he will get injured.
.......................................................................
秩父郡 Chichibu district 大滝村 Otaki village
Yamanokami ga sawagu 山の神が騒ぐ Yamanokami celebrates
In the morning, one can hear Yamanokami making music with drums and flutes.
......................................................................
秩父郡 Chichibu district 両神村 Ryokami village
Someone went to the river to put out his net for yamame ヤマメ salmon and got his net all full in no time. When he wanted to lift the full net out of the river, it was all empty.
The fish he had caught before that were also gone from his basket. He had been fishing very close to a place sacred to Yamanokami. He became afraid, hurried home and had to stay in bed for many days.
. yamame やまめ (山女) masu salmon / Oncorhynchus masou .
.................................................................................
入間郡 Iruma district 毛呂山町 Moroyama town
. Sarugami 猿神 monkey deity .
Since the monkey is Yamanokami, people are not allowed to do forest work on 申の日 the days of the monkey.
If they do, they will have a lot of problems.
..............................................................................................................................................
. oo-otoko, Ōotoko 大男と伝説 O-Otoko, Legends about giants .
Since a giant with a red race came at night to shake the mountain hut, the forest workers held a ritual for Yamanokami during the whole night.
Another carpenter had cut a tree sacred to Yamanokami and that night his home was shaking and kept him awake all night. But the other people sleeping in that house did not feel a thing.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
....................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県 .....
山ノ神遺跡
3 Chome-38-18 Ichiriyama, Otsu, Shiga
an archaeological site of the kiln at about 1,300 years ago.
山の神古墳 Yamanokami kufun mound
Gokashoinobecho, Higashiomi, Shiga / 滋賀県東近江市五個荘伊野部町
山の神古墳/伊野部古墳（やまのかみこふん/いのべこふん）Inobe kofun 古墳
Yamanokami shrine
31 Hiramatsucho, Higashiomi, Shiga
山の神延命地蔵尊 Yamanokami Enmei Jizo son
90-23 Tatebekawarayajicho, Higashiomi, Shiga / 東近江市建部瓦屋寺町
郷山坂東山の神
2 Minakuchicho Ayano, Koka, Shiga
.......................................................................
甲賀市 Koka city 信楽町 Shigaraki
During the change from the 11th to the 12th lunar month, an especially cold day is said to happen because
Yamanokami goes wild. Yamanokami rides the wind to go home to the mountain.
.......................................................................
大津市 Otsu city
Yamagami no kaii 山神の怪異 strange things happening
A doctor from Otsu often went to 胆吹山 Tan-Ibukiyama (the old name of 伊吹山 Ibukiyama / Ibukisan in the Nihon Shoki records 日本書紀) to collect medicinal herbs and stones. But every evening some stones were thrown at him. Finally he realized that Yamanokami did not like the herbs and stones being taken away, so he brought them back to the mountian And indeed, all was quiet after this.
.......................................................................
栗東市 Ritto city
Yamanokami is an old ugly woman, and she is very jealous.
If anyone laughs about, she gets very angry and punishes that person.
.......................................................................
高島郡 Takashima district 今津町 Imazu town
. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 the Mountain Goblin .
Yamanokami is a Tengu and lives in the trees.
At the bottom of the mountain sacred to Yamanokami are statues of 道祖神 Dosojin, to pray for safety of the traveler.
. doosoojin 道祖神 Dosojin, wayside gods .
.......................................................................
高島郡 Takashima district マキノ町 Makino city
If one goes to the mountain on the day of Yamanokami, he will get injured.
A charcoal maker carrying his coal in a backpack was almost thrown down from the mountain path.
..............................................................................................................................................
- reference source : nichibun yokai database -
..............................................................................................................................................
. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説 .
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- - - - - . Join the Updates of Facebook ! . - - - - -
. Yama no Kami 山の神 - Table of Contents - .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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sangaku shinkoo 山岳信仰 religion of the High Mountains is a different matter.
. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .
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