20 Feb 2021

LEGENDS - akuryu malicious dragon

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akuryu malicious dragon legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, Legends about malicious dragons

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......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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さぬき市 Sanuki city 志度町 Shido town

Fujiwara Tankai 藤原淡海公 had brought many treasures and beads back from China.
He stopped at Shido town and got involved with 海人 a diver woman. He gave her some beads.
Akuryuu 悪竜 a malicious dragon stole the beads, but the diver woman got them back.
She did soon after and is now venerated at the temple .
. Shidodera 志度寺 Temple in Shido .
- Fujiwara no Fuhito 藤原不比等 (659 - 720)
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with the title Bunchu Kō (文忠公) and Tankai Kō (淡海公)




......................................................................................... Nara 奈良県
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五條市 Gojo city 北山町 Kitayama town

. 竜頭、竜胸、竜尾の三寺 .
A shugenja 修験者 mountain ascet had parted a malicious dragon into three parts.
To avoid the curse of the dragon, his body parts - 竜頭 head 、竜胸 breast、竜尾 tail - were venerated in three temples.




......................................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県
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入間郡 Iruma district 越生町 Ogose town

Priest Ungan 雲崗和尚 has changed a malicious dragon, who lived in the lake, into a benevolent dragon and build a temple to venerate it.




......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京都
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三宅島 Miyake island 三宅村 Miyake village

. ryuukotsu 竜骨と伝説 Ryukotsu, Legends about dragon bones .
Ryukotsu 竜骨 have been used as medicine.
Recently there were dragon bones at 伊豆三宅島 Izu Miyake Island, but someone cut them to small pieces and went to sell them.
But each time the bones were cut, there would be a strong storm, so it became forbidden to touch the bones.
They say it were the bones of Akuryu 悪竜 a malicious dragon.




......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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甲斐市 Kai city 竜王 Ryuo village

The founding priest from 慈照寺 Temple Jisho-Ji was a descendant of an Akuryu, 悪竜 malicious dragon.
To show his gratitude, the dragon stumped his staff into the ground and a well sprung up, the
竜王水 Dragon King Water.
. Ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O - The Dragon King .
(or Dragon God, Ryuujin 竜神)

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Yamanashi 川上郡 Kawakami district 成羽町 Nariwa town

A couple of Akuryu 悪竜 malicious dragons lived at the pond 阪本の池 Sakamoto no Ike.
A brave man named 金太 Kinta came to kill the dragons.
The female dragon appeared as a woman and said:
"I will go back to the pond 赤松池 Akamatsu Ike. But from now on in your family there will only be widows."
And indeed, this is what happened to the family of Kinta.

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Yamanashi 南アルプス市 Minami-Alps city 上今井 Kami-Imai

Around 1540, 雲玄洞大和尚 the priest Ungen converted the Akuryu 悪竜 malicious dragon of the local river.
The place where it happened is now the Temple 竜泉院 Ryusen-In (Dragon Well Temple).

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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