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. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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Ryuusenji, Ryūsenji 龍泉寺 / 瀧泉寺 Ryusenji-Ji Temples in Japan
sen, izumi 泉 spring, fountain
There are many temples with this name in Japan, and many legends about them.
. Meguro Fudo 目黒不動 the most well-known with the name Ryusen-Ji .
〔天台宗 泰叡山 瀧泉寺 Ryusen-Ji (目黒区・東京)
. Akita Yokote 秋田県 横手市 龍泉寺 .
. 龍頭山 Ryutozan 不動院 Fudo-In 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji .
栃木県 大田原市 / Tochigi, Otawara city
. Nagasaki 長寿山 龍泉寺 - 長崎県南高来郡西 .
. Arakawa 88 Henro Temples 荒川辺八十八ヶ所霊場 .
03 龍泉龍泉寺（台東区竜泉2-17-15）
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 .
87 大聖山龍泉寺（川口市青木5-5-36）
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県
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名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama ward
. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons .
When 伝教大師 Priest Dengyo Daishi was visiting 熱田の宮 the Shrine of Atsuta, 竜女 a female dragon appeared.
She told him she was living in the pond of 竜泉寺 temple Ryusen-Ji and wanted him to come there too and get a special blessing.
When Dengyo Daishi came to the temple Ryusen-Ji the female dragon showed up to teach her something special.
From then on, whenever there was a drought, she would bring rain if people prayed here.
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .
. Atsuta Jingu 熱田神宮 Atsuta Shrine .
................................................................................. Akita 秋田県
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横手市 Yokote city
- HP of the temple : asamai-ryusenji -
. itachi 鼬、イタチ weasel .
Once there came a weasel to 龍泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji, asked for Sutra letters to be written on tree leaves, made a nest for the leaves but then died. That night the weasel appeared in the dream of the priest.
The weasel asked the priest to bring it up when it would be re-born as a human.
The priest did as he had promised and eventually the child became an important priest, with a lot of mythical Buddhist powers.
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. oosuzu 大鈴， a large temple bell .
at Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 Hakusan Shrine
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. Suiko 水虎 Water Tiger, Water Beast .
and suiko Jizo 水虎地蔵 Jizo as a water beast
................................................................................. Fukui 福井県
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通幻和尚 Priest Tsugen
The pregnant mother of the founder of 龍泉寺 the Temple Ryusen-Ji, 通幻和尚 Priest Tsugen, had died and been burried.
But the baby came out of the earth after birth, and grew up to be a priest.
source : むかしむかし、永澤寺に通幻 が
The Dragon Scales and Priest Tsugen
Ryusenji - 1 Chome-10-3 Fukakusa, 越前市 Echizen, Fukui
- reference : 通幻禅師について -
................................................................................. Ibaraki 茨城県
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土浦市 Tsuchiura city 鷹匠町 Takajo town
Near 龍泉寺 Ryysen-Ji there is Hachiman Jinja 八幡神社 a Hachiman Shrine with a nettletree.
. enoki 榎 nettletree, Chinese hackberry tree .
................................................................................. Nara 奈良県
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吉野郡 Yoshino district 天川村 Tenryu village
. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legneds .
At 竜泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji the treasures are the bones of 大蛇 a great snake and the sword 聖宝尊者 Saint Shoho (832 - 908).
Once upon a time, a couple of serpents lived in a cave near the mountain and harmed the visitors.
The saint performed Buddhist rituals and chants and the male snake left. The bones of the famale snake were kept in a cave.
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Once a woman told her husband to call her from outside before entering the home.
One day he came home secretly and saw that his wife was a huge 白蛇 white serpent.
The wife told the husband to take her ebeballs and lick them with the children. Then she disappeared in the nearby pond.
In the course of time the eyeballs were lost and he became blind.
He asked to have a bell rung every morning and evening.
Thus the temple Ryusen-Ji was built to ring the bell in rituals.
- reference source : oominesan-ryusenji -
................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県
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秩父郡 Chichibu district
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .
At the large riverpool there lives a dragon.
To perform rain rituals, the head priest of 竜泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji throws in a kechimyaku 血脈 lineage document.
If there is a divine response from 竜神 the Dragon Deity, the paper will sink down and it will soon be raining.
. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
................................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県
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Ryusenji no Heian butsu 龍泉寺の平安仏
A man had tried to steal the Buddha statue from the Heian period of the temple 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji.
But when he left the temple hall, he could only walk around in circles and did not go anywhere.
Thus was the spiritual power of the statue.
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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Ryusenji Temples Legends
. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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Ryuusenji, Ryūsenji 龍泉寺 / 瀧泉寺 Ryusenji-Ji Temples in Japan
sen, izumi 泉 spring, fountain
There are many temples with this name in Japan, and many legends about them.
〔天台宗 泰叡山 瀧泉寺 Ryusen-Ji (目黒区・東京)
. Akita Yokote 秋田県 横手市 龍泉寺 .
. 龍頭山 Ryutozan 不動院 Fudo-In 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji .
栃木県 大田原市 / Tochigi, Otawara city
. Nagasaki 長寿山 龍泉寺 - 長崎県南高来郡西 .
. Arakawa 88 Henro Temples 荒川辺八十八ヶ所霊場 .
03 龍泉龍泉寺（台東区竜泉2-17-15）
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 .
87 大聖山龍泉寺（川口市青木5-5-36）
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県
.......................................................................
名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama ward
. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons .
When 伝教大師 Priest Dengyo Daishi was visiting 熱田の宮 the Shrine of Atsuta, 竜女 a female dragon appeared.
She told him she was living in the pond of 竜泉寺 temple Ryusen-Ji and wanted him to come there too and get a special blessing.
When Dengyo Daishi came to the temple Ryusen-Ji the female dragon showed up to teach her something special.
From then on, whenever there was a drought, she would bring rain if people prayed here.
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .
. Atsuta Jingu 熱田神宮 Atsuta Shrine .
................................................................................. Akita 秋田県
横手市 Yokote city
. itachi 鼬、イタチ weasel .
Once there came a weasel to 龍泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji, asked for Sutra letters to be written on tree leaves, made a nest for the leaves but then died. That night the weasel appeared in the dream of the priest.
The weasel asked the priest to bring it up when it would be re-born as a human.
The priest did as he had promised and eventually the child became an important priest, with a lot of mythical Buddhist powers.
.......................................................................
. oosuzu 大鈴， a large temple bell .
at Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 Hakusan Shrine
.......................................................................
. Suiko 水虎 Water Tiger, Water Beast .
and suiko Jizo 水虎地蔵 Jizo as a water beast
................................................................................. Fukui 福井県
.......................................................................
通幻和尚 Priest Tsugen
The pregnant mother of the founder of 龍泉寺 the Temple Ryusen-Ji, 通幻和尚 Priest Tsugen, had died and been burried.
But the baby came out of the earth after birth, and grew up to be a priest.
The Dragon Scales and Priest Tsugen
- reference : 通幻禅師について -
................................................................................. Ibaraki 茨城県
.......................................................................
土浦市 Tsuchiura city 鷹匠町 Takajo town
. enoki 榎 nettletree, Chinese hackberry tree .
................................................................................. Nara 奈良県
.......................................................................
吉野郡 Yoshino district 天川村 Tenryu village
. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legneds .
At 竜泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji the treasures are the bones of 大蛇 a great snake and the sword 聖宝尊者 Saint Shoho (832 - 908).
Once upon a time, a couple of serpents lived in a cave near the mountain and harmed the visitors.
The saint performed Buddhist rituals and chants and the male snake left. The bones of the famale snake were kept in a cave.
- - - - -
Once a woman told her husband to call her from outside before entering the home.
One day he came home secretly and saw that his wife was a huge 白蛇 white serpent.
The wife told the husband to take her ebeballs and lick them with the children. Then she disappeared in the nearby pond.
In the course of time the eyeballs were lost and he became blind.
He asked to have a bell rung every morning and evening.
Thus the temple Ryusen-Ji was built to ring the bell in rituals.
................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県
.......................................................................
秩父郡 Chichibu district
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .
At the large riverpool there lives a dragon.
To perform rain rituals, the head priest of 竜泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji throws in a kechimyaku 血脈 lineage document.
If there is a divine response from 竜神 the Dragon Deity, the paper will sink down and it will soon be raining.
. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
................................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県
.......................................................................
Ryusenji no Heian butsu 龍泉寺の平安仏
A man had tried to steal the Buddha statue from the Heian period of the temple 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji.
But when he left the temple hall, he could only walk around in circles and did not go anywhere.
Thus was the spiritual power of the statue.
..............................................................................................................................................
- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .
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[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
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