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9 Jan 2022

SHRINE - Rokusho Jinja legends

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Rokusho Six Places Legends

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. Shinto Shrines (jinja　神社) - Introduction .
. kami　神　Shinto deities .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .
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rokusho 六所 six places, six things

Shrine Rokusho-Gu 六所宮 / Yufusan Jinja 木綿山神社 / Oita

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The main 六所神社 Rokusho Jinja Shrines
六所神社（山形県鶴岡市） - Yamagata, Tsuruoka city -- 出羽国総社 Dewa no Kuni
六所神社（埼玉県所沢市） - Saitama, Tokorozawa city
六所神社（千葉県館山市）- Chiba, Tateyama city -- 安房国総社 Boso no Kuni
六所宮（東京都府中市） - Tokoy Fuchu city -- 現名称「大國魂神社」、武蔵国総社 Musashi no Kuni
六所神社（千葉県市川市） - Chiba, Ichikawa city -- 下総国総社 Shimosa no Kuni
六所神社（神奈川県中郡大磯町） - Kanagawa, Oisu town -- 相模国総社 Sagami no Kuni
六所神社（島根県松江市） - Shimane, Matsue city -- 出雲国総社 Izumo no kuni
六所神社（大分県豊後高田市) Oita, Takada city

Regional Rokusho Shrines

- - - 東北地方 Tohoku Region
嶽六所神社（秋田県大仙市） - Dake Rokusho - Akita
六社神社（山形県山形市） - Yamagata

- - - 関東地方 Kanto Region
旧六所神社(茨城県つくば市) -- Now Shrine Kokage Jinja 蚕影神社
六社神社（千葉県流山市）
六所神社（千葉県酒々井町）
六所神社 (大田区)
六所神社 (世田谷区赤堤)
六所神社 (世田谷区野毛)
六所神社 (世田谷区給田)

- - - 中部地方 Chubu Region
塩釜六所神社（新潟県岩船郡粟島浦村）
六所神社（静岡県浜松市東区）
六所神社（静岡県浜松市南区小沢渡町）
六社神社（静岡県掛川市）
六社神社（静岡県磐田市）六所神社（愛知県豊田市松平郷） -- related to 鹽竈神社 Shrine Shiogama Jinja
六所神社（愛知県岡崎市）
六所神社（愛知県名古屋市西区）
六所神社（愛知県名古屋市東区）
六所社（愛知県名古屋市北区）
六所社（愛知県小牧市郷中）

- - - 近畿地方 Kinki Region
六所神社（京都府京都市山科区） -- Many in Yamashina district
六所神社（京都府相楽郡南山城村野殿）
六所神社（京都府相楽郡南山城村北大河原）
喜多六所神社（京都府福知山市喜多）

- - - 四国地方 Shikoku Region
六所神社（高知県高岡郡日高村）

- - - 九州地方 Kyushu Region
六所神社(福岡県久山町)
六所神社（福岡県糸島市）
六所宮（大分県由布市） -- 宇奈岐日女神社の別称 Better known as Unagihime Shrine
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

- - - Rokusho Shrine - Six Deities
伊弊諾尊（いざなぎのみこと） Izanagi no Mikoto
伊弉冉尊（いざなみのみこと） Izanami no Mikoto
天照大神（あまてらすおおみかみ） Amaterasu Omikami
月夜見尊（つきよみのみこと） Tsukiyomi no Mikoto
素盞嗚尊（すさのおのみこと） Susano-O no Mikoto
大巳貴尊（おおなむちのみこと） Onamuchi no Mikoto
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Rokusho Shrines in Sagami (now Kanagawa) 相模国総社六所神社
They are resting places for the deities on their journey to Izumo.

柳田大明神
一之宮寒川神社
二之宮川勾神社
三之宮比々多神社
四之宮前鳥神社
平塚八幡宮 Hiratsuka Hachimangu
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. kannazuki 神無月 "gods-absent month", 10th lunar month .
The tenth lunar month (now November), after the harvest when the Japanese gods had done their duty,
they left their local shrines for a bit of a vacation.
They would all go for an audience and to celebrate at the great shrine of Izumo,
so the rest of Japan was "without gods".

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. Rokusho-Gu 六所宮 .
Better known as Unagihime Jinja 宇奈岐日女神社 Unagi-Hime Shrine
also read Unaguhime, Unagu-Hime （うなぐひめじんじゃ/うなきひめじんじゃ)
2220 Yufuincho Kawakami, Yufu, Oita / 大分県由布市湯布院町川上2220

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town

. ryuukotsu 竜骨と伝説 Ryukotsu, Legends about dragon bones .
Once there was a drought and the priest from 六所神社 the Shrine Rokusha Jinja
took out ryuukotsu 竜骨 the dragon bones.
And indeed, it soon begun to rain.
But then it rained more and all was flooded.
Since then, the dragon bones are not shown any more.

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Saitama 大宮市 Omiya city

. u no hi 卯の日 legends about the first day of the rabbit .
The first unohi 卯の日 day of the rabbit in the 5th lunar month is related to お六所様 O-Rokusho Sama.
If people plant the rice fields on this day, they will die.

Saitama 戸田市 Toda city / 六所宮 Shrine Rokusho Gu / 六社神社

The sixth day of the 5th lunar month is related to オロクショ様 O-Rokusho Sama.
On this day the deity does the rice planting.
Therefore normal farmers do not plant rice on this day.

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府中市 Fuchu city // 六所明神 Rokusho Myojin

The Deity 六所明神 Rokusho Myojin was once made to wait under matsu 松 a pine tree.
Therefore the Deity dislikes pine trees.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .

- - - Tokyo 府中市 Fuchu city

. u no hi 卯の日 legends about the first day of the rabbit .
On the day of the rabbit the Rokusho Deity オロクショウサマ O-Rokusho Sama is planting rice.
Therefore the farmers should not plant rice on that day.
It they do, there will be death in the family.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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5 Apr 2021

LEGENDS - Saga Tenno

https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/12/saga-tenno-legends.html

Saga Tenno Legends

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .
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Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 Legends about Emperor Saga

. Saga Tenno - Introduction .

. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibana no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774-835) .
and the Sutra 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 Dai Birushana Jobutsu Jinben Kaji Kyo / Mahavairocana Sutra.

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During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there lived a person called 三条中将 Lieutenant Sanjo, married to a high-ranking woman.
He promised to make a golden statue of Amida Butsu 阿弥陀仏 Amida Buddha if she would have a child.
After a while she became pregnant and a girl was born.
The mother died when the girl was seven.
The lieutenant married again.
The stepmother wanted to kill the daughter, but the golden statue of Amida protected her.
. Legends about Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .

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. toso 屠蘇 mulled rice wine with spices for New Year .

During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was the saying that
if only one member of the family drinks Toso the whole family would get ill.
But if all family members would drink Toso, they would stay healthy for the whole year.
The Toso was kept in a well and pulled out on the first of January.

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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774-835) and Saga Tenno .

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京都市 Kyoto city

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno did not like the sound of thunder. He asked Kukai to make it stop.
Kukai advised to plant an enju 槐 Japanese pagoda tree and all the lightning would fall down there.
The master of this tree was shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent, which should never be touched with a blade.
Once a guardman tried to kill the serpent, but the blade of his sword bent and he soon became quite ill.

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Kyoto 宇治市 Uji city

. Hashihime, Hashi Hime 橋姫 / はし姫 "Princess of the Bridge" .
a courtly lady consumed by jealousy.

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Kyoto 右京区 Ukyo ward

. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibano no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.

. Umenomiya Shrine 梅の宮神社　/ 梅宮大社 Umenomiya Taisha .
When Empress Danrin gave birth, she spread sand from under the main building of Umenomiya Shrine under her bed and gave birth to her son without complications.

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守山市 Moriyama city 勝部町 Katsube town / 大光明寺

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
The border between 栗本郡 / 「くりたぐん」 Kurita district and 野洲郡 Yasu district was a large river.
At 三上山 Mount Mikamiyama the river divided into two. 南川 Minamikawa became a deep river pool at 土山 Mount Tsuchiyama.
In former times daija 大蛇 a huge serpent lived in the river pool.
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was a great noisy earthquake.
When he asked a diviner about the earthquake, Saga Tenno was told that orochi おろち a huge serpent was living in the river, wanting to kill the Emperor.
The emperor invited the local farmers and asked them to get rid of the serpent. A few thousand came together and finally drove the serpent away.
The temple Daikōmyō-Ji 大光明寺 Daikomyo-Ji was built in rememberance of this event.
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Mount Mikami (三上山, "Mikami Yama", meaning Mikami Mountain)

a mountain, 432 metres (1,417 ft) above sea level, located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
In spite of its relatively low altitude, it is also called "Ōmi Fuji", that is Mount Fuji of Ōmi Province, the old name of Shiga Prefecture, because of its conical shape standing out in the flat area on the shores of Lake Biwa.
At the foot of Mount Mikami is the Shintoist Mikami Shrine (御神神社, "Mikami Jinja", meaning the Gods' Shrine)
Mount Mikami, nearer to Kyoto, the traditional capital of Japan, has appeared in the Japanese literature from the ancient times. It is particularly noted for the legend of "Fujiwara no Hidesato Conquering the Giant Centipede of Mount Mikami".
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. Fujiwara no Hidesato 藤原秀郷 / Tawara Tota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷.

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. Temples with legends .

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4 Apr 2021

SHRINES - Hiyoshi Jinja Legends

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/hiyoshi-shrine-and-sanno-legends.html

Hiyoshi Shrine and Sanno legends

. Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrines and their Festivals .

. Hie Jinja 日枝神社 Hie Shrines and their festivals .
Hie Shrines, also called Hiyoshi Shrines.

Sanno 山王 the "Mountain King" is venerated at these shrines.

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. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .

. kami　神　Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .

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西春日井郡 Nishi-Kazugai district 清洲町 Kiyosu town

The monkey of an ema 絵馬 votive tablet at 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja had been painted by the famous 狩野元信 Kano Motonobu.
It came to life at night and devastated the nearby fields every night.
They had to cover its eyes with cloth to keep it in place.
. Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 (1476 - 1559) .

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. Kappa legends 河童カッパ　かっぱ from Akita .
Kappa is venerated as 山王様 Sanno Sama during the festival on the 15th day.

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Chiba 木更津市 Kisarazu city / 山王様の沼

. Mizuchi, Medochi 蛟 water snake Yokai .
Mizuchi ミヅチ is a kind of water snake monster.
Until the Meiji period, people who passes at 山王様の沼 the swamp of Sanno Sama dismounted their horse and payed respect to the deity.
The Masters of the Pond at 吾妻神社 the Azuma Shrine in Kisarazu where two 白蛇 white serpents.
At the beginning of the Meiji period they came to live at the Swamp of Sanno Sama.

Hie Jinja 日吉神社, 木更津市大久保73 73 Okubo, Kisarazu, Chiba

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Chiba 東金市 Togane city

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
A woman from 和泉 Izumi had thrown herself into a pond.
Her onryoo 怨霊 revengeful ghost had become a huge serpent in the pond.
The serpent would eat people and cause much damage.
So the villagers aseked the priest from 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine to have a ritual to appease her.
Through this great power, the serpent perished.

HP of the Shrine
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. Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま） "wild quilt", "wild blanket" monster .
Near the small Shrine where 山王様 Sanno Sama is venerated is a small road which is dark even during the day.
There lives a fusuma ふすま Nobusuma monster that brings disaster to the people.

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郡山市 Koriyama city 湖南町 Konan town // 山王坂

Some children had gone to 山王坂 the Sannozaka slope to collect wild herbs, but one of them did not come back.
The next morning they found it on the embankment of Sannozaka.
The lunch it had taken yesterday was all smelly.
It must have been bewitched by a fox.
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A doctor from Fukura was walking along 山王坂 the Sannozaka slope when he met 大入道 the O-Nyudo monster, which took away his fish.
This was itachi イタチ a weasel. On days when it rains, an Itachi can shape-shift into an O-Nyudo monster.
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 the O-Nyudo Monster .

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郡上市 Gujo city 和良村 Wara village

On the old road to 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja there is a stone imprint called
garan baba がらん婆 old woman named Garan
They say the Garan family lived here, but not much is known about it.

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渋川市 Shibukawa city 北橘町 Kita-tachibana town / 山王様

In the compound of the Shrine where 山王様 Sanno Sama is venerated, there lived a monster and some people got ill. It was abandoned because nobody wanted to live therer or buy any land.

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茨城町 Ibaraki town / 山王様

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢－ racoon dog, badger legends .
Sometimes people saw a light at night below the shrine where 山王様 Sanno Sama is venerated.
A boy thought his brother had come to show him the way, but when he called the name of his brother, he got no answer.
He kept calling and suddenly the light of the lantern estinguished and all was gone. It must have been a Tanuki.

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江刺南町 Esashiku-Minami

. Temple 光明寺 Komyo-Ji and Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .

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伊具郡 Igu district 丸森町 Marumori

The boulders of Sanno Gongen, Sanno Iwaya 山王岩屋 are at the very narrow part of the Abukumagawa gorge, where a huge boulder hang on each side. The messenger of Sanno Gongen, a saru 猿 monkey comes here often and his footprints are in the rock.
The warlord Abe no Sadato 安倍貞任 used this place for the defense of his territory.
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多賀城市 Tagajo city 南宮 Nangu

Nangu Jinja 南宮神社 Nangu Shrine

The Deity 大山咋命 Oyama Kui no Kami had fallen in love with 和加佐姫命 (a combination of the legendary 金山彦 Kanayamahiko and 金山姫 Kanayamahime) but the Princess did not like him.
She run away and slipped in a field of hemp and of sweet potato leaves, she hurt her eye at a branch of a tea tree and finally reached 船形山 Mount Funagatayama (1500 m). The Shinto priest had a mortar and his her there.
The preist sat on the mortar and told Iku no Kami to give up.
At the village of Nangu they do not grow hemp nor sweet potatoes nor tea.

If men from the village of the Sanno Shrine go up to Mount Funagata, they will get a divine punishment.
Nangu Shrine is one of the 鹽竈神社14末社 14 sub-Shrines of 鹽竈神社 Shrine Shiogama Jinja.
. Shiogama Jinja　鹽竈神社 in Shiogama City .

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Oyamakuhi no kami (大山咋神)
The god is also called Yamasue no onushi no kami.
He is the son of Otoshi no Kami and Amenochikarumizu hime.
The 'kuhi' of his name means pile, (heavy beam of timber) indicating that he is a deity who drives a pile of heavy timber into Oyama ("Big Mountain"), and the mountain's owner. According to the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters - Japan's oldest historical record), the deity is enshrined in Hieno-yama (later called and Mt. Hiei) and Matsuo, Kazuno District, and Narikabura is where the deity resides.
Since Enryaku-ji Buddhist Temple of the Tendai sect was built on Mt. Hiei, the deity also came to be regarded as the guardian deity of the Tendai sect and Enryaku-ji Temple. The god is also called "Sanno," the king of Mt. Hiei.
A Shinto school derived from the Tendai sect was called "Sanno Shinto," later changed to "Sanno Ichijitsu Shinto" by Tenkai (a priest of the Tendai sect, who lived in the early Edo period). Dokan OTA built Hie-jinja Shrine by moving Oyamakuhi no kami from Kawagoe-Hiyoshi-sha Shrine to make it the guardian deity of Edo-jo Castle.
During the Edo period, the deity was regarded as that of the Tokugawa family, and since the Meiji period, it has been regarded as the guardian deity of the imperial palace.
Hiyoshi-Taisha Shrine at the foot of Mt. Hiei is the headquarters of all the Hie-jinja Shrines that worship Oyamakuhi no kami across the country. Later, Omononushi (a deity in Japanese mythology) was enshrined in Hie-jinja Shrines; Omononushi is called "Obie" ("Big Hie") and Oyamakuhi no kami "Kobie" ("Small Hie").
"Sanno" is the general term for these two deities. Omononushi is enshrined in Nishihongu ("West Main Shrine") and Oyamakuhi no kami in Higashihongu ("East Main Shrine").
Besides, the two deities are enshrined in Higashihongu (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Prefecture), and also in Matsuo-taisha Shrine (Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City).
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糸魚川市 Itoigawa city

. katame no Kami 片目の神 a Kami with one eye .

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新潟市 Niigata city 江南区 Konan ward 焼鮒駅 Yakifuna station // 日枝神社

. funa densetsu 鮒伝説　crucian carp - legends .
In the compound of 日枝神社 Shrine Hie Jinja there used to be an old pond, where a special yakifuna 焼鮒 "burned Funa" lives.
When 親鸞聖人 Saint Shinran threw a dead burned Funa into the pond, it came back to life and its descendants live there to our day.
Its scales still have the color of burning.

source : Seven Wonders of Shinran

.......................................................................　Okayama 岡山県 .....
総社市 Soja city 秦 Hada / 山王様

. yashikigami 屋敷神 "estate deity" .
In the estate of shooya 庄屋 the village headman there is a sanctuary for 山王様 Sanno Sama.
In former times, a family member had killed 白い蛇 a white serpent and as punishment grandmother became blind.
To atone for the killing, they built the sanctuary.

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nojin (nogami, nokami) 野神 Kami of the Wilderness
Nogami reigns in the wilderness.
The main festival for this Kami is on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.
This Kami is also known for its close relation to bulls and cows.
The festival for Nojin at 今堀日吉神社 the Hiyoshi Shrine of Imabori is held on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month.
It may be related to the festival for 牛神 Ushigami.
. ushigami 牛神　Kami of cattle .

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Shiga 伊香郡 Ika district 西浅井町 Nishi-Azai town

. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
If there is no rain for a long time, people go to 日吉神社 the Hiyoshi Shrine and ask the priest to perform rain rituals.
After the rain has fallen, they come again to express their gratitude.

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Shiga 長浜市 Nagahama city

Tokobo no hashi トコボの橋 "The bridge of Tokobo, the Kappa".
Coming from the compound of 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja there is a bridge over the river 藤田川 Fujitagawa, called
Tokobo no hashi トコボの橋 "The bridge of Tokobo, the Kappa".
If people want to cross it, there comes a Kappa and pulls them into the river by their legs.
Therefore people avoid passing this bridge.
. Kappa Legends - Kappa densetsu　河童伝説 .

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Shiga 大津市 Otsu city / 日吉山王の社 / 日吉大社

On the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in 1281, the Mongolians were coming to Japan.
The bell of 日吉山王神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Sanno Jinja begun to ring and the temple treasure, a divine sword, stood up to the West.

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Shiga 高島郡 Takashima district マキノ町 Makino town

Once in the past the priest of 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja wanted to see the object of worship.
He practised purification rituals for seven day and then opened the 厨子 small Shrine.
He saw the figure of a farmer holding a hoe.
When he looked inside a second time, he saw only flames.
The priest expressed his greatfulness by offering a huge Shrine name plate for the gate with the inscription
山王大明神 Sanno Daimyojin.

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西多摩郡 Nishi-Tama district 桧原村 Hinohara village // 山王様

山王様のバチ The punishment of Sanno Sama
A grandmother became suddenly ill in front of the small sanctuary for 山王様 Sanno Sama in the garden and died soon after.
Her grandson asked a diviner for advise and was told that grandmother had kicked at the small sanctuary.
So he built a bigger Shrine to apologize for the sin of his grandmother.

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阿波町 Awa town

. noroi 呪い a voodoo curse .
If someone wants to curse someone else, he has to come at the the old double-hour of the ox, hit a voodoo doll with a strong nail into the tree at 日吉神社 the Hiyoshi shrine. Then break one branch of the tree and throw it into the direction of the enemy.

Hiyoshi-215 Ichibacho Obari, Awa, Tokushima

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南巨摩郡 Minami-Koma district 早川町 Hayakawa town / 山王神社

komabiki iwa 駒引き岩 Horse-pulling rock
At Shimo-Yushima in 奈良田 Narada village theree is 山王神社 the Shrine Sanno Jinja.
In the compound is a rock called 駒引き岩 Komabiki iwa.
On this rock there are many imprints that look like the hooves of a horse.
They say they date back to the time when 孝謙天皇 Koken Tenno (718 - 770) Empress Shotoku came to Narada and died.
Her grave is in 法王神社 the Shrine Hoo Jinja 奈良法王神社.

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22 Mar 2021

SHINTO - Katame no Kami legends

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katame no Kami legends

. Yama no Kami　山の神 has only one eye .
Amanomahitotsu no kami　天目一箇神 / Amatsumara 天津麻羅
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. Yama no Kami and Jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama .
hitotsu manako ヒトツマナコ "one eye"
Once the deity of 十二神社 the Shrine Juni Jinja, Yamanokami, fell down in a field of garlic and lost one leg,
looked at the ears of wheat and lost one eye.
So he is now known as 片目片足の神様 the Deity with one Eye and one Leg.
. komugi 小麦と伝説 Legends about wheat .

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桑名市 Kuwana city // 隻眼 sekigan

katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
In the pond of the Shinto Shrine, there are 隻眼の魚 fish with one eye.
They had a fight with the sojin 祖神 ancestors and lost one eye as punishment.
. katame no buna 片目の鮒 crucian carp with one eye .

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南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 川上町 Kawakami town

. Ujigami, Ubusuna 氏神 clan deity .
In Iikura 居倉 when the Ujigami 氏神 clan deity descendet for a visit, it hit his eye at a hooki no ki 箒の木 summer cypress (broom cypress). Therefore the villagers do not make brooms.
. hooki 箒 / ほうき Hoki, broom, Besen .
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In Azusayama 梓山 when the Ujigami 氏神 clan deity descendet for a visit, he entangled his legs in 山藤の蔓 the wisteria wine and hurt his eye with kuri 栗 chestnuts.
Therefore the villagers do not plant wisteria or chestnuts. Even if they do, the plants wither.
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When the Ujigami 氏神 clan deity of the Kobayashi family descendet for a visit, he hurt one eye with a kyuuri きゅうり cucumber.
Therefore the villagers do not plant cucumbers.

go shintai 御神体 Go-Shintai, Shintai object of Shinto worship
Go-Shintai should not be looked at. Is someone does, he will lose his eyesight.

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糸魚川市 Itoigawa city

. Sanno 山王 the "Mountain King" .
He is Ujigami 氏神 the clan deity venerated at 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja. He often goes out at night to look after the water and check the growth of uri 瓜 water melons.
One evening a dog howled at him and he fled. He slipped on the cow dung and hurt his eye on a gomagara ゴマガラ sesame plant.
He now had only one eye and the villagers never plant sesame any more.

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Niigata 成願寺町 Joganji town

. Yama no Kami and Jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama .

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Niigata 柏崎市 Kashiwazaki city

Shrine Kasuga no Yashiro 春日社

The deity at the Shrine Kasuga no Yashiro has only one eye.
When he descendet for a visit, he entangled his legs in fuji 藤 the wisteria wine and hurt his eye with goma ゴマ sesame.
The villgers cut off all the wisteria and do not grow sesame any more.

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Niigata 長岡市 Nagaoka city // 栃尾市 Tochio city

. Suwa Jinja 諏訪神社 Suwa Shrine .

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Niigata 古志郡 Koshi district 山古志村 Yamakoshi village
and the villages
東蒲原郡三川村 // 北魚沼郡湯之谷村 // 東頸城郡安塚町

The chinju sama 鎮守様 guardian deity of the village once hurt his eye with goma ゴマ sesame.
Now the villagers never plant sesame any more.
This tale is known in many towns and villages.

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Niigata 中頚城郡 Nakakubiki district 清里村 Kiyosato village

If people plant goma ゴマ sesame, their eyes will go bad, so they do not plant it.
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Niigata 魚沼市 Uonuma city

katame no kamisama 片目の神様 Kami with one eye
Suwa Sama 諏訪様 The deity of the Suwa Shrine once had a bout of Sumo wrestling in a field of goma ゴマ sesame.　
The shells of the sesame pierced its eyes and it became a deity with one eye.

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新潟県史　資料編22
片目の神様（長野県南佐久郡川上村） / 清水市之

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Sekigan 隻眼（せきがん）もしくは Dokugan 独眼（どくがん）は、
片側の目そのものや視力を失った身体障害の状態をいう。病気（腫瘍など）の内因の他、事故や戦闘中の負傷など外因、奇形による先天的な要因の場合もある。外因により視力を失った際、多くは反対側の眼にも失明を及ぼすため、片目を喪失した者のうちで隻眼となるのは多数ではない。失った目が、右目でも左目でも同じように呼ばれる。
目が失われたために義眼を入れたり、眼帯などで隠し、自らの威厳の誇示を兼ねることがある。「隻」とは「対になっている物の片方」を数えるときに用いる助数詞である。
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14 Mar 2021

SHINTO - Ubusunagami clan deity legends

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Ubusunagami clan deity legends

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Ubusunagami 産土神と　伝説 clan deity legends
Ubugami 産神 "deity of birth"

. Ubusunagami 産土神 clan deity - introduction .

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. Ubusunagami at 白山神社 Shirayama Jinja .

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Aichi 江南市 Konan city 石枕町 Ishimakura town (stone pillow town)

. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity .
Once an old woman had a traveler stay at her home, giving him a stone pillow, then took his belongings and killed him.
Then she was cursed by the deities and died.
The villagers built a small Shrine to appease her soul.
Later they called it a Shrine for Inari and it became 産土神 the clan deity for the village.

also called 石作神社, 石作神社, 神明宮

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印旛郡 Inba district 酒々井町 Shisui town

When a baby is born, it has to be brought to 産土神 the Shrine of Ubusunagami.
In front of the Shrine mother will pinch its nose to make it cry out loud. This will cause it to grow up strong and healthy.
100 days after the birth, the baby is given stones to bite on to make its teeth strong.

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amagoi waka 雨乞和歌 Waka poem for a rain ritual
. The Samurai 水野義風 Mizuno Gifu .

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伊具郡 Igu district 丸森町 Marumori town

If a person has died in the village, the craws begin to make a lot of noise.
At night the dogs begin to howl in a gloomy voice.
If the person who had died was a believer of Shinto, his soul goes to 産土神 the Ubusugagami.
If he was a Buddhist, his soul goes to the local Bodaiji 菩提寺 family temple.
When the soul passes in front of a crow or a dog, they make gloomy voices.

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Mie 員弁郡 Inabe district 大安町 Daian Town

People who posess some earth from the Shrine of their 産土神 Ubusunagami will not get kakke 脚気 beriberi.
People with motion sickness on a vehicle should put some earth from the shrine on their navel to get better.

. Yamanokami 山の神 - 産土神 Ubusunagami .

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Mie 志摩郡 Shima district 大正町 Taisho town

. dandara booshi ダンダラボウシ "Dandarabocchi" .
deidaarabotchi デエダラボッチ, ダイダラボッチ Daidarabotchi monster / デーデッポ Deedeppo
The ワラジヒキ祭り Waraji Hiki Festival (Shima City) in memori of this event is held at the End of September.

It is in memory of this event:
Once there was a huge man, about 10 meters large, with only one eye and one leg, Dandara Boshi. He asked a woman who was knitting large straw sandals what this was and she told him "An offering for the Ubusugami."
He became afraid and run away.

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heso no o koojin ヘソノオ荒神 Kojin of the umbilical cord
Ubusuna Kojin 産土荒神 is the Kojin-version of the Ubusunagami deity.
He is venerated during a birth.
In the Bitchu region he is called heso no oo Kojin ヘソノオ荒神 Kojin of the umbilical cord.

ushi koojin 牛荒神 Kojin of the bull
This deity is popular in the North of Okayama, where many cattle and horses are held. It is the local version of the Ubusunagami, turned to the animals. He is especialy popular in the mountainous region of 伯耆大山 Mount Hoki Daisen. . Aragami.Kojin 荒神と伝説 Legends about the Aragami deity .

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Ohareji no kami 大主の神 / オハルジノカミ clan and family deity
He is a clan and family deity, especially for farmers and fishermen.
Once on an island an old man had suddenly without any reason burned down the Shrine for 大主の神 the clan deity.
He was cursed and died and this whole family died out too.

source : miyako-tour.com/spot/onushishrine
Onushi Shrine 大主神社

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藤井寺市 Fujiidera city

Shrine 産土神社 Ubusuna Jinja, Osaka, Fujiidera, Koyama 4-7-9
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
A man had made offerings at the Shrine Ubusuna Jinja, when a fox came and ate them.
The man went there observing what happened when a beautiful lady (the fox had shape-shifted) came to invite him to have a bath.
When he came to his senses, he sat in a water pot and all the food offerings were gone.

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Fujii-dera (? 葛井寺) is a Buddhist temple in Fujiidera, Osaka, Japan.
The temple is associated with Shingon Buddhism and has as its main image a sculpture of the Thousand-armed Kannon. It is the fifth temple on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage.
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西多摩郡 Nishitama district 桧原村 Hinohara village

Obusuna-sama オズスナ様(産土神), the deity of birth is seen as Fudo Myo-O.

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45 産神 collecting // 産土神 ok

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4 Mar 2021

SHRINE - Takagi Jinja Sumida

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Takagi Jinja Sumida

Tokyo, Sumida ward, Oshiage 東京墨田区押上2-37-9

O-Musubi Jinja お結び神社　
O-Nigiri Jinja おにぎり神社

The meaning of rice "omusubi" comes from the main deity of this Shrine:

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高皇産霊神（たかみむすびのかみ） Takami musubi no kami
a deity for knotting "couples" together (in Japanese "musubu 結" and "en-musubi 縁結").
The popular name for a nigiri rice ball "musubi" came to be given to this shrine as a nick name.

Takamimusuhi no kami. Takamimusuhinokami 高木神
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Takamimusubi (高御産巣日神, lit. "High Creator")
is a god of agriculture in Japanese mythology, who was the second of the first beings to come into existence.
It is speculated that Takamimusubi was the original god that the Japanese imperial family claimed descent from.
According to Kojiki,
when the heaven and earth were created, Ame-no-Minakanushi was the first one to appear in Takamagahara, Takamimusubi the second, and Kamimusubi the third.
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He is the father of several gods including Takuhadachiji-hime, Omoikane, Futodama (some versions Takammusubi is the grandfather of Futodama) and some versions Ame-no-oshihomimi. According to Nihon Shoki, he is the father of Sukunabikona.
According to Shinsen Shōjiroku, he is the grandfather of Tamanoya.
He is the grandfather of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who descended on Ashihara no Nakatsukuni first as a member of the Imperial Family and was a grandson of Amaterasu, according to the Nihon Shoki.
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Izumo-taisha is one of the shrines dedicated to Takamimusubi.
Hasshinden was once a temple that enshrined him.
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The musubi gods: A comparative survey of binding gods, binding magic and their origins
According to the Mythology Dictionary:
Japanese – A Shinto creator-god. One of 3 primaeval beings.
One of the 5 Separate Heavenly. Deities. One of the Eight Imperial Deities. In some accounts, a goddess representing the female principle. In some accounts, referred to as Kamimusubi, Kami-musubi,Kami-musubi, Kamu-mimusubi, Kamu-mimusubi, Kami-mimasubi, Kami-mimasubi, Kami-mimusubi, Kami-mimusubi, Zoka-no-sanshin, Zoka-no-sanshin, Takamimusubi or Zoka-no-kami ..
Musu came from Umusu (産むす) /"U" was dropped out. It means "arise naturally".
Hi (bi) means spirit or spiritual work.
From Alexei Batchourine's "The Shinto Concept of Kami" at Www.shinto.org musubu or musubi has the vernacular common meaning of "to tie", or "to bind" or "to link" and which indicates "a power which gives birth and life force":
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omamori お守り　amulets

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. Kameari Takagi Jinja 亀有の高木神社 .
Katsushika 葛飾区西亀有4-15-20

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28 Feb 2021

LEGENDS - Atsuta Shrine Nagoya

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Atsuta Shrine Legends Nagoya

The Kojiki explains that Atsuta Shrine was founded to house the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, a legendary sword.

Atsuta Shrine is located in "Atsuta Forest," a spacious, verdant shrine grove. Atsuta no mori 熱田の森.

. Atsuta Shrine and its many Festivals .
Over 70 ceremonies and festivals are held annually at the shrine.

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Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (草薙の剣)
is a legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan.
originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (天叢雲剣, "Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds"),
but its name was later changed to the more popular Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi ("Grass-Cutting Sword").
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kusanagi no tsurugi 草薙剣
This sword had been stolen three times, but came flying back two times.
The third time the sword killed the thief before coming back.

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In 1838, a pair of brothers had the dead body of their father pass though 一の鳥居 the first Torii gate of 熱田神社 the Atsuta Shrine.
They were banned from the town. The home of the brothers fell into decay and they both became kojiki 乞食 beggars.
. torii　鳥居と伝説 Shrine gate legends .

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Aichi あま市 Ama city

At 妙心山正法寺 the Zen Temple Shoho-Ji there is a bottle with four stones buried in the ground.
There was a farmer passing the nearvy river who always washed four melons and four eggplants in the river, before he went to sell them. His load was always heavy but after washing the vegetables, it felt light.
The same happened to a vendor of salt.
There was also a bottle in the bamboo grove with water of a good fragrance.
This bottle was given as an offering to 熱田社 the Atsuta Shrine each year on the 5th of June.

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June 5th, the Atsuta festival at Atsuta Shrine
The Atsuta Jingu Shrine Festival is one of the major festivals of Nagoya and the Chubu Region of Central Japan and will be held at the famous Atsuta Jingu Shrine. The festival is held every June 5th and is also known as Shobu-sai or Annual Celebration of Atsuta Jingu Shrine.
An imperial envoy is sent to the shrine to offer goheimotsu (strips of white paper for Shinto rituals). Atsuta Jingu Shrine and its environs are filled with such attractions as kentou makiwara (light tributes tied with straw), fireworks at Jingu Koen (Shrine Park), various martial arts and entertainment competitions, and kodomo mikoshi (portable shrines for children).
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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district

kamisama no o-fuda sama 神様のお札様 the amulet of the Deity
Around 1860, the amulets from Atsuta Shrine came raining from the sky in many regions of Japan.
The people rejoiced and danced, singing
ee ja nai ka , ee ja naika 「ええじゃないか、ええじゃないか」.
A farmer who was on a visit to 伊勢神宮 the Ise Jingu Shrine was walking through a forest, when the amulets fell down from the sky. He picked them up and went back home to 大井 Oi city.
But there the amulets had allso fallen from the sky and he waw quite surprized.
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The Ee ja nai ka and the Meiji Restoration Hosono Yōsai 細野要斎 (1811–1878), an Owari domain official, left a voluminous diary titled Kankyō manpitsu 感興漫筆 (Random Jottings Composed at Leisure), containing accounts from 1836 to 1878.
Entries addressing the late months of 1867 describe the ee ja nai ka ええじゃないか phenomenon that developed in Nagoya. Yōsai's portrayals of the ee ja nai ka contradict its received image as a rowdy pandemonium in which the populace expressed their resentment against the Tokugawa regime.
Rather, what we see is a series of localized religious activities commemorating talismans (ofuda お札) that reportedly fell from the sky, many of them representing deities particularly popular in Nagoya.
Based on an examination of Kankyō manpitsu, this article argues that the relationship between the ee ja nai ka and the Meiji Restoration must be evaluated on a region-specific basis and that the narrative of the Meiji Restoration is not directly relevant to understanding the nature of the ee ja nai ka in Nagoya.
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Aichi 名古屋市 Nagoya city 熱田区 Atsuta ward

Atsuta Jingu no kaji 熱田神宮の火事 fire at Atsuta Shrine
At the foot of a large kusu no ki 楠 camphor tree a beggar was asleep.
He woke up because there was a fire coming from the tree and had almost reached the main Shrine hall.
The head priest wanted to save goshintai 御神体 the object of worship of the Shrine, but the key to the hall did not fit.
The father of the head priest came by and could open the lock.
The father had gotten a message from the Deity about the coming fire.
After the fire was quenched, the father went back to his home.
When the head priest went to his father's home to thank him, the father said he had never left his home and did not know about thie fire.
It must have been the Deity who had saved the hall.

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Aichi 名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama ward

. 伝教大師 Priest Dengyo Daishi and 竜女 the Female Dragon .

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Temple Jingu-Ji in Atsuta 熱田神宮寺
Gokiso, Showa Ward, Nagoya 医王山神宮寺 Iosan Jingu-Ji had been founded in 813.

tori 鳥 a bird
When they wanted to construct a gate for 熱田神宮寺 the Temple Jingo-Ji in Atsuta and had dug into the ground for about one meter, something moved.
The workers were surprized and continued carefully. They found a bird in the ground, the size of a raven, which flew up and away.
Five days later the priest died.

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One year they wanted to clean the sacred well of 熱田神宮寺 the Temple Jingo-Ji in Atsuta .
They scooped out all the water from the well and at the bottom in the sand they found a bird with black feathers like a raven. The bird flew up into the sky.
A few days later the priest of the 医王院 Temple Io-In died.
Maybe this was related, people wondered.

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松山市 Matsuyama city

Atsuta sama 熱田様 Honorable Atsuta
A farmer was plowing his field when the oxen suddenly stopped, jumped up and wanted to run away.
When the farmer dug at this place, he found a jinseki 神石 sacred stone.
The villagers built a small Shrine, callilng it 熱田神社 Atsuta Jinja, and venerated the stone

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Fukubutsuzoo 福仏坊 a priest named Fukubutsuzo, Auspicious priet
Once there lived a strange man in the mountains of Aizu.
Ne never came down to the village and avoided meeting people.
Around 1645 a forest worker had seen him and said he looked like an old man of about 70 or 80 years.
In fact he had come to the village when he was about 25 tears old and told a villager that he had ovserved the calting of a bell in 熱田 Atsuta (Aichi).
This bell must have been more than a few hunded years old . . . how strange.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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