. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends
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is located at the top of a waterfall cascading from a legendary mountain. The legend states that while many carp swim upstream against the river's strong current, few are capable or brave enough for the final leap over the waterfall. If a carp successfully makes the jump, it is transformed into a powerful dragon. The legend is so famous that throughout China, a common saying is that
"a student facing his examinations is like a carp attempting to leap the Dragon Gate."
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Dragon Legends are often related to wind and rain of
. Typhoon legends - taifū 台風 伝説 Taifun Legenden .
. akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, Legends about malicious dragons .
. goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 Dragon Gods of five colors .
. hakuryuu 白竜 / 白龍 Hakuryu, a white dragon .
. kuzuryuu 九頭龍 Kuzuryu Dragon with Nine Heads .
. Nichiren 日蓮 Saint Nichiren Dragon Legends .
. Raijin 雷神 God of Thunder and Dragon Legends .
. ryuu ga ike, ryuu-ga-ike 竜が池 / 竜ヶ池 / 龍が池 / 龍ヶ池 .
Ryugaike, Tatsugaike "Dragon Pond" legends
. ryuuguu 竜宮と伝説 Ryugu Legends about the Dragon Palace .
. ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent .
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .
. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons, Dragon Lady .
. ryuukotsu 竜骨と伝説 Ryukotsu, Legends about dragon bones .
. ryuuma, ryooma, ryuume 竜馬 / 龍馬 Ryuma the Dragon Horse .
. ryuu no tama 龍の玉 dragon ball treasure .
. Ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O - The Dragon Kings .
26 龍王 to explore / 78 竜王 / 126 竜神 Ryujin Dragon Deity to explore here
. ryuzu, ryuto 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head .
ryuuzu 竜頭 Ryuzu, "dragon head" - hook of a temple bell
. seiryuu 青龍 Seiryu, Azure Dragons .
. Unryuu 雲龍 Unryu, "dragon in the clouds" .
. tsunagi no ryuu つなぎの龍 "the Chained Dragon" .
carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro
A serpent may turn into a dragon . . .
. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
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.................................................................. Aichi 愛知県 ....................................................................
下山町 Shimoyama town
. Crystal ball and Ryujin from 上尾河 Aegogawa .
.................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県 ....................................................................
喜多郡 Kita district
kooryuu 蛟龍 / 蛟竜 mythical dragon monster
The deep river pool named 半端の淵 Hanpa no Fuchi was once very very deep, almost bottomless. There lived a mythical dragon who troubled humans and horses. 今はその形跡もないが、半端の淵という底知れぬ淵があり、ここにいた蛟龍は人馬を悩ませ、また、シタノシの表にある柿の木で午睡をしたりして、容易に通ることもできなかった。主にこの蛟龍を退治するよう命じられた家来は沢山の木綿針を淵に投げ込んだ。その後、蛟龍は村の娘に化けて山伏に怪我を治してくれと頼みに行くが、娘に針が刺さっているのを見て、山伏は法力でこれを切り殺したという。
. Koryu and Shichimen Sama 七面様，Kissho Tennyo 吉祥天女 .
3 more koryu legends to explore
.................................................................. Gunma 群馬県 ....................................................................
. The Dragon from 榛名湖 Lake Harunako .
.................................................................. Kagawa 香川県 ....................................................................
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詫間町積 Takuma cho town, Seki hamlet
紫雲出山 Mount Shiudeyama, 344 m high
. ryuujin 竜神 dragon deity .
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羽方(現高瀬町) Takase Hagawa
. unagibuchi ryuuoo 鰻淵龍王 the Dragon King of the Eel Pool .
.................................................................. Nara 奈良県 ....................................................................
帯解町 Obitake
. Dragon bones, Samurai and Thunder .
.................................................................. Nagano 長野県 ....................................................................
. A dragon lending trays and bowls / . zenwanbuchi 膳椀淵 .
at the river 千曲川 Chikumagawa
.................................................................. Osaka 大阪府 ....................................................................
. shinryuu 神龍 The Shinryu Dragon Deity .
. 取石池 Toriishi-Ike pond and 久米田池 Kumeda-Ike pond .
.................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県 ....................................................................
. Ryuugeji 竜花寺 Ryuge-Ji "Dragon Flower Temple" .
and : 竜海寺 Ryukai-Ji, 竜心寺 Ryushin-Ji, 竜天寺 Ryuten-Ji and 竜王寺 RyuO-Ji.
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. ryuukotsu 龍骨 dragon bones .
and Inokashira Benten Shrine
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tatsu 竜 dragon，hakuja 白蛇 white serpent from Hachioji 八王子市
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Bunkyo 小日向 Kohinata
. Old priest becomes a Dragon - Rain .
.................................................................. Yamagata 山形県 ....................................................................
. The shakuji 杓子 ladle from 最上川 Mogamigawa .
. Shōnai 山形 - 庄内 - 伝説 Shonai Yamagata Legends with Dragon .
.................................................................. Yamaguchi 山口県 ....................................................................
. yatsugashira no ryuu 八つ頭の竜 a dragon with eight heads .
and a sacred mountain, 山の神山 Yamanokami Yama, Mountain of Yamanokami.
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yokai database 妖怪データベース - reference
龍 373 / 竜 480 collecting
02 神龍 シンリュウ (01)
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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 .
. minwa 民話 folktales / densetsu 伝説 Japanese Legends .
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17 comments:
Legend from Hyogo 兵庫県Takarazuka 宝塚
ryuume 竜馬 "dragon horse"
Minamoto no Mitsunaka 源満仲 (912 - 997) had been asked by 竜女 Ryujo, a Dragon Lady, to kill a daija 大蛇 huge serpent.
As a reward he got a ryuuma 竜馬 "dragon horse" with horns.
Its skull is buried at the temple 普明寺 Fumyo-Ji. The bones are useful for amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/09/sanyodo-saigoku-kaido-highway.html
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kyuuryoo 虬龍 "Serpent-Dragon", a legendary animal.
a legend from Oita 大分県
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/12/nagasaki-hita-kaido.html
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Legend from Aichi, 北設楽郡 Kita-Shitara district 設楽町 Shitara town
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A baby that had been put to sleep in a mountain hut suddenyl begun to cry. When they looked, a serpent had bitten into its right leg. They looked for the serpent, found it outside and killed it. But they feared the serpent might have been yama no nushi 山の主 the master of the mountain, so they built a small Shinto Shrine to venerate it.
Some time later 材木商の職人 a craftsman working for a lumber dealer damaged the painting of a blind serpent in the Shrine. The next day when he went to work people saw ryuu 龍 a dragon above his head. When they looked closer, it was just a piece of fujizuru 藤蔓 wisteria vine. The man died soon after.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/05/shokunin-craftsmen-legends.html
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Legend from Ishikawa 石川県 鳳球郡 Hosu district 穴水町 Anamizu town // 飛騨の匠
hiryuu 飛竜 Hiryu, a flying dragon
At the entrance to the home of 長谷家 the Hasegawa family there was a carving of a dragon made by a craftsman from Hida.
At night the dragon would fly away to the near fountain, take a bath and make steam float in the air.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/05/takumi-master-craftsman.html
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Legend from Shizuoka 静岡県 下田市 Shimoda city
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At the temple 龍巣院 Ryuso-In there lived dokuryuu 毒龍 a poisonous dragon which brought great harm to the villagers.
The priest read some special Sutras Buddhist scriptures and the pond became too small for the dragon to live there any more.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/shimoda-kaido-highway.html
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Legend from Miyagi
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Hakoishi Jinja 箱石神社
in Miyagi 石巻市 Ishinomaki city
. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
A ujigami 氏神 clan deity of the ashigaru 足軽 soldiers of the Sendai domain, who lived in 成田町 the Narita town, along 北上川 the river Kitakamigawa.
When 坂上大宿禰高道 Sakanoue Sukune passed here in 863 to fight the Emishi, he found his death here.
His soul turned into a dragon and caused great flooding. To appease his soul, the shrine was erected.
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/ishigami-stone-deity-2.html
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Legend from Kumamoto, Buzen 豊前国
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At the waterfall 千丈が滝 Senjogataki there is 観音堂 a Hall for Kannon Bosatsu.
When 大塚庄右衛門 Ozauk Shoemon and his dumb friend went to the bridge above it to cool down in summer, there is a catfish jumping up and churning the water. Almost like going to heaven, it soon begun to rain. So it must have been a ryuu 竜 dragon after all.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/12/buzen-kaido-highway.html
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Legend from Shiga 甲賀市 Koka city 水口町 Minakuchi town
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Behind the Shrine 八坂神社 Yasaka Jinja is Ryuu-ga-mori 竜ヶ森 the Dragon Forest. There stood a huge sugi 杉 cedar tree which 6 people could hardly cover with their arms around it. A dragon lived in this tree. The tree was hit twice by lighting, and at the second time, the Dragon went back to heaven.
This special tree broke down during the Isewan Typhoon.
Nearby is a Ryuu-ga-ido 竜ヶ井戸 "Dragon Well" which is used for amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals and prayers.
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/yasaka-shrine-legends.html
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Legend from ibaraki 久慈郡 Kuji district 大子町 Daigo town
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On the ceiling of 千手観音堂 the Senju Kannon Do Hall from the Momoyama period the painter had painted a ryuu 竜 dragon on the ceiling.
The dragon went to the river to enjoy himself.
The painting was later stolen.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/senju-kannon-legends.html
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Legend from Hyogo, 神戸市 Kobe city 兵庫区 Hyogo ward // 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji
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Every morning the body of the dragon on the gate of 永福寺 the Eifuku-Ji was all wet.
The dragon would go off to the nearby beach and swim.
To keep him in place, an iron wire was placed around him.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/01/nanbaraji-fudo-mine-isa.html
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Legend from Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city
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The dragon of a carving at 専称寺 the Temple Sensho-Ji used to take off and destroy the nearby fields.
They had to pull out its eyes to keep the dragon in place.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/01/senshoji-kannon-sugata.html
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Legends about the painter 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen
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Aomori, 弘前市 Hirosaki city
At 革秀寺 the Temple Kakushu-Ji there was a painting of unryuu 雲竜 Unryu, a cloud dragon.
The dragon would go out every night to the nearby pond to drink.
To keep it in place, they put nails into its eyes.
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Saitama 比企郡 Hiki district 川島町 Kawajima town
狩野法眼 Kano Hogen had painted a mortuary tablet with a dragon for 比企家 the Hiki clan.
But the dragon left every night and devastated the fields.
They had to cut its throught to keep him fixed to the canopy.
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https://darumapedia-persons.blogspot.com/2022/03/kano-painters.html
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Legend from Mie, Tsu city
nana fushigi 七不思議 The seven wonders of Tsu city
龍の腹から梵鐘が出たこと。A bonsho 梵鐘 temple bell came out of the stomach of a dragon.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/10/bonsho-temple-bell-legends.html
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Legend from Mie, Kuwana city
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Ichimokuryuu 一目竜 Ichimokuryu, a dragon with one eye
To the East of Kuwana there is a Shrine for the Deity 多度山権現 Tadosan Gongen.
One of its sub-Shrines is dedicated to Ichimokuryuu 一目竜 a dragon with one eye.
It is a very small Shrine, but when the Deity comes oud, there will be strong rain.
Once the villagers came out to watch a black cloud rubbing itself on the roof and then up to heaven.
Once the Dragon Deity was gone, the weather became fine again.
This Dragon Deity would go to 浄福寺 the Temple Jofuku-Ji every month on the 18th day.
There people could see a black cloud coming to the temple.
In the evening, the Dragon Deity would go back to the Gongen Shrine.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/01/jofukuji-fudo-kagawa.html
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Kagawa, 坂出市 Sakaide city 金山町 Kanayama town
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At 金山村吉祥寺 the Temple Kichijo-Ji in Kanayama town the priest started fasting before doing
amagoi 雨乞い a rain ritual. When the time was fulfilled,
the priest saw a dragon coming out of the moat and goint up to heaven.
Then a strong rain begun to fall down.
The temple was later re-named to Ryōkō-in Ryōkō-In 龍光院 Ryuko-In.
. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals .
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/05/kichijoji-adachi-nakao.html
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Saitama 菖蒲町 Shobu town
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taikozaka 太鼓坂 the slope of the big drum
Once upon a time, near 幸福寺 the Temple Kofuku-Ji there lived ryuu 竜 one dragon.
He was the master of kanetsukidoo 鐘つき堂 the Temple Bell Hall.
One day the dragon went to the local pond and when he came back, he found that someone had stolen the bell.
The dragon became quite crazy about the loss, took the big drum and run away, shouting
"I am going to borrow this, when the bell comes back, I bring it back!"
After that, nobody had seen the drum any more.
If people walk along the slope of the temple, they can hear the sound of
"ponpon, ponpon" - the big drum.
Anyway, the bell was stolen by the dragon from 筑波山 Mount Tsukubasan.
If the bell rings at Tsukuba Temple, people can hear it sing:
kayama koishi 栢間恋し I long for Kayama.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/09/kofukuji-yakushi-hiraiwa.html
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Legend from Fukushima, Shirakawa city
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If there is a strong rain, a dragon comes out of 社川 the river Yashirogawa and violently flies up and down.
A passing priest recited some Sutras to appease the dragon.
The dragon left three scales and finally went up to the sky.
不動明王 Fudo Myo-O collected the scales.
Fudo Myo-O is the main deity at 天竜山 Tenryuzan (the Dragon in the Sky) 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/09/hosenji-yakushi-shinme.html
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