Suikazura honeysuckle legends

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suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 / 忍冬 と伝説 Legends about honeysuckle




. suikazura, nindoo 忍冬 honeysuckle　- Introduction .
Lonicera japonica // kinginka 金銀花 "gold silver flower"
- kigo for various seasons -

蚊の声す忍冬の花の散るたびに
ka no koe su nindoo no hana chiru tabi ni

The honeysuckle;
With every petal that falls,
The voice of the gnats.

Yosa Buson (1716-83)
translated by R.H. Blyth

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honeysuckle wine 忍冬酒
A drink beloved by Tokugawa Ieyasu ...

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Nintoo Ki 忍冬忌 / ニントウキ Ninto Memorial Day (Nindooki)
for Ishida Hakyoo 石田波郷 Ishida Hakyo

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. nindoo karakusamon　忍冬唐草文 Nindo Karakusa Mon pattern .
Also suikazura karakusamon; also nindo karakusa 忍冬唐草.
Lit. honeysuckle arabesque pattern.


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- reference source : toki.moo.jp/gaten..713.. -

In winter the leaves of the plant stay on the branches, bending around the branches to avoid the cold. Hence their name
nindoo (nintoo) 忍冬 to endure the winter

Their blossoms have a sweet taste and children lick to sui 吸 suck them. hence the name
suikazura 吸葛 "sucking the vine"



There are various varieties of this plant growing in Japan.
The blossoms come out in May, June and the whole area begins to smell sweet.
In autumn the black berries become visible.

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Honeysuckle is a plant that is sometimes called “woodbine.”
The flower, seed, and leaves are used for medicine. Be careful not to confuse honeysuckle with other plants that are also known as woodbine, such as American ivy, gelsemium, and Clematis virginiana.
Honeysuckle
is used for digestive disorders including pain and swelling (inflammation) of the small intestine (enteritis) and dysentery; upper respiratory tract infections including colds, influenza, swine flu, and pneumonia; other viral and bacterial infections; swelling of the brain (encephalitis); fever; boils; and sores. Honeysuckle is also used for urinary disorders, headache, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer. Some people use it to promote sweating, as a laxative, to counteract poisoning, and for birth control.
Honeysuckle
is sometimes applied to the skin for inflammation and itching, and to kill germs.
- - - Other Names:
Barbe de Chèvre, Broquebique, Caulis Lonicerae Japonica, Chèvrefeuille, Chèvrefeuille des Bois, Chèvrefeuille des Haies, Chèvrefeuille du Japon, Cranquillier, Fleur de Miel, Flos Lonicerae, Goat's Leaf, Herbe de Chèvre, Herbe à la Pentecôte, Herbe de Pentecôte, Herbe à la Vierge, Honey Suckle, Honeysuckle Flower, Japanese Honeysuckle, Jin Yin Hua, Jinyinhua, Lonicera, Lonicera aureoreticulata, Lonicera bournei, Lonicera caprifolia, Lonicera japonica, Lonicerae Japonicae, Madreselva, Nindo, Périclymène, Ren Dong, Saute-Buisson, Suikazura, Woodbine.
- source : webmd.com/vitamins-supplements... -


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すいかずら Suikazura
There is a magic practise to bury many snakes in a hole in the ground where nobody else comes, and pray to them as deities.
It is the same as with the Inugami 犬神 Dog Deity.
If people get possessed by this deity, they will get ill. If the source of their possession is known there is a method to heal them, they say.
But this is not true.

In 徳島県三好郡祖谷山 the Iya valley of Tokushima there is a kind of Inugami called Suikazura.
It is said to be a bit larger than a rat and lives in the warmth of the hearth in homes.



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Sarugami 猿神 Monkey Deity
Once upon a time
a strange Yokai monster (the Nue) was flying in the sky. A brave samurai shot it down with three arrows.
The head became Inugami 犬神 the Dog Deity,
the body became Sarugami and
the tail became the plant suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 honeysuckle, (other versions say 蛇 a serpent).
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The head flow off to 讃岐国 Sanuki and became Sarugami.
The body flew off to 阿波国 Awa and became 犬神 Inugami,
the tail flew off to 備前国 Bizen and became the plant Suikazura.

. Legends about Yamanokami and Sarugami 猿神 .


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

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