usagi rabbit hare legends

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usagi　兎 / 兔 / うさぎ / ウサギ と伝説 Legends about the rabbit / hare



. The Year of the Rabbit .

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. gyokuto 玉兎 "treasure hare" rabbit in the moon .
tsuki no usagi 月の兎 - - - pounding rice in the moon

- and related kigo, like
hatsu u,  hatsu-u 初卯 first day of the rabbit/hare
yukiusagi, yuki usagi 雪兎　snow hare


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............................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
佐倉市 Sakura

If people eat the meat of a rabbit, they become mitsukuchi ミツクチ "harelip", cheiloschisis.






............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県



小川諏訪神社　Iwaki, Ogawa Suwa Jinja - rabbit in waves





............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県

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揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa

The messenger of Yamanokami is a shiro usagi 白ウサギ white rabbit.
If someone happens to see it, he will be cursed.


usagi at 熊野神社 Kumano Jinja

In 熊本県 Kumamoto 球磨郡 Kuma district
If hunters hit a rabbit, they have to cut its nose immediately and make it an offering to Yamanokami.

In 京都市 Kyoto
At haru no yama no kuchi 春のヤマノクチ the beginning of Spring Yamanokami comes riding a 白兎 white rabbit and sows the seeds of trees and plants.
In autumn on this day 秋のヤマノクチ he comes again riding a white rabbit to pick up the seeds of trees and plants.
Yamanokami has large wings.

. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain .




............................................................................... Kyoto 京都府

. Yamanokami 山の神 God of the Mountain .
He rides on 白兎 a white rabbit.

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yamauba 山うば mountain hag
On the New Year 山神 Yamanokami rides on a 白兎 white rabbit and brings seeds to the fields in the morning.
Sometimes later in the day a mountain hag comes and brings seeds of roses or does other mischief.

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亀岡市　Kameoka

. kengeki no hibiki 剣戟の響 sound of sword fighting .








............................................................................... Nagano 長野県

南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 小海町 Koumi

mitsume no usagi 三つ目のうさぎ rabbit with three eyes
In the forest 高嶺さんの森 Takanesan no mori in the North of the Shrine 諏訪神社 Suwa Jinja there are mitsume no usagi 三つ目のうさぎ rabbits with three eyes.
They are rarely seen, but if someone sees them, there will be misfortune in the village. People try to avoid even mentioning this rabbit.






............................................................................... Niigata 新潟県

If a pregnant woman its the meat of a rabbit, she will give birth to a child with a mitsukuchi ミツクチ / 3つ口 "harelip", cheiloschisis.





............................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県

daija 大蛇 large serpent
おじいさんが炭焼きをしていると、木がバサバサと倒れるので、うさぎが来たと思って鎌を構えて待っていた。直径１５センチの樫の木がバタバタと倒れ、大きなうさぎだと身構えると、直径２５センチ大の蛇だった。しばらくにらみ合い、かまを振り上げてにらみつけると逃げていった。小屋に帰ったおじいさんの顔は土色になっていた。




............................................................................... Tottori 鳥取県

. The White Rabbit of Inaba 因幡の白兎 .
at Hakuto Beach 白兎 - and the Kami Okuninushi no Mikoto 大国主命



. Daikoku and rabbits 兎大黒 usagi Daikoku at Inaba .




............................................................................... Yamagata　山形県

. Gassan tamausagi 月山玉兎 Treasure Rabbit from Mount Gassan.



gyokuto 玉兎


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
うさぎ ok // 兎 山の神 ok // 白兎 ok
28 ウサギ
171 兎

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