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. saints, priests, holy men in legends .
上人　法人　- zenshi 禅師 Zen priests - 修験者 shugenja 山伏 yamabushi
shoonin, seijin 聖人　saint
27 to explore



. Sado Densetsu 佐渡伝説 Sado Island Legends, Niigata . *
more than 350 to explore

. Sai no Kawara 賽の河原 Dead Children's limbo .
14 to explore

. saisenbako 賽銭箱 box for donations .
5 to explore

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
40 legends to explore

. sake 酒 and o-miki お神酒 rice wine rituals and legends .


. same　鮫 (さめ) shark .
35 to explore

. Sanada clan 真田幸村 Sanada Yukimura .
44 to explore

sanba 産婆 midwife
. yoobo 妖姥 / ヨウボ old monster hag - midwife . - Tokyo
39 to explore

. Sanbasoo 三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer legends .

sanbi and shinibi 産火（サンビ） sanbi "fire of life" and 死火（シニビ）shinibi "fire of death"
people come together for the funeral and eat a meal together
. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .

. Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神 "the fierce deities of the three treasures" . - Legends

. sanshi no mushi 三尸の虫と伝説 Legends about the three worms 三尸虫 .
12 to collect

. sankin kootai 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai Daimyo attendance in Edo .
- - - - - daimyō gyōretsu 大名行列　Daimyo Gyoretsu procession to Edo

. sanshoo 山椒 Sansho mountain pepper .
14 to explore

. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, the river on the way to hell .
19 to explore

. saotome 早乙女 legends about women planting rice .

. saru　申 /　猿　monkey, Affe .
382 to collect // shirozaru, hakuen 白猿 white monkey


. Sarutahiko densetsu 猿田彦伝説 Sarutahiko Legends .

. satoo 砂糖 と伝説 Sato - Legends about sugar - Zucker .

. satoimo sato-imo 里芋 Taro potato / Colocasia antiquorum .
20 to explore

. seki 堰 weir - kigo .
48 to collect

. Sekigahara battle 関ヶ原の戦い and 大谷刑部 Otani Gyobu .
and Iris at Kawakami Hachimangu 川上八幡宮　Shrine

. sekihan, aka no meshi, sekihan 赤飯 red Azuki beans with rice .
. a wolf legend from Miyagi .
112 legends to explore

. sekitoo 石塔 / セキトウ と伝説 Legends about Sekito stone towers .
43 to collect

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 arms .
15 collecting

. senko 線香 incense stick .
66 to collect

. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals, mountain hermits .

. senryoobako　千両箱 Senryobako money box legends .

. seppuku 切腹 -- harakiri 腹切り ritual suicide .
to translate

. setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery . *
8 to explore

. setsubun 節分 "seasonal divide" rituals - legends .
oni wa soto 鬼は外 "Demons, get out!" -
100 to explore


shakujo 錫杖 walking staff - a crozier, a crosier
20 to explore

. shamoji 杓文字, 杓、シャモジ / shakuji 杓子 ladle, rice paddle .
43 to explore

shari 舎利 relics of Buddha, Buddha's bones
36 to explore

. shinu 死ぬ Legends about death .
collecting
meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】 the Netherworld, nether world, underworld
pokkuri 　ぽっくり　sudden death / daioojoo 大往生 daiojo, tales about a peaceful death
raigō 来迎 Raigo, the soul on the way to paradise
rinjuu 臨終 Rinju, death, deathbed
seikyoo 逝去 Seikyo
shi no yochoo 死の予兆 Yocho, forebodes of death
shiun, shi-un 紫雲 purple clouds
sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead
soshiki 葬式 / sogi 葬儀 funeral, Beerdigung



. shichiya 質屋 pawn shop legends .

. shii no ki 椎の木 Shii oak, pasania; chinquapin .
14 to explore (one Niigata, Yamanokami)

. shijukunichi 四十九日 legends about day 49 after death .
43 to collect

. shikimi 樒 / シキミ Skimmia, Illicium religiosum - ritual plant .
樒 13 // シキミ 06 to explore

. shimenawa 注連縄 伝説　sacred rope - legends .
50 to explore

. Shinagawa ku 品川区 "goods river" district legends .

shinbatsu 神罰 divine punishment
35 to explore - one from Nagano

. shinbutsu 神仏 kami to hotoke, the Deities of Japan . **

. Shinigami 死神 God of Death "Grim Reaper" .

. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about　"divine fire" .
- goshinka, go-shinka 御神火 "divine fire" from a volcano

. shinmei sama しんめい様 legends about the deity Shinmei Sama . **

. shinrei 神霊 / 心霊 spirit, Geist - Legends .
more than 60 collecting

. shinrei 神鈴 "bell of the gods" . *
206 to explore - clay bells and others

. shio 塩 と伝説 Legends about salt .
- collecting

. shishigashira 獅子頭 lion head mask / shishimai 獅子舞 lion dance legends .
collecting

. Shitenno-Ji 四天王寺 Osaka . *

. shizen saigai 自然災害　伝説 Natural Disasters and Legends .


. shooben, shoben 小便 pee, pissing .
192 to collect

. shoobu 菖蒲 Shobu, Japanese Iris . *
122 to explore / 菖蒲湯

. shoochuu 焼酎 Shochu strong liquor . *
14 to explore

. shooji 障子 paper sliding doors .
89 to collect

. Shoomen, Shomen Kongo, Seimen Kongo 青面金剛 .

. Shōmu Tennō 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (707 - 755) .

. Shōnai 庄内地方 Shōnai district, Shonai in Yamagata .
23 legends to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .
collecting

. shooya 庄屋 Shoya, village headman .
113 to collect

. shooyu 醬油 / 醤油 と伝説 Legends about Shoyu Soy Sauce .


. shugoshin 守護神 （しゅごしん）(shugojin) protector deity, tutelary deity .
59 to explore


silk 絹 kinu and related legends .
silkworm, kaiko 蚕, kuwago 桑子 "mulberry child"

. soba 蕎麦 Legends about buckwheat .

. sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead .
35 to explore

. sotoba 塔婆 grave marker . / Gorintō 五輪塔 Gorinto stupa
27 to collect

. sugegasa 菅笠と伝説 Legends about the sedge hat .

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
77 to explore

. sugoroku　双六と伝説 Legends about the board game Sugoroku .
35 to explore

. suishoo 水晶 Legends about crystals / chrystals / Kristall .

. suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 / nindoo 忍冬 と伝説 honeysuckle .
Lonicera japonica /

. suinan 水難 legends about water accidents .
kappa yoke 河童除け
53 水難 to collect

. . Suitengu 水天宮 Shrine for the Water God .
27 to collect

. Sumida ku, Sumida-ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field" legends . - Tokyo

. sumigama 炭竈 と伝説 Legends about charcoal kilns .
- - - 91 炭焼き (00)

. surume スルメ 伝説 Legends about the squid, Kalamar .
- translate

. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore

. suzuri 硯 inkstone .
25 硯 to explore (01)


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. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .
50 to explore


. sagi 鷺 heron .
"blue heron", aosagi 青鷺 / "white heron", egret, shirasagi　白鷺
22 to explore


. sakana 魚 fish - food and kigo .
- katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
25 to explore
katame buna 片目鮒 / katame no buna 片目の鮒 buna fish with one eye (see above)
. katame uo 片目魚 fish with one eye . - Kobe, Hyogo
- - - - - katame no 片目の things with one eye . . .
87 to explore - 片目の鮭 - 片目の鰻 - 片目の鰍
- . fish with scales like a torii 鳥居 gate . - Nerima, Tokyo


. sake 鮭　legends about the salmon . *
- and the pair of 鮭の大助 Sake no Osuke / Kosuke
47 legends to explore

. Salmon Osuke Legends .


. sanshoouo, sanshoo uo 山椒魚 salamander .
6 to explore

. saru 猿 / 申 monkey .
猿王丸 Saruomaru and the Heike
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
- more than 300 entries to explore - yokai database -

. sazae 栄螺 . サザエ turban shell . *

. semi 蝉 cicada, Zikade .
15 to explore

. shika 鹿 deer .
more than 200 legends to explore
- - - - - . hakuroku, hakushika, shirojika 白鹿 white deer .


. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .
many to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子と伝説 Legends about Prince Shotoku .

sue musume, suemusume 末娘 youngest daughter
. bakko バッコ（末娘） youngest daughter, Akita .
20 to explore

. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore


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