. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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chifusu to densetsu チフスと伝説 Legends about typhus
chifusu チフス typhus // parachifusu 腸チフス - パラチフス typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever
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Typhus, also known as typhus fever, is a group of infectious diseases that include
epidemic typhus, scrub typhus and murine typhus.
Common symptoms include fever, headache, and a rash. Typically these begin one to two weeks after exposure.
The diseases are caused by specific types of bacterial infection.
Epidemic typhus is due to Rickettsia prowazekii spread by body lice, scrub typhus is due to Orientia tsutsugamushi spread by chiggers, and murine typhus is due to Rickettsia typhi spread by fleas.
..... Scrub typhus occurs in Southeast Asia, Japan, and northern Australia.
..... Typhus has been described since at least 1528 AD. The name comes from the Greek tûphos (τύφος) meaning hazy, describing the state of mind of those infected. While "typhoid" means "typhus-like", typhus and typhoid fever are distinct diseases caused by different types of bacteria.
----- Signs and symptoms begin with sudden onset of fever, and other flu-like symptoms about one to two weeks after being infected. Five to nine days after the symptoms have started, a rash typically begins on the trunk and spreads to the extremities. This rash eventually spreads over most of the body, sparing the face, palms, and soles. Signs of meningoencephalitis begin with the rash and continue into the second or third weeks. Other signs of meningoencephalitis include sensitivity to light (photophobia), altered mental status (delirium), or coma. Untreated cases are often fatal.
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............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
zokushin 俗信 some folk belief
The bones of a horse charred all black are good at lowering fever. They are eaten in case of paratyphus.
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大船渡市 Ofunato city 三陸町 Sanriku town
boorei 亡霊 ghost
Once the master of the house had died of typhus. His son carried the remains of his father to the second floor of the barn and left it there.
The next evening, the ghost of his father appeared, only visible to the son. So the son called a priest and had proper rituals performed. After that he did not see the ghost of his father again.
............................................................................... Kagoshima 鹿児島県
西之表市 Nishinoomote city
wakamiya sama 若宮様 Wakamiya "Young Lord"
In 1924, there was a paratypuus epidemy in a hamlet. Many thought it was the curse of a Deity.
They went to the beach of 東海岸 Higashi Kaigan to a monoshiri モノシリ（巫女）Miko Shrine maiden for a divination. She went into trance and made the performance of someone killed by an arrow and decaying. In fact, the killed person was Wakamiya.
Wakamiya was the son of the local lord of 志布志 Shibushi. During a fight over the land he had been to the other side of the river and been killed by an arrow.
Wakamiya was then declared a deity and venerated in a special Shrine.
............................................................................... Nagano 長野県
. moriki 杜樹 tree of a shrine .
On the pass of 吉田山 Mount Yoshidayama ...
............................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
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佐渡市 Sado city 畑野町 Hatano machi town
ta-asobi 田遊び ritual of the fields
This Ta-asobi Shinto ritual of 畑野町大久保 Hatano town, Okubo, was first performed outside in the early Showa period. It was performed at the school in 畑野町後山 Hatano Ushiroyama.
But the same year there was a bad harvest in the hamlet of Okubo, an outbreak of paratyphus and other problems.
Ta'asobi -Literally, "rice-field play."
Ta'asobi sometimes takes place during the actual rice-planting season, but generally it occurs at the start of the year.
- source : kokugakuin . Mogi Sakae -
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............................................................................... Okayama 岡山県
.......................................................................真庭郡 Maniwa district 落合町 Ochiai town
Zenkaku Inari Shrine 善覚稲荷
Once there was a typhus epidemy in the town, so people went to the Shrine Zenkaku Inaru to pray for healing.
In former times the Shrine was called 善覚神社 Zenkaku Jinja.
古くは社号を「善覚神社」と申し上げていた神社で、昔 小山善覚坊という修験者がおり、この善覚坊が伏見稲荷から勧請した稲荷神を拝み、霊感を使ってましたが、神の力が強くなり過ぎ、善覚坊の力では抑えきれなくなり、現在の奥宮と木山寺の間に社を建てて祀ったのが「善覚神社」の始まりと言われています。
御祭神は倉稲魂命（うかのみたまのみこと）を始め、赤衾衣奴大住日子佐別命（あかぶすまいぬおおすみひこさわけのみこと）また、合祀した木山八幡神社の神や稲作に関わる神々五柱、猿田彦神など、計九柱の神々を祭神としています。
木山神社と同様に、善覚稲荷神社の霊験のたかさも古来より有名で、江戸末期から明治にかけて県内各地に善覚稲荷の信仰は広がっていきました。
岡山県真庭市木山1265-1
HP of the shrine
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Kiyamadera 木山寺 Kiyama Temple
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新見市 Niimi city 哲西町 Tessei cho town
Once they cut a maki no ki マキの木 / 犬槇 Podocarpus macrophyllus sacred to 荒神 the Kojin Deity and soon there was a typhus epidemy in the village.
This must have been the curse of Kojin Sama.
. Koojin sama 荒神様 Kojin, Aragami, "Wild Deity" .
............................................................................... Shimane 島根県
shookan 傷寒（チフス）Shokan, local name for typhus
kaze 傷寒（かぜ）
There once was a wicked priest named Shokan who could bewitch other people and make them suffer from typus.
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Once after the war, the villagers went to a temple for rituals. An unknown man turned up and wanted to go with them.
Later they realized that about 30 years ago, there was a man who did not perform proper rituals for his dead father and had then died himself just before a typhus epidemy hit the village.
............................................................................... Tokyo Arakawa 荒川区
Once the younger sister of 新井つね Arai Tsune had typhus. In her dream she saw a priest in red robes who told her:
"If you go in this direction, you will die."
As the woman lie in high fever, she heard the voice of her crying baby and came back to her senses. Gradually she healed completely.
............................................................................... Toyama 富山県
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礪波市 Tonami city
saen サエゾ（腸チフス）: local name for typhus
saenbon サエゾボン
This is the local name for 坊さん a priest who performs to drive out a typhus epidemy.
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