2019-01-12

Aragami, Kojin Hearth Deity legends

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Aragami 荒神と伝説 Legends about the Aragami deity
Aragamisama, Koojinsama, Koojin sama 荒神様 Kojin sama, "rough god", "wild deity"



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. Aragamisama, Koojinsama, Koojin sama 荒神様 .
Kamagami, Kamajin 釜神 The Hearth Deity
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Koojin barai 荒神祓 purification for the deity Kojin sama


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Kôjin - Rough god.
Commonly believed to be the god of the hearth, but also identified in certain areas with jigami and yama no kami and enshrined out of doors.
Also believed by some to be a demonic god or spirit of Japanese antiquity seeking revenge.
During the middle ages, constant attempts were made to subdue kôjin deities with Taoist rites.
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. jigami, jishin, chigami, chijin 地神 Kami of the Earth .

. Yama-no-Kami 山の神 Yamanokami, God of the Mountain .

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

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Kojindoo 荒神堂 Kojindo, Hall for Aragami
三宝荒神堂 Sanpo Kojin-Do - Many halls of this name in Japan
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八代荒神
in Izumo 八大竜王

八大荒神社

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......................................................................................... Akita 秋田県
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山本郡 Yamamoto district 二ツ井町 Futatsui

Koojinsama 荒神様 Kojin Sama
At 房住山 Mount Boju there is an old temple. Now there remains gorintoo 五輪塔 a five-storied stone pagoda grave marker and an old well, which was dug by 坂上田村麿 Sakanoue no Tamuramaro.
Around 1938 a woodcutter tried to clean the well and was surprized to find pottery pieces, golden pieces and a monkey messenger from 庚申様 Kojin Sama. But this mountain is sacred to Kojin Sama and later nobody ever tried to clean the well again, fearing the curse of the Deity.
. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .




......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
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前橋市 Maebashi city

Hime Konjin sama 姫金神様
姫金神様は荒神様(コウジンサマ)よりなお悪く祟る。年によっている所が違い、暦を見なくてはわからない。金神様がいると知らずに引っ越して、障ったこともあった。障りをさけるまじないもある。

. Konjin 金神 "God of metals" .




......................................................................................... Hiroshima 広島県
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安佐郡 Asa district

onibaba 鬼婆
長吉という馬方が馬に塩を乗せて運んでいたところを鬼婆に襲われる。鬼婆の家の天井裏に隠れた長吉が音を立てると、鬼婆は荒神様だと勘違いし、餅を食べさせる。鬼婆が蚊まで寝ているところへ下から火をたくと鬼婆は「やれやれ風もそよそよ吹き出した、起きゆうかい」といい、熱くなってくると「やれやれお日さんも出た、起きゆうかい」と言った。煮殺された鬼婆は唐黍畑に埋められ、それから唐黍の茎が赤くなったのだという。




......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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大川郡 Okawa gun district 長尾町 Nagao town

. Amadare Koojin アマダレコウジン ”Kojin deity in the dripping rain” .




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 川上村 Kawakami village

. Aragami and Fukunokami 福の神 .




......................................................................................... Okayama 岡山県

. Aragami is seen as the Yamanokami 山の神 .

. misaki koojin ミサキ荒神 / misaki no koojin ミサキの荒神 .
A special deity of the Southern parts of Okayama. It is no always the vengeful soul of a person dead through unnatural circumstances, but also a protector deity, if venerated properly.

. Temple 遍照寺 Hensho-Ji on top of 光明山 Mount Komyosan. .

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山の神荒神
山の神荒神は山の神の荒神である。古くから、春に山の神を迎えて田の神として祀り、秋の取入れがい終わると再び山に送り返すという習わしがある。

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井原市 Ibara city 美星町 Bisei town

hinomisaki ヒノミサキ
美星町上高麦草のヒノミサキは部落の鎮守である。神体は自然石で、これを撫でた手で目やおできなどの痛い箇所を撫でると治るのだといわれる。宇戸谷青高の山の神と荒神の間にはさまれて、三つの石クドがあり、その中にお供え物をする。右端がヒノミサキである。

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川上郡 Kawakami district 高梁市 Takahashi city 備中町 Bitchu cho town

In the hamlet 西油野 Nishiyuno Aragami is seen as the Yamanokami. He often puts a curse on people.
In the hamlet is an estate where two Aragami are venerated. One of them is
Ushitora no Aragami 丑寅の荒神 Aragami of the North-East direction
When the house of this family was constructed, someone had cut a tree sacred to Yamanokami and the family was thus cursed. To appease him a small sanctuary was built.
A priest had told them the house had been cursed already before that so they build another sanctuary.

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Okayama 真庭市 Maniwa city

. Kojin and Gyujin / ushigami, 牛神 / 丑神 / ギュウジン Kami of cattle .

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真庭市 Maniwa city 西河内 Nishi-Gouchi

山の神荒神
日の乢の山の神荒神の祠は二分されており、右側には狩衣風の男神の立像、左側には石が納めてある。

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美作市 Mimasaka city 真殿 Madono

国司,荒神,山の神
真殿では、荒神の祠を3つにしきり、向かって右に国司、中に荒神、左に山の神を祀っている。


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新見市 Niimi city 哲西町 Tessei cho town

. maki no ki マキの木 / 犬槇 Podocarpus macrophyllus .
sacred to 荒神 the Kojin Deity

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Onomichi 尾道

尾道荒神堂小路




......................................................................................... Shimane 島根県
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松江市 Matsue town

. the construction of a mountain road .




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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飯石郡 Iishi district

. Rituals at 穴見谷・大向 Omukai / Anamidani and 井原谷 Ibaradani .




......................................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県
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美馬郡 Mima district

aragami no tatari 荒神のたたり curse of the wild deity
ある女性が肋膜に水が貯まり、どうしても治らない。祈祷師に拝んでもらうと金神さんを汚していることがわかり、早速汚れたものを捨て金神様を祀ると数日で水がたまらなくなった。さらに、荒神さんを清めて祀りなおすと病人は全快した。




......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京
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品川区 Shinagawa ward

. The Kojin Deity extinguishing a fire .




......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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. Sankichi sama 三吉様 / 三吉神 Sankichi Deity .
from 太平山 Mount Ohirasan (Mount Taiheizan 太平山 (1,170 m))




......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県  
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上九一色村 Kamikuishiki village

. 荒神様 Aragami Sama, 箒神 Hokigami and Enko, the Kappa .


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