inoshishi and wolf legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. inoshishi 猪と伝説 Legends about the wild boar, Wildschwein .
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inoshishi and wolf 山犬と伝説 Legends about wild boar and wolves

. yama-inu, yamainu　山犬　"mountain dog, ookami 豺 wolf legends .



. Shrine Mitsumine Jinja 三峰神社 Chichibu .

This shrine has amulets called shishiyoke 猪よけ　boar deterrents, to be used by peasants to spare their crops from the ravages of deer and wild boar.
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. Amulets about the wild boar .



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......................................................................................... Gifu　岐阜県
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郡上市 Gujo City 高鷲町 Takasucho tonw / 下呂市 Gero city

yamainu no ongaeshi 山犬の恩返し a wolf shows his gratitude
Once an old woman helped a wolf who had a bone of a wild boar stuck in his mouth.
On her way back home the wolf guided her to a dead wild boar, which she could use as food.

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郡上郡 Gujo district

A hunter once helped a wolf who had fallen into a shishiana 猪穴 wild boar hole, the wolf run away but
in this year there was no damage by wild boars in his fields. The wolf had shown his gratitude by chasing the boars away.
Another wolf who had been helped out of a wild boar's hole brought a rabbit to the doorstep of the house of his savior.

. shishiana 猪穴 wild boar holes .
shishiana are holes the wild boars dig near fields.




......................................................................................... Kochi　高知県
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吾川村 Agawa village

ookami 狼 wolf
A farmer once helped a wolf who had a bone stuck in his mouth.
To show his gratitude, the wolf put 猪の後足 the hind legs of a wild bore at his home entrance.

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幡多郡 Hata district

yamainu 山犬 wolf
Once a farmer woke up late at night and saw some wolves in the garden, eating a horse they had dragged here.
The day before he had been shooting a wild boar in the forest, which had been the pray of the wolves before he came.
This was their revenge.



......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
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仙台市 Sendai city

oinu ishi 狼石 / オイヌイシ / oinoishi おいのいし / Okami Ishi, wolf-stone
3 Chome-9 Kitanakayama, Izumi Ward, Sendai


In the South-West of 七北田川右岸山村館跡 Nanakitagawa Ugan Yamamura at 三峰山 Mount Mitsumine there is a memorial stone.
It is in the estate of the former 白石家 Shiroishi family.
Once a family member was on its way home from Sendai, over the 中山峠 Nakayama Toge pass, when he saw a wolf at the roadside, its mouth wide open and obviously in pain. The wolf had a thorn in its mouth, so the man pulled it out. That night, he heard a sound at the front gate and saw a wild boar, as a sign of gratitude presented by the wolf.
From that day on, when the man had to walk home every day, the wolf would show up and make sure he could get over the pass safely.
The stone is in memory of this brave wolf.
Every year on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month, the family makes offerings of sekihan 赤飯 auspicious red rice.
They call this wolf オボタテ Obotate.
- another source quotes the man as
実沢の庄之助 Sanezawa no Shonosuke.



......................................................................................... Shizuoka　静岡県

ookami 狼 wolf
The 望月家 Mochizuki family of 小河内 Ogochi village tells a story of 姑 the mother in law in the fourth generation.
She was in the mountain hut near the fields, when she went to collect some awa 粟 millet. She helped a wolf who had a bone stuck in his upper jaw.
This 山犬 wolf begun to protect the fields of the family and made sure no 猪 wild boar, 鹿cear or 兎 rabbit would come.
Sometimes the wolf killed a deer and presented it at the gate of the hut as food.
When the season was over and the harvest finished, the farmer's wife hung the rest of the deer meat on a tree and wrote on a wooden plate, mumbling
"Are you there? Are you not there?" At that moment the wolf came out of the forest and greeted her.




......................................................................................... Wakayama　和歌山県
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日高郡 Hidaka district みなべ町 Minabe town

ookami 狼 wolf

In a trap for a wild boar near the hut of a charcoal maker they found a young wolf and set him free.
The next day the wolf helped to hunt a wild boar into the trap.
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A man saw a wolf catching a wild boar. He asked the wolf:
"Please let me have the skin!" and indeed, the skin was there the next day.
The wolf is really a well-behaved animal.

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西牟婁郡 Nishi-Muro district 富里村 Tomisato mura village

ookami 狼 wolf
At 玉置山 Mount Tamakisan at 大和十津川 Totsukawa village they venerate a wolf as the messenger of the Deity and call it
タカタケサン Takatake San.
They pray at a sanctuary during the season when the wild boars destroy the fields.
On the way back, a wolf is usually following the person.
Back home they place an amulet from the shrine near the field to protect it.

- HP of the Shrine Tamaki Jinja 玉置神社
奈良県吉野郡十津川村玉置川１番地 / Nara Yoshino, Totsukawa
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Tamaki-Jinja is located near the top of the Tamaki Mountain which is 1076m tall.
It had been selected as the UNESCO World Heritage, as part of the Kiisanchi-no-reijo and Sankei-Michi. Starting off from the oldest Cedar tree, "Jindaisugi" which had been reported to be over 3000 year old, this Shrine is surrounded by the natural monument.
The main Shrine
is very rare for a Shrine which built in the mountain because it is a legit Gambrel building made of Zelkova. You can feel the scent of the history from this main Shrine surrounded by Cedars. From late April to early May, rhododendron flowers create a beautiful scenery.
All of the sliding doors
in the Shrine office are decorated with the painting of Kachozu (luxury floral and bird themed paintings) such as Pine tree, Peony, peacock, parrot and crane. These painting are called "Saisokubutsuki". Those offices are also named according to the painting of the sliding door painting such as "Kujakunoma" (Peacock room) and "Oimatsunoma" (Pine tree room).
There is another shrine called "Tamaishisha"
if you climb up from the precinct upon the top of the hill. Tamaishisha considered as the original of Tamaki-Jinja Shrine which has no main building only ancient pebble stone left.
- reference source : japanhoppers.com/en... -

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

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