2019-05-16

sugi cedar tree legends

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sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree

. sugi no ki 杉の木 cedar tree, Cryptomeria japonica .
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Yakusugi 屋久杉 Cedar from Yakushima


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. Tengu, sugi 天狗と杉と伝説
Legends about Tengu Goblins and Cedar trees .



. Oosugi Jinja 大杉神社 Osugi Shrine, Ibaraki .
- Osugi Daimyojin 大杉大明神



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......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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福島市 Fukushima city 杉妻町 Sugitsuma town

. The cedar tree at Temple 西光寺 Saiko-Ji .

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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 四倉町 Yotsukura town // 鎮守の杉
. chinju no sugi 鎮守の杉 cedar tree of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity .




......................................................................................... 群馬県 Gunma
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前橋市 Maebashi city 亀里町 Kamesato town

. otooka no yome-iri オトウカの嫁取り Otoka the fox gets a bride .




......................................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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軽米町 Karumai town

. sugi no tatari 杉の祟り curse of the Japanese cedar tree .




......................................................................................... Kochi 高知県
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長岡郡 Nagaoka district 西豊永村 Nishi-Toyonaga

. tsue 杖 walking staff of Gyoki Bosatsu .




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都



noroi no sugi 呪いの杉 pine to curse a person
. Shrine Jishu Jinja 地主神社 .
in the back of Kiyomizu Temple

. wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .




......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県

. the cedar tree in the compound of 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine .

Mida no sugi 弥陀の杉 Cedar of Amida
- also called
Darumasugi 達磨杉 / だるま杉


平沢弥陀の杉 Hirasawa no Mida no Sugi

In 蔵王町 Zao there was an 阿弥陀堂 Amida Hall, now abolished, and on the bottom of its hill there was a huge tree. People come here to pray for becoming pregnant and having an easy birth.

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気仙沼市 Kesennuma

羽田神社 Hada Jinja
In front of the shrine there are two huge cedar trees facing each other.
They are 太郎坊の杉 Tarobo-no-sugi and Jirobo-no-sugi 次郎坊の杉.
Tarobo-sugi has a diameter of almost 7 meters.




......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
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新津市 Niitsu city

. kaminari sugi 雷杉 thunder cedar .
There are various cedar trees with this name in Japan.
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......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
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水口町 Minakuchi

. 八坂神社 Yasaka Jinja and Ryuu-ga-mori 竜ヶ森 The Dragon Forest. .




......................................................................................... Tokyo
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荒川区 Arakawa ward

. arasoi sugi 争い杉 dispute about a cedar tree .

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神津島 Kozushima island

. Yamanokami and 大天狗・小天狗 Big and Small Tengu .




......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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最上郡 Mogami district 金山町 Kaneyama

. Fudo Sama no Sugi no Ki 不動様の杉の木 cedar tree of Fudo Myo-o .

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Shōnai 庄内 Shonai

ryuu no hone 龍の骨 bones of a dragon
In Shonai town, in the Meiji period there was a 巨杉 huge cedar tree between the waterfall and the 不動堂 Fudo Hall, but during a strike of lightning it burned down. In its ashes there where almost two buckets full of white bones. The local gossip says these were the bones of a dragon who had lived below the tree.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
54 大杉 to collect
77 杉の木 to collect
564 杉 to collect

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2 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Hyogo 兵庫県
出石郡 Izushi district 高橋村 Takahashi village

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At the Shrine for Gozu Tenno there was roosugi 老杉 an old cedar tree.
From the 10th lunar month until winter people could hear the sound of drums near the tree. Sometimes there was the sound of the tree falling down.
On the night of the third day of the 11th lunar month at the time of ushimitsu 丑満ツ / 丑三つ there comes a storm an the trees are groaning.
This is when the gods come home from their yearly trip to 出雲 Izumo.
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. ushi mitsu 丑満ツ / 丑三つ the double-hour of the ox .
https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/gozu-tenno-legends.html

Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Gunma 前橋市 Maebashi city 亀里町 Kamesato town
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. kitsune no yome-iri, kitsune no yomeiri 狐の嫁入り "the fox taking a bride" .
On a rainy evening, a fox parade with lanterns to lead a bride was seen in the back of 極楽寺 the Temple Gokuraku-Ji.
They walked to roosugi 老杉 the old cedar tree in the school yard and suddenly disappeared.
It seems the fox parade always disappears if people try to observe it.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/08/gokurakuji-temple-legends.html
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