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 .
- Introduction and Haiku -

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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