Inari fox deity legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
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Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity
Inari Daimyojin 稲荷大明神 Great Fox Deity

INARI refers to the Fox as the divine messenger and thus a deity himself.
KITSUNE refers to the fox as an animal.

Inari is the most important deity for the rice-farming society.

. Inari festivals in Japanese Culture .
Fushimi Inari Taisha 伏見稲荷大社
- Introduction and Haiku -


- source : Fushimi Inari -


. shinshi 神使 messenger of god, divine messenger .
kami no o-tsukai 神のお使い / 神の使い


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- - - - - ABC List of the prefectures :


......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県

. 高蔵坊狐 Takakurabo Kitsune Fox at the temple 長寿寺 Choju-Ji .
- 高蔵坊（こうぞんぼう）稲荷 Kozonbo, Kozon-Bo Inari





......................................................................................... Fukui 福井県
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福井市 Fukui city

. Inari at the tenshukaku 天守閣 castle tower .




......................................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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揖斐郡 Ibi district

. Hinokami Inari 火の神稲荷 Inari the Fire Deity .
at the temple 洞泉寺 Tosen-Ji




......................................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県
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. Making charcoal in the garden - smoke for Inari .




......................................................................................... Kochi 高知県
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幡多郡 Hata district 大月町 Otsuki town

. Shrine 高平神社 Takahira Jinja .
and densenbyo 伝染病 a pandemic




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県　

The messenger of Inari is a fox holding a hooju / hooshi no tama 宝珠（ホーシノタマ）ritual jewel.
Some people have found this jewel under the eaves of the Shrine and taken it home to venerate.
The tail of a fox looks a bit like this jewel, they say.

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Nagano 木曽郡 Kiso district

. The Fox called 蛻庵 Setsuan - 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari Shrine .




......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
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長浜市 Nagahama city

. Hinokami Inari 火の神稲荷 .
At the temple 大通寺 Daitsu-Ji - O-Hanagitsune お花狐 / お花キツネ O-Hana Kitsune




......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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長井市 Nagai city / 神の使い

If an old fox, the messenger of the Inari Deity, appears with ears of rice in its mouth, there will be a good harvest. Villagers perform shishimai 獅子舞 a lion dance to show their gratitude.




......................................................................................... Yamaguchi 山口県
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防府市 Hofu city

. yako 野狐 nogitsune, "fox in the field" turns Inari .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
452 to collect
04 稲荷講 (01) - for お花狐

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. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

. animals and their legends 動物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. plants and their legends 　植物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. trees and their legends 　樹木, 木と伝説 - - ABC list .

. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
- Introduction -

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