. 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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......................................................................................... 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.
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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 -
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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 -
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Legend from Yamanashi, Minobusan
ReplyDeleteA fox who lived at the temple 飯高寺 Hanko-Ji wanted to learn more at Minobusan, but when he took a nap after lunch, he was found out as fox.
This fox has lived since the times of Gautama Buddha and still wanted to learn more about Buddhism. The priest who had detected the fox kept quiet and built a sanctuary,
Monju Inari 文殊稲荷
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/01/minobu-kaido-highway.html
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Legend from Hyogo 兵庫県 篠山町 Sasayama town
ReplyDeleteThe rikishi 力士 Sumo wrestlers from Sasayama always lost a bout when the Shogun came to look, but this time they all won.
When the lord of the domain, 青山忠裕 Aoyama Tadahiro, came back to his estate in Edo, the wrestlers had already left and went back home to Hyogo.
These wrestlers had been the Inari foxes from a shrine in the domain.
To show his gratitude, Tadahiro ordered special flags and ema 絵馬 votive tablets.
- The Inari Foxes from 王地山 / 王子山 Ojisan (Ojiyama) sometimes went to war and one fox looked like 1000 men to help winning.
- If the Inari fox howls, there will be a fire.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/sasayama-kaido-highway.html
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Aichi 江南市 Konan city 石枕町 Ishimakura town (stone pillow town)
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Once an old woman had a traveler stay at her home, giving him a stone pillow, then took his belongings and killed him.
When she was cursed by the deities and died.
The villagers built a small Shrine to appease her soul.
Later they called it a Shrine for Inari and it became 産土神 the clan deity for the village.
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/ubusunagami-clan-deity-legends.html
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