kiji yamadori pheasant legends

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kiji 雉 と伝説 Legends about the pheasant

. kiji 雉 pheasant / 山鳥 yamadori .
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kigisu, kigishi　雉子


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yakeno no kigisu yoru no tsuru 焼け野の雉子 夜の鶴
pheasant in a burning field, crane in the evening
a mother's heart is always with her children.

Legend knows that a pheasant mother will run back and save her chicks if she discovers the fields around her nest are burning.

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. Momotaro 桃太郎 and his pheasant friend .


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......................................................................................... Kochi 高知県
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. pheasant predicting an earthquake .
In the 幡多郡 Hata district, if a pheasant calls out very loud, there will be an earthquake.




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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. Hachimen Daioo 八面大王 Great King with Eight Faces .





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

. Yamadori and Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain .



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

. sankichi sama 三吉様 / 三吉神 Sankichi Deity .
and the Sumo wrestler ロクノジョウ Rokunojo

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羽州米沢市 Ushu Yonezawa city

. a man who could not eat pheasant meat .





......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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北杜市 Hokuto city 白州町（はくしゅうまち） Hakushu machi town

. Yamanokami shoots arrows .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
雉子 01 to explore
雉 36 to explore
山鳥 41 to explore

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