sanshi no mushi legends

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sanshi no mushi 三尸の虫と伝説 Legends about the three worms

For children, there are some "mushi" connected with illness like the
san-shi no mushi 三尸の虫

kan no mushi 疳の虫 / 癇 insect of nervousness, short-temperedness
nakimushi 泣き虫 insect of crying too much
hara no mushi 腹の虫 insect causing diarrhea

. medicine for kan no mushi 疳の虫 .

. Koshin shinko　庚申信仰　Koshin Shinko belief .

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The sanshi 三尸 "Three Corpses" or sanchong 三蟲 "Three Worms"
are a Daoist physiological belief that demonic creatures live inside the human body, and they seek to hasten the death of their host.
These three supernatural parasites allegedly enter the person at birth, and reside in the three dantian "energy centers", respectively located within the head, chest, and abdomen. After their human host dies, they are freed from the body and become malevolent ghosts. ...
- Japanese Kōshin
The Japanese folk tradition of 庚申 Kōshin ("57th of the 60-day cycle") combines the Daoist Three Corpses with Shintō and Buddhist beliefs, including the Three Wise Monkeys.
People attend Kōshin-Machi 庚申待 "57th Day Waiting" events to stay awake all night and prevent the Sanshi 三尸 "Three Corpses" from leaving the body and reporting misdeeds to heaven.
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三尸という三匹の虫は人間の体内にいる。庚申の夜に就寝すると、三尸は体内から天に昇り天帝にその人間の罪過を報告する。これは人間を早にさせ、自らが早く祀られる存在になりたいからである。庚申の夜には寝てはならないという庚申信仰は、正和二年六月にもあり、短冊詩歌会などを開いて皆寝なかった。


......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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sanshichuu 三尸虫 / サンシチュウ the three worms

If one sleeps on the 庚申の日 Koshin Day, the 三尸 three worms come out of the human body and go to heaven.
They report to Ten no Kami 天の神 the God of Heaven about the good and bad deeds of the human, so he/she can be punished.
To prevent these worms to go to heaven, people try not to sleep on this night.
People who do not sleep will live longer.

. Ten no Kami 天の神 the God of Heaven .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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