. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head
ryuuzu りゅうず, ryuutoo りょうとう Ryuto
. kane 鐘 temple bell .
tatsugashira 竜頭 part of armour
Ryuuzu no taki 竜頭の滝 waterfall
Ryuutoosan Jinja 竜頭山神社 Shrine, Ryuzuyama
ryuutoosen 竜頭泉 / 千綿渓四十八潭 part of a waterfall
ryuutoo gekishu 竜頭鷁首 two boats, one with dragon head, one with heron head, used in the Heian period
ryuzumaki no tokei 竜頭巻きの時計 arm watch, Aufzieh-Armbanduhr
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ryuutoo tabi 竜頭蛇尾 "head of dragon, tail of snake"
strong beginning and a weak ending / Antiklimax. starker Anfang und schwaches Ende
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hiryoozu 飛竜頭; 飛竜子 filhos (Portugese) food, prepared from rice four.
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. ryuutoo 龍燈 Ryuto "dragon lantern" .
A heavenly light phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.
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知多郡 Chita district 美浜町 Mihama
ryuutoo kannon 竜頭観音 Kannon on a Dragon Head
Near Okuda village there is a there was a small Shrine in an quiet forest the size of a rice field.
On the hut is a name frame with the letters 竜頭観音 Kannon on a dragon head.
In olden times, the deity 美津波能女之命 Mizuhanome no Mikoto came here down from heaven, riding on a dragon, and healed the illness of 少彦名命 Sukuna no Mikoto.
On this spot a well appeared and the water would heal the illness of the villagers.
. 美津波能女之命 / 水速女命 Mizuhanome no Mikoto .
. Sukunahikona no mikoto 少彦名命 .
......................................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
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鴨川市 Kamogawa city
At 竜光山 Mount Ryukosan (Dragon Light) there lived ryuujin 竜神 a Dragon Deity who made rain fall.
The three 三匹獅子 lion dancers would beat the drums bound around their hips and dance wildly.
Thus their companions would come and finally the dragon would go up to heaven.
Now there was thunder, it became dark and soon it rained.
......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village
ryuutatsu りゅうたつ Ryutatsu, special funeral pole
During a burrial procession, there must be ryuutatsu りゅうたつ a wooden pole with a dragon head of about 150 cm at the beginning of the procession. This will prevent yamainu 山犬 wolves or kasha かしゃ monster cats from snatching the body. - quote -
kasha 火車 fire cart
Appearance: Kasha are a type of bake-neko, or monster cat. They are large, bipedal felines as large as or larger than a human. They are often accompanied by hellish flames or lightning. They like to appear during rainy or stormy weather, and most often during the night. Their name sometimes causes confusion with other yokai; while their name means “fire cart,” they do not use vehicles of any kind.
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......................................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県
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笠間市 Kasama city 稲田 Inada and 水戸市 Mito town
At the small Shrine for the deity 稲田姫 Kushinada Hime there had been a landslide, and when the villagers wanted to repair it, they found something like a large jar. When they hit it with a hoe, it broke and inside was a large human tooth.
When they checked the tooth again, they found that it was ryuuzu 竜頭 the head of a dragon.
The dragon had been venerated together with Kushinada Hime, they thought.
. Kushinadahime - Kushinada hime 櫛名田媛 Princess Inada Hime .
......................................................................................... Miyazaki 宮崎県
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西都市 Saito city 銀鏡 Shiromi
. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 竜灯 Ryuto, "dragon lantern" .
A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.
Shrine Shiromi Jinja 銀鏡神社
Shiromi Kagura, also called 米良神楽 Mera Kagura, is performed at the Shrine 銀鏡神社 Shiromi Jinja from evening all through the next morning.
The mountain above the Shrine is called 竜房山 and ryuujin 竜神 the Dragon Deity lives on its top.
Sometimes there is special Dragon Light on the top of the mountain.
At the dance 銀鏡（しろみ）神楽 Shiromi Kagura there are two masks, one of a skull with straw nets and one wooden of ryuutoo 竜頭 a dragon head.
Rituals at this Shrine will bring rain.
The dragon is one of the 八大竜王.
. Hachidai Ryu-O 八大竜王 Eight Great Dragon Kings .
......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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上田市 Ueda city
Kokubunji no bonshoo 国分寺の梵鐘 The temple bell of Kokubun-Ji
The temple bell from Temple Kokubun-Ji had fallen into the lake 須川湖 Sukawako.
Since that time, the lake never dried out during a drought.
If - very seldom - ryuzu 竜頭 the hook of the temple bell showed above the water, this dragon would call clouds and soon it would rain.
......................................................................................... Nara 奈良県
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五條市 Gojo city 北山町 Kitayama town
. akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, a malicious dragon .
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Nara 山辺郡 Yamabe district 都祁村 Tsuge village
A man went to 貝ヶ平山 （カネヒラ山 / かいがひらやま) Mount Kanehirayama (822 m) to shibakari 柴刈り gather brushwood, when he heard a strange sound, オーンオーン oon ooon. When he came closer, he saw a large kane 鐘 temple bell squeezed into a rock. He tied the Ryuzu 竜頭 hook of the bell with vine and then went to get people to help him pull it out.
When they got back, the bell had vanished, rolling down to the Osaka bay. Now it is in the bay of Sakai.
In March there is a ritual in its memory and sometimes the hook can be seen.
......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
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柏崎市 Kashiwazaki city
.. The bell from Temple 西光寺 Saiko-Ji .
......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
When the mountain hag wanted to make Ryutozan (others say 富士山 Mount Fujisan) she carried earth from 倉木山 Kurakiyama.
On her way she heard the sound of someone grinding a mortar and thought it was already morning.
She left her pot with the earth, which became 浅間山 Mount Asamayama.
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浜松市 Hamamatsu city 天竜区 Tenryu ward
ryuutoozan 竜頭山 Mount Ryuto (1352 m)
She had three sons,
龍筑坊 Ryuchikubo， 白髯童子 Shirahige doji and 常光坊 Jokobo.
They became the lords of the areas 龍頭嶺 / 竜頭峰 Ryutozan,
神三沢（三つ森 Mitsumori） and 山住奥の院 Yamazumi Oku no In.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. animals and their legends 動物と伝説 - - ABC list .
. plants and their legends 植物と伝説 - - 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 .
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