. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. seiryuu 青龍と伝説 / 青竜 Legends about Seiryu, Azure Dragons .
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hakuryuu 白竜 / 白龍と伝説 Legends about Hakuryu, white dragons
. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
石川郡 Ishikawa district 平田村 Hirata village
. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
Once a child in 小平集落 the hamlet Kodaira killed a hakuja 白蛇 white serpent
in the garden of an official building.
Soon many members of her family became ill.
When they asked a priest about it, he told them that
the child had killed mamorigami 守り神 the protector deity of the building and was now cursed.
The deity is now venerated as hakuryuu gongen 白龍権現 Hakuryu Gongen, the White Dragon Deity.
......................................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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The priest at 柳玄寺 the Temple Ryugen-Ji was still very young.
For a special reason he did a fasting ritual for 21 days.
On the last day Hakuryu 白龍 a White Dragon appeared in his dream
and promised to give him more spiritual power and let him have a ritual death.
The priest could now help many people.
When he felt his last days had come, he sat on his table for three months,
not moving, with hands folded in prayer.
On the last day, he ascended to heaven.
Shinmachi, Tono, Iwate
. 熊野権現 the Kumano Gongen Deity at Ryugen-Ji .
......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
高松市 Takamatsu city
. bonshoo 梵鐘 Bonsho Temple Bell Legends .
Once a brave Samurai came to kill 白竜 Hakuryu, a white dragon,
who had been seen wearing a special bonsho 梵鐘 temple bell.
He killed the dragon with an arrow with white feathers.
Then he took the temple bell and offered it to 国分寺 the temple Kokubun-Ji.
The bell made a very mysterious sound and people said,
the spirit of 白竜 Hakuryu, the white dragon was still alive.
When the lord of Takamatsu wanted to bring it to his estate,
the bell kept saying: 国分寺へ戻りたい - I want to go back to Kokubun-Ji.
So the lord gave the bell back to the temple.
. Kokubunji 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji Temple Legends .
......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
They are venerated as 白龍大明神 the Hakuryu Myojin Deity.
In former times there used to be an old enoki 榎 nettle tree
where a shirohebi 白蛇 white serpent lived.
The farmers had built a small sanctuary and venerated the serpent there.
Once there lived many serpents and the farmers had killed many of them.
Thus the serpent had cursed the humans.
. enoki 榎 nettletree, Chinese hackberry tree .
......................................................................................... Shiga 佐賀県
武雄市 Takeo city
A person named 白龍山人 Hakuryu Sennin from Nagasaki has seen 白竜 Hakuryu, a white dragon,
near a well near Takeo station.
The dragon was about 5 meters long, with shining scales.
Its body was white as ice and snow, only its eyes were light black.
After seeing the dragon, the man changed his name.
......................................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県
河内郡 Kawachi district 上三川町 Kaminokawa town
A boy reports, he has been chases by 白竜 Hakuryu, a white dragon,
on his way home from shool and was very afraid.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - 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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