Tengu Legends 06 Ehime

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Tengu 天狗と伝説 - 愛媛県 Legends about Tengu in Ehime

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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Tengu mask from Dogo Onsen Hot Spring, Matsuyama


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. Tengu no matsu 天狗の松 "Tengu Pine" - Legends Introduction .

If someone tries to cut a tree town, he will be flipped in the air or falls under the tree.
At night such a tree sometimes makes a loud, painful sound, or falls down all by itself
天狗の倒し木 tree cut down by a Tengu.
If villagers check in the morning, sometimes there is nothing special to be seen.

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. ashi nashi tengu 足なし天狗 Tengu without feet .
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Tengu 天狗 at Mount Ishizuchisan 石槌山
Tengu as kaze no kamisama 風の神様 God of the Wind.


. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about "divine fire" .
and the Tengu from 篠山 Mount Sasayama.




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大三島町 Omishima

Once upon a time, all the fields were shared for use and every 25 years re-distributed (narashi ナラシ). A man who did not like his field being shared asked for a new NARASHI distribution.
The local Tengu did not like this, took this man and threw him on a boulder, the Yokomakura no Iwa 横枕の岩.

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Tengu-iwa 天狗岩 Tengu Iwa Rock
Once a man who was hunting for mushrooms in the mountain forest, saw a woman sitting on a boulder cooling off. Suddenly a Tengu appeared and threw her down into the valley. She lost all her hair and became a nun. The rock is since called Tengu Iwa.
The Tengu seems to sit on a special pine tree to observe this rock. This pine tree was not very high and grew almost only vertically.

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At the border between 宮浦 Miyaura and 里浦 Satoura there is a Tengu no matsu 天狗の松 Tengu Pine.
In former times a Tengu used to live there and deceived people. Sometimes a golden Sake cup was seen rolling at the roots of the tree.
The village elder was once deceived and made to walk around all night along the river.

. Tengu to matsu 天狗と松 Legends about the Tengu pine .




............................................................................... Iyo 予市
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中山町 Nakayama

A retainer of 松山城主蒲生家 the Gamo clan of the lord of Matsuyama castle named 松本忠四郎 Matsumoto Chushiro went up to mount 久万山 Mount Kumayama and blew his flute for the Tengu to enjoy. As a reward he got a letter box which he should never open.
But the curious lord opened it anyway. He found a sheet of paper with the note
"The Gamo clan will be extinguished!"
And thus it happened.

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砥部町 Tobe

Tengu no asobiba 天狗の遊び場 place where the Tengu plays
Usually a pine tree which does not grow any more.
Once a man cut down such an old tree, but the Tengu got very angry and the whole family of the man suffered great misfortune.
Sometimes people can plant another pine tree (お断りの杉) to appease the anger of a Tengu.

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Chiyoko to kizamareta iwa チヨコと刻まれた岩 rock with the inscription "Chiyoko"
Tengudani 天狗谷 the Tengu valley
The other side of the Tengudany 天狗谷 Tengu Valley has a steep cliff and a rock where 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu is venerated. It has the inscription CHIYOKO.
Legend tells of the woman who made a wish to the this Bosatsu and carved her name into the cliff. She climbed up the steep cliff, with a baby strapped to her back. When the child called Chiyoko begun to cry, the two of them fell down to their death into the Tengu valley, while the mother kept shouting the name of her baby
Chiyoko, Chiyoko, Chiyoko.


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Tengudani Sue, Kakamigahara, Gifu　岐阜県各務原市須衛町
- - - With remains of Sue pottery 須恵器の窯跡
1 kiln from the Heian period 平安時代後期の灰釉陶器窯跡
7 kilns from the Nara period 奈良時代にかけての須恵器窯跡
There are also two Kofun mounds 古墳時代終末の古墳


- - - - - Ruins of the 天狗谷窯跡　Tengudani Kiln in Saga
The Tengudani Kiln is said to be one of Japan's first kilns where porcelain was fired.

This kiln was used during the early stage of Arita’s porcelain production.
There is a close connection between this kiln and the father of Arita porcelain 李参平 Ri Sanpei. According to the chronicles of his descendants, the Kanagae family, “after having discovered a kaolin deposit at 泉山 Mt. Izumiyama, he constructed the first kiln at 白川天狗谷 Shirakawa Tengudani, for it was easy to access both water and fire wood, and as he taught painting and workmanship techniques to his disciples, the art of porcelain making gradually became a thriving business”. The kiln is a climbing kiln constructed on a mountain slope. It is said to be between 3m and 8m in width and more than 50m in length.


Shirakawa, Arita-cho, Nishimatsuura-gun, Saga
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Ehime 宇和町 Uwa cho

At 大判山 Mount Obanzan there lives a Tengu.
People are not allowed to go to the mountain on the first, 15th and 28 of each month.
Mount Obanzan is 795 m high.



............................................................................... Kami-Ukena district 上浮穴郡
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久万高原町 Kuma Kogen, Kumakogen, Kuma Highland

. shibatengu, shiba tengu 柴天狗 / シバテン Shiba Tengu. Shibaten .
Almost like a Kappa　河童 Yokai monster.
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There is a rock named nusutto ishi 盗っ人石 (盗人石 / 盗人岩) "thief's rock".
Once a thief stole the money offerings from the shrine at 石鎚山 Mount Ishizuchisan. But he was caught by the Tengu from the mountain, who threw him high in the sky. The stone is where the thief landed.
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Once a saotome 早乙女 rice-planting maiden was singing a song, bending toward the direction of 久保田の天狗嶽 Mount Tengudake at Kubota.
The Tengu came close and wanted to imitate the song, but could not sing as beautiful as the maiden.
The Tengu got angry and since then during the rice-planting season it always rains.



. Tengu 石槌山法起坊 - Ishizuchizan Hoki-Bo .
and Tengu-dake 天狗岳 Mount Tengudake 1982ｍ


. saotome 早乙女と伝説 Legends about women planting rice .



............................................................................... Kita district 喜多郡
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内子町 Uchiko

The Tengu who live in the deep mountains are almost like sennin 仙人 immortals.
If a wicked or defiled person comes to the mountain, they swing him around and throw him out.




............................................................................... Matsuyama 松山市

hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire
At 三津浜 Mitsuhama on the Inland Sea there is a lonely place where many subtropical trees and plants grow below a steep cliff.
In this thicket there lived a Tengu who sometimes came out to do some mischief. Once on a spring night the fishermen had a great catch, but then suddenly there came hi no tama 火の玉 a ball of fire and all the fish in their baskets suddenly disappeared. When they realized their loss, they looked up and saw the ball of fire swirling around the top of the cliff.

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onryoo 怨霊 vengeful spirit
from the temple
. Miyukiji 御幸寺 Miyuki-Ji .
A temple where the Tengu live !

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tokobashira 床柱 alcove post
Once a man went 奥道後 deep in the forest of Dogo and cut a tree to make an alcove post for his home.
But the man developed a high fever and died shortly after.
A diviner told the family that this was a divine tree and the man had been thrown around by a Tengu as punishment.




............................................................................... Minami-Uwa district 南宇和郡
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愛南町 Ainan

At the 老樟 old camphor tree of the 蕨岡 Warabioka family there was a divine light for seven days and seven nights. They called it 熊の権現の神火 the divine light of Kumano Gongen and venerated it at
Mount 篠山 Sasayama (1065 m ).
Years later the Tengu who lived at Sasayama came to live in this tree and played his tricks on the members of the family. So one day the head of the home shot at him and the Tengu lost one of his wings. To get it back he had to promise never to play tricks around here any more and to protect the family from theft and misfortune. And to this day, the Tengu protects the Warabioka family.
The home was later even called 戸たてず庄屋 "Home with no doors", because no thief would dare to come here.




............................................................................... Ochi district 越智郡
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伯方町 Hakata village

There are various places where Tengu have been seen:
Tengu matsu 天狗松 Tengu pine
Tengu zashiki 天狗座敷 Tengu living room,
. Tengu no miya 天狗の宮 Palace of the Tengu .


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小田町 Oda

The Tengu who live in the deep mountains are almost like sennin 仙人 immortals.
If a wicked or defiled person comes to the mountain, they swing him around and throw him out.




............................................................................... Onsen district 温泉郡
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重信町 Shigenobu

There is a Tengu-iwa 天狗岩 Tengu boulder in the village.

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To built a hut in the mountains, a villager added some stones for a base. He spent the night there.
That night the roof begun to shake, and also the next night.
Well, one stone he had taken was by the Tengu to take a rest, so probably the Tengu had come to scare him and sit on the roof.





............................................................................... Shuso district 周桑郡 Shūsō
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丹原　Tanbara 　

. Karasu Tengu 烏天狗 at Ishizuchisan 石槌山 .
and Tengu no su 天狗の巣 nest of a Tengu

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. Kooryuuji 興隆寺 Koryu-Ji .
愛媛県周桑郡丹原町古田

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Once a priest who liked the ladies very much went missing.
He was eventually found, almost bones only, hanging is a large cherry tree down in the river valley.
Since that event a light could be seen above the cherry tree, said to be the Tengu who had taken care and punished the sensual priest.


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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu 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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Tengu kamikakushi legends

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Tengu no kamikakushi, kami-kakushi 天狗と神かくし / カミカクシ abduction
Legends about Tengu and mysterious disappearances
"being spirited away" // kamigakushi かみがくし
テングの神隠し Tengu no Kamikakusi // tengu sarai 天狗攫い

Kamikakushi is used to refer to the mysterious disappearance or death of a person that happens when an angered god takes a person away.

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Tengu kakushi 天狗隠し kidnapped by a Tengu, hidden by a Tengu
a form of kamikakushi, kami kakushi　神隠し kidnapped by the Gods
Young boys and girls were lost in the forest (abducted and captured by a Tengu) and sometimes appeared later, either forgetting everything or full of knowledge (since the Tengu Mountain Priests) were learned persons and educated their young captives.
- also called
Tengu sarai 天狗攫い


from 西京新聞

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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県　
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北設楽郡 Kitashitara - 本郷町 Hongo

. kamikakushi 神かくし mysterious disappearance .




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今立郡 Imadate district 池田町 Ikeda

While mother was working in the fields, her young daughter, age 3, disappeared. When she found it, the girl had crossed a small dangerous wooden bridge - a feat quite impossible of such a young one.
She must have been taken away by a Tengu.

In another family, a baby would not stop crying, so the mother told him "I will give you away to the Tengu!" and held him outside the window.
There she heard a voice: "All right, let me have him!" and the baby was taken out of her arms and became invisible. It was never found.




............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県　
南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district

. kami kakushi 神隠し kidnapped by the gods .
some legends



............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県 　

. 神岡町 Kamioka cho - kami kakushi .




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小豆郡 Shozu district

If villagers go cutting weeds or herding the cattle, they are sometimes abducted. Even praying does not help to get them back.
Villagers formed groups of five to go out looking for them. But they did not dare to come close to the 天狗岩 Tenguiwa boulder or the 天狗松 Tengumatsu pine.




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津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Yamashiro

If a person is spirited away, all the villagers are looking for him in the mountain forest. Usually such a person is found hanging on a branch high in a tree.
Sometimes he is found munching wheat straw, thinking they were earthworms.


............................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県　

If a child gets lost and does not come home any more, people of old thought it was taken away by a Tengu or Yamanokami.
So they took bells and gongs and went to the mountain forest to search.
Once a child got lost while playing "hide and seek" till late in the evening and thought it was taken away by Yamanokami !

. Yamanokami and Tengu legends from Miyagi .




............................................................................... Saitama 　

Once a young man suddenly disappeared and the villagers, thinking he was abducted by a Tengu, went looking to him for no avail. After more than 15 days he came back, with torn robes and almost out of his wits. He had walked around the mountains with a Tengu, slept with the Tengu during the daytime and the Tengu had given him food during this time




............................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県　

A boy was taken away by a Tengu. They looked for him everywhere but he came back after 10 days.
After that he disappeared for a few days quite often, but never remembered a thing.

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庵原郡 Ibara district 両河内村 Ryogochi mura

A child had been abducted by a Tengu and been to Kyoto and other places with him.
When it came back, there were parts of wood and moss in his feces.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
25 カミカクシ　天狗 to explore (05)
113 カミカクシ (00)

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source : el-aura.com/the-tengu
人間が魔界に落ちると天狗になる？

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu 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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Tengu Legends 03 Akita

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Tengu 天狗と伝説 - 秋田県 Legends about Tengu in Akita

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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gongen 権現 - Tengu 天狗

In the year 1826, farmers were looking for edible mountain plants at 大股沢 Omatazawa along the 奥羽山脈 Ou mountain range.
One of them had the feeling of being lifted up into the sky and indeed went up. The others searched for her and found her about 8 km further on the peak of 真昼岳 Mount Mahiru, where she was asleep. She did not remember a thing of her Tengu ride.



............................................................................... 平鹿郡 Hiraka district
Hiraka - 山内村 Sannai

numa no nushi 沼の主 Lord of the Swamp
The Lord of 仙台の赤沼 the Red Swamp from Sendai had asked 天狗の玉 the King of the Tengu to take her beautiful elder sister and throw her over her back into 福万の黒沼 the Black Swamp of Fukuman.
Other versions talk about a letter to be transferred by the Tengu, or by a traveller who became quite rich after that. Or he found a gold mine nearby?!
The Lord of the Black Swamp was 女神 a female deity.



This "Black Swamp" appeared after a large earthquake in 827. It is 12 m deep. It never dries out, not even in a drought. At the Shrine 黒沼神社 Kuronuma Jinja a dragon deity is venerated.
During the construction of the 大松川ダム Daimatsukawa Dam there was a small hamlet deep in the valley called 福万 Fukuman, an auspicious name for good luck.
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There are many stones which the Tengu use to play. If humans move these stones, there will be rain.






............................................................................... 北秋田郡 Kitaakita district, Kita-Akita

阿仁町 Ani, village of bear hunters - 天狗岳 Mount Tengudake
When the hunters enter Mount Tengudake, they can hear the Tengu play drums.



Tengu-dake　(985 m), in the Shirakami-sanchi 白神山地　Shirakami mountain range.





............................................................................... 大館町 Odate

At 長嶺村 Nagamine village there is a famous Bugaku dance, uhenmai 烏遍舞 Uhen-mai .
It refers to the venarable Danburi Chōja ダンブリ長者 Danburi Elder, who opened the road between
小豆沢 Azusawa and 湯瀬 Yuze.
To build the bridge, he invited a Tengu to help.



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Dainichido Bugaku (Japanese: 大日堂舞楽, literally: Important Day Dance)
is a yearly set of nine sacred ritual dances and music, named for the imperial palace ensemble performances, "bugaku", and from the palace's ensemble's visit to Hachimantai, Kazuno District, Akita Prefecture, during the reconstruction of the local shrine pavilion, "Dainichido", in the early eighth century, and their teaching of dances to the locals.
Instruments include the flute and taiko drums. The order and number of dances has changed over time, with the current order of seven dances being the Gongen-mai, Koma-mai, Uhen-mai, Tori-mai, Godaison-mai, Kōshō-mai, and Dengaku-mai dances. Masks include representations of shishi lions and Vairocana.
The dances have a 1300-year history (Nara period),
and though interrupted for nearly sixty years in the late eighteenth century, the dances, some of which may include children or masks, are still practiced on January second from sunrise to noon in shrines throughout communities in Osato, Azukisawa, Nagamine, and Taniuchi, including Hachimantai.



Yamaji Kōzō dates Dainichido Bugaku as arising during and after the Nara (CE 710 to 794) and mid-Heian periods (CE 794 to 1185), after state support of Shinto temple complexes (originally ordered by Emperor Shōmu (CE 701 – 756)) began to decline and court and temple performers took residence in local communities, which then preserved genres such as Dainichido Bugaku as folk arts.
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Senboku - 角館町 Kakunodate

tobi shinchiko 飛びシンチコ the "Flying Shinchiko" penis
A lazy sloth had deceived a Tengu and got a kakure-mino 隠れ蓑 the magic cloak from him, which makes him invisible.
He used his invisible status to perform all kinds of bad deeds. So his mother (other versions say his wife) burned the cloak. But even the ashes had the same effect.

He spread the ashes all over his body, but forgot to put it on his shinchiko シンチコ (local dialect for penis). That is why he was called 飛びシンチコ the "Flying Shinchiko".
This story is told at 角館總鎭守 神明社 the Shrine Shinmei-Sha.

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akatendori, aka tendori 赤テンドリ red Tendori Yokai monster
If a child cries, villagers at the foot of 愛宕山 Mount Atagoyama try to make it stop by saying:
赤テンドリが飛んで来る The red Tendori is coming to fly here!
or
天狗の太鼓が聞える Tengu will beat his drum !
akatendori o tobasu 赤テンドリを飛す To make the Aka Tendori fly away,
is said when farmers make a fire in their irori 囲炉裏 open hearth in the home to boil water or cook.




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Senboku - 西仙北町 Nishisenboku

juuroku tengu 十六天狗 Tengu on day 16
tengumochi 天狗餅 Tengu mochi rice cakes
On the 16th day of the third, ninth and 10th lunar month people make special mochi rice cakes and offer them to Tengu Sama.
(This is the day after the full moon night.)
The Mochi are fixed to the pole outside the house before anybody has left in the morning. They will protect the people from getting ill.
These Mochi may not be carried over a bridge.
These Mochi are also called fukidori mochi フキドリ餅.




............................................................................... 横手市 Yokote

A man got a kakure-mino 隠れ蓑 the magic invisible cloak and performed all kinds of bad deeds. But when his cload burned down, he was soon found out.


. Tengu no Kakuremino 天狗の隠れみの The Tengu's Magic Cloak - Tales .

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


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tengumochi 天狗餅 Tengu mochi rice cakes



Fukumochi Tengumochi 福餅　天狗餅　Mochi for Good Luck, Mochi for Tengu

. mochi 餅 rice cakes .
Making special MOCHI is an important ritual for many festivals.

Sometimes the Tengu himself has to pound the rice for Mochi.


source : bankun.jp/staff_blog/fukuoujinja...

天狗の福もちつき Tengu pounding Fukumochi
at the Autumn shrine festival of
. Fukuo Jinja 福王神社 Fukuo Shrine, Mie .


tengu no chikaramochi 天狗の力餅 Tengu Mochi to become strong


from 錦花堂 Kinkado - Wakayama, 紀伊由良駅, Kii Yura station



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Tengu Legends 02 Aichi

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Tengu 天狗と伝説 - 愛知県 Legends about Tengu in Aichi

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Folk Legends of Japan - By Richard M. Dorson
- source : books.google.co.jp/books... -

1 The Stone of the Tengu's Heel
Near the top of Mt. Shira at Inaba, Asahi-mura, Higashi Kasugai-gun, three is an old stone about three feet in diameter. It is called "Tengu no Kakato Iwa", the Stone of the Tengu's Heel.
On the surface of the stone there is a hollow in the shape of a heel of a big foot facing east. It is said that the Tengu who lived in this mountain in ancient days, intending to go one night to Mount Sarunage on an errand, stepped on this stone and jumped a big jump eastward, leaving his footprint on the stone. People say there is a Tengu still living on Mount Shira and that the Tengu's Fire is sometimes seen on dark, rainy nights.

2 The Tengu's Fire
There is a big pine tree at the Kita Kakai in Yamatomura, Nakajima-gun. It is said that Yamato Tekeru no Mikoto once put his sedge hat on this tree. The villagers often see a strange fire moving between this tree and the old cedar tree at Kumano Shrine in Kita Takai. This is said to be caused by the Tengu who has his residence on the tops of these two trees and comes and goes between them.

3 The Tengu's Pine
There was a big pine tree in the precincts of Shinmei Shrine at Kanesato, Tomita-mura. A Tengu lived there since ancient times. When he was in good humor, his laughter was heard throughout the village and the village was left in peace. But when he was offended, he did violence and frightened the villagers.
This tree fell down in a severe storm in 1921.


Tengu no Kakato Iwa 天狗のかかと岩

本地ヶ原の「今と昔」 Honjigahara
- reference source : honji.jp/history/history -


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sugi 杉 cedar tree
On the mountain pass there is a huge 杉 cedar tree. From its prances once dangled the cut-off arm of a human.
Two travelers passing by saw this and run away in great fear.
This must have been the mischief of a Tengu, for sure.



dani ダニ tick
If the Tengu takes a pee on old 草履 Zori straw sandals, ticks will come out of it.
Once a mountain forest worker sat down on a pair of old straw sandals. All of a sudden he fell asleep. When he woke up, his body was covered with ticks.

. waraji - zoori 草鞋- 履 と伝説 Legends about straw sandals .


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- - iso tengu, isotengu 磯天狗 Isotengu, Iso-Tengu, "Seashore Tengu", a Sea Yokai monster - -
Known in Aichi, 佐久島Sakushima, Wakayama 和歌山県須賀利 and Mie 三重県北牟婁郡.


source : wikiwiki.jp/heian...

It carries the name of TENGU, but is not a Tengu, rather a kind of 河童 Kappa.
It likes to make fire and if it finds a living creature, it burns it down. It does not like creatures living in water, since it can not set fire on them. Still it lights a fire at the seashore (iso) to try at least.

In the town of 半田市 Handa in former times fishermen saw a strange 白煙 white smoke whirling up on the sea and becoming bigger and bigger. It looked like a tornado and came with strong wind gusts. People who saw it called it the deed of Iso-Tengu.
Once a courages wild man ventured out to get rid of this Iso-Tengu. He climbed up to a mountain where the was Iso-Tengu residing and indeed, saw a white smoke like a tornado fly around. In no time the man was wrapped up in the smoke and drawn far out on the sea.


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知多郡 Chita district
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知多郡 - 美浜町Mihama

tengu sama no isami 天狗様のいさみ
On a quiet night without wind Tengu no Isami can be heard.
It comes from the topo of the Pine of 氏神の松 Ujigami no matsu and 山の神の松 Yamanokami no matsu and sounds like the nice melody of a flute.
It has been heard by a lot of people, but they all have run back to there home very fast.

and related
龍宮様の太鼓 The Drum from the Dragon Palace
Sometimes on a summer day, the sound of a drum is heard at the beach, like coming from the bottom of the sea and moving from North to South.
This is the "Drum from the Dragon Palace".

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知多郡 - 南知多町 Minami-Chita

If fishermen leave some fish below a tree on the seashore, 磯天狗 Iso-Tengu comes to burn them.
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Once a fishermen went fishing at 鳶ヶ崎 Tobigasaki on a night when it looked like rain would come soon. He caught amazingly many fish and the boat became quite heavy. Suddenly all became quite light and he looked up at the sky in amazement. From the sea there came some hi no tama 火の玉 white balls of fire flying toward him.
This must be 磯天狗 Iso-Tengu, he thought, put his straw sandals on his head and began to recite the Amida prayer. The balls of fire flew away the South. But all the fish had disappeared from the boat.



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幡豆郡 Hazu district 一色町 Isshiki

iso tengu 磯天狗 Iso-Tengu
If the fishermen find their catch gone, they say it was the bad deed of Iso-Tengu.

Once a person was abducted by a Tengu and taken to 金毘羅様 Mount Kompirasan in Shikoku and even to 江戸 Edo in no time.



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宝飯郡 Hoi district 音羽町 Otowa

hana tengu 鼻天狗 "Nose-Tengu"
Once Hana-Tengu played with the children and changed his size as they asked him to do.
First he became the size of 子供 a child, then of ねずみ a mouse, than of とり a bird, then of 米粒 a rice corn, then of けし粒 a poppy seed . . .
and you guess, finally the children stepped on the seed and crushed it.




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東加茂郡 Higashi-Kamo district 下山町 Shimoyama

The local Tengu likes to make merry. Sometimes he sits on the high 松の木 pine tree and plays the drum.

Once a lumberjack was walking in the mountains and stopped by a Tengu.
He was asked to put his Zori straw sandals on his head and then someone peed on the sandals.




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Kitashitara 北設楽郡 Kita-Shitara district



This is a district full of Tengu legends. Even plants are influenced by him.


Tengu nasu eggplants 天狗茄子

Sometimes people are assaulted by a Tengu. They are then usually told to put their Zori sandals on their head.


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Kosaku and the Tengu
In Aichi Prefecture there lived a man in the Kitashitara district called Kousaku. Kousaku loved dancing and in particular the festival of Hana-matsuri. This festival is held at the end of December and the beginning of January each year. People preyed for good crops in the coming year and spent the nights dancing round bonfires.
On day, after the festival was over,
Kousaku was cutting grass on a hillside when he heard the sound of wooden flutes. He realized that these must be the instruments of the mountain Tengu. He tried his best not to dance, fearfull of becoming enchanted. But finally the music took hold of him and he began to dance.
He didn’t know how long he had danced for when a Tengu appeared behind him.
“Come dance with us”
said the birdman and flun what looked like a rope up the mountainside. A passageway appeared in the mountain and the Tengu led Kousaku through it. Inside the hill were many more Tengu and Kousaku danced with them to the sound of their flutes. The Tengu were delighted with his performance and rewarded him with rice cakes and tobacco.
One tengu tested Kousaku’s bravery by taking him to a cliff and threatening to throw him down. When Kousaku showed no fear the birdman was impressed.
On their way back to the village,
at a place called Imadate Kousaku found a tall cedar tree and cut its branch. He handed over it talking, " Please give this branch to your Greatest Tengu in the Mt. Akiba”.
The tengu replied that he was a good man and they wished to repay him by giving him some form of great power. Kousaku requested to have great strength. The Tengu cast their spells and then Kousaku was empowered with a giant’s strength. He uprooted the tree and carried it back to the village.
- source : myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends.. Richard Freeman

Another version of this legend
A Story of Being Deceived by Tengu
- source : ohta-jpn.co.jp -

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hana takaki otoko 鼻高き男 man with a long nose
A very strong man named 又平 Matahei once passed below the 天狗松 Tengu Matsu pine tree. A man with a long nose suddenly appeared and asked him to compare their strength.
Matahei climbed on the tree and grappled with the man, but was thrown down and died soon after.

. Tengu no matsu 天狗の松, Tengu no koshikake matsu 天狗の腰掛松 .

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Once a man rested on the mountain when a large man suddenly appeared before him. The man asked him all kinds of personal questions and he could not help but answer. This made him realize his own personal situation very clearly.
At the end the large Tengu-Man gave him 黄金の玉 a golden ball and promised he would not tell anybody else about his secrets. Then the Tengu disappeared just as fast as he had come.

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北設楽郡 - 本郷町 Hongo

kamikakushi 神かくし mysterious disappearance
Once a young naive boy of about 15 or 16 years did not come home at night.
When the parents asked him the next morning when he came back, he sadt he had been in the mountain, led by a Tengu and played with 薬師 Yakushi Nyorai.

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北設楽郡 - 御殿村 Midono

A father went to get some medicine for his daughter after giving birth.
At the pass he met some men with red faces and long noses. They led him back home and taught him how to make the medicine. He saw them off, making a deep bow at the door, but the rest of the family could see nobody.

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北設楽郡 - 名倉村 Nagura

Once a man on his way home from cutting weeds in the mountain forest, but the rope of the luggage on the horseback kept unravelling. So it took him a long time to get home.
This must have been the mischief of a Tengu, for sure.

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北設楽郡 - 設楽町 Shitara city

Some forest workers were were trying to pull a large tree. Suddenly they saw a Tengu moving the heavy tree trunk easily and without any problem down the slope.
They got quite afraid and left the forest.
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The blood of a bird shot down by an arrow kept flowing out of the wound. The hunters felt scared and uneasy and left the spot. But after a while they went back and found neither the bird nor any blood.
This must have been the mischief of a Tengu, for sure.

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北設楽郡 - 東栄町 Toei

One evening a man took a rest at the pass. A man with a long nose, white hair and beard and 羽の団扇 a feather fan came closer and closer. He thought that must be a Tengu and was struck with fear. But he did not show his emotions and the man gave him a fish with no eyes.
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The local Tengu like 神楽 Kagura music. During the 花祭り Hanamatsuri Festival they show up at 高嶺　Takane and are welcomed with lanterns.
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. Karasu Tengu 烏天狗 and a miracle medicine .

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北設楽郡 - 豊根村 Toyone

toori tengu 通り天狗 a Tengu passing
Once a man had to walk over the mountain pass, when he saw some pitch-black men standing hi his way with a strange something. He could not even move any more. Eventually he turned back and went home. The forest workers said it was probably a Tengu passing, and the man died shortly after.


- - - - - and one legend about a Tengu passing
from 和歌山県 Wakayama, 有田郡 Arida district 清水村 Shimizu
A man stayed over night at the Shrine 日光神社 Nikko Jinja, when he heard the sound of someone cutting wood and then of a tree falling down.
Later he learned that this was a place where the Tengu are passing.

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北設楽郡 - 作手村 Tsukute

In the next room there was a strange loud noise, ガラガラ garagara.
Next morning taking a look, nothing had changed.
People say a Tengu had been here over night.

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北設楽郡 - 津具 Tsugu

This district is known as Home of the Tengu Legends, Tsugu village 天狗伝説の郷 津具

Gobanishiyama 碁盤石山 A Mountain with a Tengu Legend
Mt. Goban-ishiyama. The mountain is 1189 m high.



Once upon a time
There lived a Tengu on this mountain who liked to play a game of 囲碁 Igo.
Once he had a match with a man known for his skill at the game, who lived in a village at the foot of the mountain. They played for seven days and seven nights, but in the end the Tengu lost. In his anger the Tengu took the last stone and threw it upside down. There it turned to a stone, to be seen to our day.

A similar legend of a Tengu playing Igo is told in Saitama 埼玉県.
. igo 囲碁 the game of Go .



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岡崎市 Okazaki city

tengu no hi 天狗の火 Tengu fire
If people happen to see a "Tengu fire", they throw their geta 下駄 wooden sandals or zoori 草履 straw sandals to make it go away.

. Tengubi 天狗火 / Tengu no hi 天狗の火 Tengu fire .


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奥三河 Okumikawa

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There was a man named Taichi TENGU. This man, some day, went to the mountain. The surroundings became darker and darker, and then a Tengu appeared and said, “I take you as a disciple, so come with me.” Even though the man said, “No,” he was taken away forcibly, and the Tengu said, “Fly.” “I will die if I fly. I can‟t stand it,” he said, and the Tengu said, “That‟s impossible. Since I am a Tengu, you can fly, too, so fly.” Then, the Tengu showed him fly before him. “Fly, fly,” being pushed at the back, the man flied and could fly. Then, with the Tengu, the man was being trained on how to fly that way and this way, he did not go home for a while.
Then, some time,
everyone went to the mountain, and the man was standing blue. “Where did you go?” “I, taken by the Tengu, was being trained everywhere. I can fly that way, fly this way, I can fly over anything.” After hearing that, everyone said “That‟s ridiculous. Show us how you fly.” He couldn't fly but was able to do something an ordinary person cannot do.
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豊橋市　Toyohashi City

. oni matsuri 鬼祭り　Oni Demon Festival .

The climax of the festival is part entitled “The Teasing of the 'Aka-Oni' Red Ogre and 'Tengu' Goblin”,
in which a long-nosed Tengu drives away a raging red Aka-Oni ...





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豊川市 Toyokawa 小坂井町 Kozakai

. Shrine Utari Jinja　莵足神社 .
豊川市小坂井町字宮脇２番地の１ / Miyawaki-2-1 Kozakaicho, Toyokawa, Aichi



During the main festival of this shrine, masks of Shoki, Tengu, Uzume and others are sold.

. Shooki 鍾馗　Shoki, The Demon Queller .


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. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain .
- and Tengu legends from Aichi

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Tengudana 天狗棚 Mount Tengudana - 1,240 m
Near Toyota City and Shitara city



The mountain has a legend that the long-nosed goblin (Tengu) lives there.
There is also a restaurant called Restaurant Tengudana,
Takazasa, Tsugu-mura, Kitashitara Gun, Aichi, Kitashitara Gun , Aichi


Chausuyama highlands
is located on the border between Aichi Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture.



Tengu-dana shelf seen from the Mennoki Pass located on the south of Chausu.
You would see the nose of Tengu stick out of the right side slope.
You can watch Mt. Fuji from Tengu-dana shelf in a good weather condition.
- source : mohsho.image.coocan.jp/chausuyama-highlands... -


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Tengu, Yamanonakadachichō, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken 愛知県豊田市山ノ中立町天狗

A place name found googeling.

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

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. 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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kinkei 金鶏と伝説 Legends about the golden rooster
oogon no tori オウゴンノトリ / 黄金の鶏 golden rooster // 金の鶏 / 金のにわとり kin no niwatori

. niwatori 鶏と伝説 Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .

In Okayama, there is a
Kinkeizuka Kofun 金鶏塚古墳 burial mound.
瀬戸内市長船町西須恵 / Setouchi, Osafunecho Nishisue

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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県
碧海郡 Hekikai district 矢作町 Yahagicho

kinkei 金鶏
異国の王様の使者を埋めたという塚があり、俗に王塚と称している。その塚には金鶏も一緒に埋められており、時折鳴くことがある。その声を聞くと幸を受けるという。


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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita

kin no niwatori 金のにわとり
北奥田の城山の朝日夕日の輝く木の下に，金のにわとりと小判が埋めてあるとの言い伝えがある。


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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 美浜町 Mihama

kaminari matsu 雷松 "pine of thunder"
At an estate in 河和 Kowa near the beach there was a huge pine tree. The area had a lot of lightning and thunderstorms, so the pine got its name.
Legend says the lightning stikes here because at the foot of the tree there is a golden tea kettle or maybe a golden rooster buried.
But the tree has now withered and is no more.

. kaminari 雷と伝説 Legends about Thunder and Lightning .
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kin no tori 金の鶏
「朝日さす夕日かがやく木のもとに　金の鶏埋けられて居り」という歌が城山の物語とともに伝えられている。掘り当てた人の話を聞かないので、未だに埋まっているかもしれない。夏から秋にかけて、天気の良い日が続くと、城山から火が出るといわれていて、その火は下から上へ上り、ある一点まで来るとぱらっと散ってしまうという。





............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
石城郡 Iwaki disdrict 草野村 Kusanomura

kinkei 金鶏
昔、館の落ちるときに金の鶏を井戸の中に投げ入れて落ちのびた。この金鶏が時々鳴くことがあるのを村人はよく聞くことがある。


............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
多治見市 Tajimi

kinkeizuka 金鶏塚 Mound of the Golden Rooster
At the back of Mount Kokeizan there is a Mound of the Golden Rooster, where the animal has its grave.
But on the New Year's day, people can hear him calling.
If people suffer from hemorrhoids, they offer 赤飯のおにぎり rice balls made from red ritual rice, called tori no ko 鳥の子 "children of the bird" in the number of their own age - and will be cured.

- 虎渓山
- reference source : kokei.or.jp... -

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永保寺 Kokeizan Eihoji Temple
located in Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture was established by the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. The temple was founded in 1313 and contains two buildings that are listed as National Treasures. These are the Kannon-do and Kaisan-do. The temple grounds and gardens are breathtakingly beautiful and have been designated as a place of National Scenic Beauty. They include a stunning Zen garden with pond, bridge, and waterfall....
The buildings within the Kokeizan Eihoji Temple complex are very interesting and combine both Chinese and Japanese architectural styles. Kokeizan Eihoji Temple is also ranked one of the best spots in Gifu Prefecture for momiji or autumn leave viewing.
- more - source : japantraveladvice.com/kokeizan-eihoji-temple -



............................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
加東郡 Kato district

koganezuka 黄金塚
平資盛が敗走するとき、愛する香器（黄金製鶏形香爐）を捨てる事ができず埋めた。以来七百余年の間、香爐の霊が附近の深山に現れ、哀れな声をもらして、世に出たいと訴えることが度々あった。

kinkei 金鶏
宝塚古墳とは黄金の鶏を埋めた故にこの名がついたとされ、松尾村が滅びる恐れのある場合は発掘して金鶏を取り出すべしと伝えられる。また、嫁泣き塚ともいい、金鶏が度々鳴いて、村に大事あると吉凶を伝える。ある者が発掘して金鶏を捕らえようとすると、金鶏は塚を出て飛び去った。

Harima no Kinkei Legends - 播磨の金鶏埋宝伝説

. Kofun legends .




............................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
下閉伊郡 Shimohei district 岩泉町 Iwaizumi

金の鶏 and ushi 牛
安家川の淵には、夜、牛が出てきて草を食う。あるとき、その牛が金の鶏に変じて飛んでいった。また、淵の中に木の枝があるので見ていると、枝が頭を持ち上げた。よく見ると牛であった。




............................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
亀岡市 Kameoka 千歳町 Chitose

oogon no niwatori 黄金の鶏 the golden rooster
At the Kofun called 車塚 Kurumazuka there was a golden rooster burried among other things. Some people hear his call on the New Year's morning and they are said to be successfull later in life.
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Niwatorizaka にはとり坂 the slope of the rooster
Once the villagers tried to dig out a golden rooster which was buried under a mound. But there came an arrow with white feathers sticking at the bottom of the slope.
And all the villagers soon died of an epidemic.

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船井郡 Funai district 京丹波町 Kyo-Tanba

oogon no niwatori 黄金の鶏
昔、長者が住んでいたといわれる屋敷跡には黄金の鶏がいて、節分の晩に鳴くと伝えられている。




............................................................................... Mie 三重県

. Shiraisan 白猪山 "White Boar Mountain" .
with legends about the golden rooster from 松坂市 Matsuzaka city, 員弁郡 Inabe district 梅戸井村 Umedoicho and 一志郡 Ichishi district 久居町 Hisai
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松坂市 Matsuzaka

oogon no niwatori 黄金の霊鶏 the golden rooster
Lord Tachibana from Kyoto had a revelation from 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O, so he settled in 伊勢の大石 Oishi, Ise in a new estate. His son was greatly loved by the local farmers and merchants.
Because of a secret treasure of 黄金の霊鶏 a ritual golden rooster he could heal illness and people thought he was a 神 Kami deity indeed.

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. bikuni densetsu 比丘尼　伝説　Legends about Buddhist nuns .
yao bikuni 八百比丘尼（やおびくに）nun for 800 years
A woman never growing old, because once she ate the meat of a "human-fish"
、孤独からか里に出なくなり、やがて故郷の草生で八百歳で死んだ。毎年元旦の未明には黄金の鶏が鳴くという。
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oogon no niwatori 黄金の鶏 golden rooster
At the well 一ノ井 Ichinoi near the waterfall 赤目の滝 Akame no Taki 道潅長者 the venerable Dokan died and had a golden rooster burried with him.
This is the origin of the name Takarazuka 宝塚 "Treasure mound".

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Mie 員弁郡 Inabe district 梅戸井村 Umedoicho

kinkei 金鶏 golden rooster
At the remains of 長者屋敷 the venerable millionairs estate there is a saying:
On New Year, there is a rooster calling from the Yumi Mound.
正月や憂見の塚に鶏が鳴く
At another place where the rooster can be heard there was 巨松a huge pine tree.

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Mie 一志郡 Ichishi district 久居町 Hisai

oogon no tori 黄金の鶏 golden rooster
Below a large セボの木 Sebo tree there is a golden rooster burried and with him a long golden rope.
When the village is in trouble, the rooster can be heard and the villagers dig out the rope and make it to money.




............................................................................... Nara 奈良県

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Nara 五條市 Gojo

oogon no tori 黄金の鶏
井上内親王の御霊に金の鶏が埋めてあり元日の朝に鳴くという。花畑という芝生に黄金の鶏が埋めてあり元日の朝鳴くという。荒坂という所にむかし長者が住んでいた。その家の米のとぎ汁が二つの池になった。その二つの池のあいだに石の橋があり、その下に黄金の鶏が埋めてあり元日の朝に鳴くという

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Nara 大柳生町 Oyagyucho

kinkei kofun 金鶏古墳
. Kinkei Kofun 金鶏古墳 Kinkei burial mound.

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Nara 月ヶ瀬村 Tsukigase

kin no niwatori 金の鶏
昔、城庵というところに城があり、黄金塚と呼ばれている。埋められた軍資金は誰かが掘ったという話だが、一緒に埋められた金の鶏を取った話は聞いていない。




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和泉市 Izumi

oogon no niwatori 黄金の鶏
黄金塚では元日に黄金の鶏が鳴く.

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大阪市 Osaka city

shinkin no niwatori 真金の鶏
大坂の豪商・淀屋辰五郎が所蔵していた宝物の中に、元は唐の玄宗皇帝が所持していたという一羽の黄金の鶏があり、家に何らかの変事があるときは一声を出すという。




............................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
東浅井郡 Higashi-Azai district 虎姫町 Torahimecho

kin no niwatori 金の鶏
元日になると、金のにわとりが椿の上で鳴く。椿の木はもう無いが、金のにわとりは今では土の中に埋まっているという。
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月ヶ瀬城の倉にあり、城が焼けた時に土砂に埋まってしまった金のにわとりを掘り出そうとするたびに怪我人が出る。天変地異の起きる前の晩に、悲しい声をあげて知らせてくれる。

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Shiga 甲賀郡 Koga district 信楽町 Shigaraki

kin no niwatori 金の鶏
笹ヶ岳の頂上でかきまわすと雨が降ると伝えられる井戸の水があった。若い猟師がやってみると、山へ降りた途端に大雨が振り出した。この笹ヶ岳の頂上では元旦の朝、金のにわとりが鳴くと伝えられている。


............................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県
那賀郡 Naka district 桑野村 Kuwanomura

oogon no tori 黄金の鶏
musorokubu no tatari 六十六部の祟り curse of Musorokubu ムソロクブ (Rokujurokubu)
The golden rooster in the possesion of a Rokubu pilgrim and a box with a mosquito net that could change its size according to the room, it was so precious to the family where he stayed over night at the end of the year, they killed him in a riverpool.
The family now had to suffer the curse of the Rokubu. Whenever they pounded mochi 餅 rice cakes, there was fresh blood in it, dripping down from the ceiling and from the leg of the Rokubu pilgrim hanging there.
Then came a golden rooster and ate all the rice from their storage. The rooster then took off with the eerie laughter of the Rokubu.
The family had even more misfortune and finally they built a grave for the Rokubu to appease his soul.


. Rokubu 六部 / 六十六部 Rokujurokubu Pilgrims .

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Tokushima 阿南市 Anan with a similar story :

oogon ni niwatori 黄金の鶏
Once upon a time
a Rokubu pilgrim came to a house and asked for a lodging in the evening.
The Rokubu had a paulownia-wood box with a golden rooster in it and a special mosquite net, see above. On the next day some youngsters of the village attacked the Rokubu and the mosquito net came into the hands of the village elder, but the golden rooster flew away.
As a curse of the Rokubu the family now always had fresh blood when they tried to pound rice cakes.




............................................................................... Tokyo　東京

白山傾城か窪 Hakusan Keijogakubo
Hakusan-jinya Shrine, which is also the origin of the area name, was an enshrinement of Kaga Hakusan's Hakusan-jinja Shrine and the village shrine for Koishikawa. The shrine flourished as the major shrine for worship of Hakusan in Edo. T
he Hakusan-jinja Shrine was relocated to its present position when 5代将軍綱吉 the 5th Shogun Tsunayoshi was the head of the Tatebayashi Clan, and the Koishikawa Goten (a stately mansion at Koishikawa, also known as Hakusan Goten) was constructed at the site of the ruins. The mansion drew water from the Sen-kawa River and was surrounded by a moat and was said to have been a very picturesque site.
After the death of Tsunayoshi, the residence was abandoned, and in 貞享年間 the Jokyo Era (1684-88), the 小石川薬園 Koishikawa Yakuen (a garden for medicinal herbs) was established on the site. At present the site is The University of Tokyo affiliated 小石川植物園 Koishikawa Botanical Gardens.
The Nakasendo Highway branch off of the Nikko Highway at 駒込追分 Komagome-Oiwake passed through Hakusan, and the area was commonly called
鶏声ヶ窪（傾城ヶ窪） Kaiseigakubo. It is said this is because the sound of a bird crying was heard every morning in 下総古河藩下屋敷 the Shimosa Koga Clan villa, and when the location the bird cry was heard from was dug up, 金の鶏 a golden rooster was found.
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............................................................................... Tottori 鳥取県

金のにわとり 金の鶏
昔上司南条という殿様が尼子晴久に攻められ、この地に逃げてきた。城の宝物である金の鶏を持っていたが、追っ手の追及が激しく、熊谷という谷川の滝壷に金の鶏を投げ込んだ。この渕を鶏渕または丸渕と呼ぶ。この金の鶏は今も渕の底に沈んでおり、毎年大晦日の夜高く鳴いて新年を告げると言う。鶏渕に石を投げ込むと雨が降るという。

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八重山神社 Yaeyama Jinja

washi otakeru 鷲尾猛　（わしおたける）－　kin no tori 金の鶏　－（きんのとり）

【八重山神社のスサノオ伝説】
その昔、この岩窟に住み、悪行を働く怪神がいました。
名は－　鷲尾猛　－（わしおたける）－　金の鶏　－（きんのとり）にまたがって自在に宙を飛び里の住人たちを苦しめていました。
夜な夜な八重山の岩窟にある洞穴から這い出しては、人々の夢の中に現れ、サタンやデモンが迫りくる物語をしかけ、善良なる農民たちを不眠にさせました。
農耕を遅らせ、また、作物を実らなくさせるのが目的だったのです。
折からの水不足による飢饉も手伝って労働の意欲をそがれたタミはいよいよ働かなくなりムラの財政は傾きました。
入間というひとつの村の崩壊の危機はすぐそこに迫っていたのです。
そこに登場したのがスサノオノミコトです。
正確には健速須之男命（たけはやすさのおのみこと）オロチ退治ののち、 最愛のイナタヒメと 住まうための場所を探し求めてさまよっていたミコトの逆鱗に触れ、ワシオの神は徹底的に鎮められたのでした。
以来、集落に平和が訪れ、八重山には母神のイザナミノミコト、姉神のアマテラスオオミカミなど諸神がまつられました。

島根県雲南市掛合町入間鷲尾山鎮座
- reference source : unnan-kankou.jp/contents -




............................................................................... Toyama 富山県
下新川郡 Shimoniikawa 入善町 Nyuzen

oogon no tori 黄金の鶏
Once in a while a golden rooster comes to the local Shinto shrine.
Legend says that golden dishes and plates have been buried somewhere in the compound and sometimes come out in the form of a golden rooster.


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

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