tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244031729026071563.post7495920842514024646..comments2023-02-21T13:00:39.254+09:00Comments on PERSONS - index - PERSONEN: Legends about Saints Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244031729026071563.post-42606796010152147782023-02-21T13:00:39.254+09:002023-02-21T13:00:39.254+09:00Legend from Ehime 愛媛県 八幡浜市 Yawatahama city
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has...<b>Legend from Ehime 愛媛県 八幡浜市 Yawatahama city </b><br />.<br />hashira matsuri 柱祭り pillar festival (to ward off evil) <br />There was a mountain ascet named 金剛院 Kongo-In, who served 五反田の城主 the Lord of the Gotanda Castle.<br />While he was travelling in Nagasaki, he heared of a war in his home town and hurried back home.<br />The soldiers in the castle thought by mistake the castle was lost and killed themselves.<br />The castle had fallen, but Kongo-In became onryoo 怨霊 a vengeful spirit and annoyed the people. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/10/kongoin-fudo-hikawa.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244031729026071563.post-41363376936922387282021-05-06T13:33:47.113+09:002021-05-06T13:33:47.113+09:00Legend from Niigata about a yamabushi and a red ca...<b> Legend from Niigata about a yamabushi and a red cat</b><br /><br />Once a family had a Sake ricewine party when a yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest came along to drink with them.<br />Next morning the body of the priest lay on the ground, but the head was missing.<br />He had told the villagers that there would be a huge flooding and to prevent it, he would throw akaneko 赤猫 a red cat into the lake to prevent it. But the master of the lake, the Dragon God Ryujin 龍神 became angry and took away his head. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/03/nekomata-cat-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244031729026071563.post-2523168886150457652021-04-06T12:55:47.577+09:002021-04-06T12:55:47.577+09:00Legend from Nara 五條市 Gojo city 北山町 Kitayama town
...<b> Legend from Nara 五條市 Gojo city 北山町 Kitayama town </b><br />.<br />akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, Legends about malicious dragons <br />A shugenja 修験者 mountain ascet had parted a malicious dragon into three parts.<br />To avoid the curse of the dragon, his body parts - 竜頭 head 、竜胸 breast、竜尾 tail - were venerated in three temples.<br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/akuryu-malicious-dragon-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7244031729026071563.post-40454008157423640372020-02-29T14:16:36.649+09:002020-02-29T14:16:36.649+09:00Legend from Hokkaido, 松前町 Matsumae
The fishing fo...<b> Legend from Hokkaido, 松前町 Matsumae </b><br />The fishing for herrings had been very bad, so the villagers asked a Yamabushi for a purification ritual.<br />The priest fasted for seven days and nights and then had a divine revelation.<br />The villagers were happy and made new nets.<br />But how much they waited, the herring did not come. Eventually the herring season was over and they hat caught nothing. Now the village was in deep trouble. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/matsumae-fukuyama-kaido.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com