http://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/08/fujin-wind-god-legends.html
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............. Fuujin 風神 Fujin - Kaze no Kami 風の神 Wind God Legends .............
風天 Futen - 風神伝説 Wind God Legends
In some prefectures (Chiba, Ibaraki and Yamanashi) it is customary to stick an amulet calendar leaf on the wooden window or paper sliding door, to prevent any sharp wind from coming in and harming people. The Wind God uses a large sword to cut the skin and is seen as yokai monster called カマヘダチ kamahedachi.
The official name is Kamaitachi 鎌鼬（かまいたち） "sickle weasel".
Kamaitachi (鎌鼬) is a Japanese yōkai often told about in the Kōshin'etsu region, or can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes.
They appear riding on dust devils, and they cut people using the nails on both their hands that are like sickles. One would receive a sharp wound from it, but there is no pain.
. . . It was originally thought to be a corruption of the word "kamae tachi" (stance sword) . . .
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
木がらしや鎌ゆひつけし竿の先
kogarashi ya kama yuitsukeshi sao no saki
withering wind -
a sickle bound to the top
of the pole
馬売りて墓地抜けし夜の鎌鼬
uma urite bochi nukeshi yo no kamaitachi
I sold the horse
and passed the graveyard in a night
of a withering wind
Chiho Kashuu 千保霞舟 Chiho Kashu
- More haiku about the kamaitachi かまいたち
- reference : HAIKUreikuDB -
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カマエダチ kamaedachi / カマヘダチ kamahedachi
kamaitachi カマイタチ with 71 legends to explore
source : shigege.blog89.fc2.com
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Around 1740 someone saw a strange young man. His hair had a strange do and his haori 羽織 coat was so long it dragged on the ground. The sword in his sash was very long too and the pipe was another long long item.
People who saw him thought he was the God of Wind.
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Temple 弘教寺 Gukyo-Ji
A young acolyte at the temple suffered from the cold sharp wind (kamaitachi).
He burned some amulet calendars and spread the ashes on his sore skin to heal it.
Another man in the 甲斐 Kai province stuck some amulet calendar sheets on the windows to keep the Wind God with his long sword out.
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............. Fuujin 風神 Fujin - Kaze no Kami 風の神 Wind God Legends .............
風天 Futen - 風神伝説 Wind God Legends
In some prefectures (Chiba, Ibaraki and Yamanashi) it is customary to stick an amulet calendar leaf on the wooden window or paper sliding door, to prevent any sharp wind from coming in and harming people. The Wind God uses a large sword to cut the skin and is seen as yokai monster called カマヘダチ kamahedachi.
The official name is Kamaitachi 鎌鼬（かまいたち） "sickle weasel".
Kamaitachi (鎌鼬) is a Japanese yōkai often told about in the Kōshin'etsu region, or can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes.
They appear riding on dust devils, and they cut people using the nails on both their hands that are like sickles. One would receive a sharp wound from it, but there is no pain.
. . . It was originally thought to be a corruption of the word "kamae tachi" (stance sword) . . .
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .
木がらしや鎌ゆひつけし竿の先
kogarashi ya kama yuitsukeshi sao no saki
withering wind -
a sickle bound to the top
of the pole
馬売りて墓地抜けし夜の鎌鼬
uma urite bochi nukeshi yo no kamaitachi
I sold the horse
and passed the graveyard in a night
of a withering wind
Chiho Kashuu 千保霞舟 Chiho Kashu
- More haiku about the kamaitachi かまいたち
- reference : HAIKUreikuDB -
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カマエダチ kamaedachi / カマヘダチ kamahedachi
kamaitachi カマイタチ with 71 legends to explore
source : shigege.blog89.fc2.com
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Around 1740 someone saw a strange young man. His hair had a strange do and his haori 羽織 coat was so long it dragged on the ground. The sword in his sash was very long too and the pipe was another long long item.
People who saw him thought he was the God of Wind.
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Temple 弘教寺 Gukyo-Ji
A young acolyte at the temple suffered from the cold sharp wind (kamaitachi).
He burned some amulet calendars and spread the ashes on his sore skin to heal it.
Another man in the 甲斐 Kai province stuck some amulet calendar sheets on the windows to keep the Wind God with his long sword out.
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