March 21, 2018

TENGU - and yamanokami legends

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2017/08/yama-no-kami-03-tengu.html




....................................................................... Hiroshima 広島県 .....
東広島市 Higashi-Hiroshima 八本松町 Hachihonmatsu

On the 6th day of the first lunar month, people take away the kadomatsu 門松 corner decorations.
On this day Yamanokami gets an offering of zoosui 雑炊 rice porridge.
Tengu gets 燗始 his first hot sake and the forest workers take a rest.




....................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県  .....
能美郡 Nomi district 新丸村 Shinmaru-mura

Yamanokami is the same as a Tengu.
On days were it is not allowed to go to the mountain, all forest workers must rest. If someone does not keep this taboo and goes to work, he will get hurt and have other misfortunes.




....................................................................... Iwate 岩手県  .....
下閉伊郡 Shimo-Hei district 岩泉町 Iwaizumi

Yamanokami no hooki 山の神の箒 broom of Yamanokami
A 吉野桜 Yoshinozakura cherry blossom tree which is befallen of the tengusubyoo 天狗巣病 "nest of a Tegnu", witch's broom disease is called
"Broom of Yamanokami".

A witch's broom or witches' broom is a deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, where the natural structure of the plant is changed. A dense mass of shoots grows from a single point, with the resulting structure resembling a broom or a bird's nest.
- quote wikipedia-



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