April 26, 2019

GOKURAKU - pokkuri sudden death

https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2014/04/pokkuri-sudden-death.html

pokkuri  ぽっくり amulets for a sudden death, "drop dead"
korori ころり to bring a sudden change
pokkuri 輔苦離 - 法功力 pokuri - 放苦利
(help to let go of the pain of life
po ku ri 保久利 - 久しくご利益が保たれる
On the verge of death, when your time is up, Amida will come and lead you over.
臨終来迎、阿弥陀さまが迎えに来られ保久利往生する.
So a sudden death because of an accident is not really "pokkuri".
To live happily and healthy your own life until Amida comes to pick you up 保久利 . . .

pokkuri oojoo 「ポックリ往生」を叶えるパワースポットガイドブック
Guide book to all the Pokkuri power spots in Japan

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .

................................................................................. Akita 秋田県  
二ツ井町 田代 / Noshiro City, Futatsuimachi, Tashiro

Tashirogata no Kamisama 田代潟の神様 The Deity of Taghirogata lagoon
It happened on a day in Autumn of 1938. A man from 大館 Odate came to the deity of Tashirogata to apologize.
When he had tried to pull a tree out of the lagoon, there came a strong rain and the dam broke. He could just barely escape.
On the next day the diver had suddenly died. An oracle priest told him that the deity of the Lagoon was angry and he should go to apologize. On the way up to the mountain they met yamakagashi ヤマカガシ a huge serpent. The priest begun to apologize and the serpent moved away. When they prayed at 潟の神社 the Shrine of the Lagoon, the water begun to make strong waves and then became quiet again. THe priest held on to the Torii gate and performed a ritual dance.


................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県  
佐渡市 Sado city

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 - racoon dog, badger legends .
mujina no tatari ムジナの祟り the curse of a Mujina
Once a child died all of a sudden. The 養子 adopted child also died suddenly.
The parents went to an oracle at 八海山 Hakkaisan:
Once the father had taken a pee by the roadside and hit a Mujina. To get rid of the curse they performed specila ablution rituals.



................................................................................. Shimane 島根県 
日原 Nippara

. Yamanokami 山の神 God of the Mountain .
Yamanokami is venerated at special trees in the mountain forest.
On the 9th day of the 10th lunar month, the festival day of Yamanokami, if people go to the forest they will get injured.
A man who cut down a tree sacred to Yamanokami got ill and could not get up for more than 10 years, then he finally died all of a sudden.
His wife and his cows also died.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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