HEIAN - nekomata cat monster legends

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nekomata cat legends

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nekomata 猫又と伝説 Legends about the Nekomata cat monster
猫また / 猫股 / 猫胯 / ネコマタ

Nekomata are a kind of cat yōkai described in Chinese and then Japanese folklore, classical kaidan, essays, etc.
There are two very different types:
those that live in the mountains and domestic cats that have grown old and transformed.
Nekomata are often confused with Bakeneko.
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. bakeneko 化け猫 / 化猫 "monster cat" .
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. bakeneko 化け猫 / 化猫と伝説 Legends about monster cats .

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tamadare no yoneko 玉垂の妖猫 monster cat


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kinka shichihenge 金花七変化 seven changes in gold flowers


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......................................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
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津久井郡 Tsukui district

If a cat sits on a dead body, it gains special powers.
If a cat drinks waster from a bamboo ladle in the kitchen, it gains the power of 1000 people.
If one hits such a cat with a broom, it will fall down from the dead body. Thus a broom should be placed nearby.




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
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南丹市 Nantan city

In the shade of a valley there lived a nekomata 猫又 monster cat, which was much feared by the local villagers.
Then came the Samurai 伊藤基 Ito Motoi and killed it.




......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京都
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nekomatabashi 猫又橋 Nekomata bridge
In the outskirts of 小石川区 Koishikawa ward there was a bridge called Nekomatabashi. It had a bad reputation and children avoided to walk there.

Nekomata-zaka 猫又坂 Nekomatazaka slope
Bunkyo City, 13

- reference source : sakagakkai.org... -




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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
15 猫又 (02) 6 猫また // 3 猫股

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