SHINTO - Suwa Jinja Legends

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Suwa Jinja Legends

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Suwa Jinja 諏訪神社 Suwa Shrine, Nagano
. Great Suwa Shrine 諏訪大社　Suwa Taisha .
Lower Suwa Shrine, Misayama　御射山

There are many sub-shrines with this name in other parts of Japan.

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

.......................................................................　Yamanashi 山梨県.....
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南巨摩郡 Minami-Koma district 南部町 Nanbu town

Suwa Jinja no Kami 諏訪神社の神 The Deity of Suwa Shrine
The messenger of Suwa Shrine is hakuja (shirohebi) 白蛇 a white serpent. It came down on the river, riding on 「麻からのくき」.
The villagers from 塩沢部落 Shiozawa hamlet saw it first and now hold a festival in its honer at the Suwa Shrine on April 15 every year. During the festival, the mikoshi 神輿 portable Shrine in placed in a small hut erected for this purpose at the banks of the river 富士川 Fujikawa.
But one year they did not erect the small hut and and soon after densenbyoo 伝染病 an epidemic came over the hamlet.
This was the curse of the Deity. Therefore the next year they build the hut again and all went well.

. hayariyamai はやり病 / Ryukobyo 流行病と伝説 Legends about epidemics .
伝染病 Densenbyo contagious diseases / pandemic


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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
29 諏訪神社 to collect (01) 02 諏訪大社 (00)
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