January 22, 2021

HEIAN - Legends about White Dragon

Aichi
Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town // 白竜

tateishi sama 立石さま Honorable Standing Stone
On the mountain road connecting 須佐 Susa and 小佐 Kosa there is a small Shrine.
A stone named Tateishi sama 立石さま Honorable Tateishi is venerated there.
People come here to pray for Safety at Sea, Protection from Disasters and Health for the Family.
Some say it is the grave of a nobleman and gold was hidden in the grave. It links to a great cave where hakuryuu 白 a White Dragon lived.

Aichi 犬山市 Inuyama city 寺内町 Jinai town

hakuryuu 白龍 white dragon
At the roots of the old pine tree at 白山神社 Shirayama Shrine there lived goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 a dragon Deity with five colors.
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..................... Mie 三重県 .....

hakuryuu 白竜 Hakuryu white dragon and tenpaku 天白 Tenpaku
In Mie prefecture and Aichi, Nagoya, there are many place names called 天白 Tenpaku.
The name is also used for families and Shinto Shrines. But nobody knows why.
Maybe it comes from the saying
水神昇天白竜 The Female God of Water goes to Heaven as a White Dragon.

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Tochigi 河内郡 Kawachi district 上三川町 Kaminokawa town

hakuryuu 白竜 Hakuryu white dragon
On the way back from elementary school, a boy was chased by a white dragon. He was very afraid.


Yamagata 山形県 .....

hakuryuu 白竜 Hakuryu, White Dragon
The Waterfall basin Hakuja no Taki 白蛇の滝 the the waterfall of the White Serpent is very deep and maybe has no end.
It is about 4 km long like a tunnel and reaches 最上川 the river Mogamigawa.
If anyone falls in this basin, he will never come back.
The master of this waterfall eventually went to heaven and became a hakuryuu 白竜 white dragon.



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