Herring, nishin 鰊 (にしん) , 鯡（にしん）、青魚（にしん）、
黄魚（にしん） ,
黄魚（にしん） ,
............................................. Aomori 青森県
三戸郡 Sannohe district 五戸町
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
A monk had been carrying nisshin 鰊 herring on his back on the way back to his temple.
But he was bewitched by a fox and lost them all.
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. kitsune 狐 fox，sake 鮭 salmon
. A fox had cheated an old man,
telling him there were many herring in the river.
So the man left his luggage and went into the river to get them.
Meanwhile the fox took his luggage and run away.
. sake 鮭と伝説 legends about the salmon .
............................................. Fukushima 福島県
南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district
. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
The cats belonging to the old woman オキシ O-Kitsu had survived for three generations.
Once a cat was seen leaving the house with a towel covering its head.
O-Kitsu gave it three 鰊 herrings and let it go.
............................................. Hokkaido 北海道
kujira 鰊 whale は蝦夷の物産であった。シーズンになると、祈祷に出かけて漁の成功を祈った。特に2月中旬からは、寺の鐘を打ってはならないことになった。もし鐘の響きが海底に伝わると、恐れた鰊が近寄らなくなるからだと言われていた。鯨や狐 fox,、蚫 toad などという言葉も、鰊の敵なので、絶対口にしてはならなかった。
. kujira 鯨 whale - Walfisch .
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江差 Esashi
. Orii baasan 折居婆さん grandmother Orii .
and the origin of Ubagami Daijinguu 姥神大神宮 Ubagami Daijingu
Shrine ofr the "old woman deity"
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uba 姥 old woman
蝦夷地が開けていなかった大昔、白髪の老人が水を海に垂らして鰊を呼び、島人を助けるように姥に壷を渡した。鰊は大群で押し寄せ村人は喜ぶが、姥はどこにもおらず、厨子の中に一体の神像があるだけだった。
. Yamauba (山姥 or 山うば), Yamamba or Yamanba .
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函館市 Hakodate City
. Genko 玄狐 / Kurogitsune 黒狐 a black fox .
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松前町 Matsumae town
. Matsumae Kaido 松前街道 Matsumae Highway .
and Genko 玄狐 / Kurogitsune 黒狐 a black fox -
A black furred fox that incarnated into the Big Dipper. -
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. yamabushi 山伏 mountain priests .
The fishing season for herrings had been very bad,
so the villagers asked a Yamabushi for a purification ritual.
............................................. Niigata 新潟県
南魚沼市 Minami-Uonuma city
. Shanichi Sama, Shajitsu Sama 社日様
Deity of the Shrine Day .
and offerings of Herring soup.
............................................. Shiga 滋賀県
高島市 Takashima city
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Once a man went up to the mountain to gather chestnuts.
He picked up some chestnuts near the hole of a fox, so the fox bewitched him.
The farmer took some rice cakes and herring to apologize and soon
he got well again.
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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