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. Yama no Kami 山の神 Yamanokami - Introduction .
. Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami - Introduction .
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Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain
and Legends from Aichi 愛知県 and Aomori 青森県
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In the mountains live Yamanokami (as 山犬 Yamainu "mountain dog") and the Tengu.
Deep mountains and high mountains are especially venerated.
. Tengu legends from Aichi 天狗 .
tengu sama no isami 天狗様のいさみ flute melody of Tengu - 山の神の松 Yamanokami no matsu
in 知多郡 Chita district 美浜町 Mihama /. 宝飯郡 Hoi district 音羽町 Otowa //
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宝飯郡 Hoi district 音羽町 Otowa
Once a 天狗 Tengu (others say it was Yamanokami himself) stood on a huge boulder on 山の講 the prayer day of Yamanokami and looked very angry when he saw some kikori 樵 woodcutters coming along to work. They became afraid and run back to the village.
Since then it is forbidden to go to the forest on this prayer day.
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北設楽郡 Kita-Shitara district 豊根村 Toyone
Yamanokami has only one eye and one leg. Therefore a lame person is also seen as Yamanokami.
An old man who went to do some work in the forest saw a monster on one leg, but told no further details.
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南設楽郡 Minami-Chitara district 長篠村 Nagashino
. Sanjinsai 山神祭 Festival for Yamanokami .
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yamakagashi ヤマカガシ snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus
Some people have seen this snake heading right to the sky when it starts thundering.
It might be a messenger of Yamanokami or the Kami from 愛宕 Atago
. yamakagashi ヤマカガシ, 山棟蛇 mountain snake .
..... Rhabdophis tigrinus. Tiger keelback
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豊田市 Toyota
kitsune 狐 a fox
Once a man regularly had the urge to defecate at a place sacred to Yamanokami. Every time as he squatted, he heard a strange sound of petapeta petapeta.
When he came next time, the faeces were gone, someone had eaten them. And sometimes he saw a beautiful young temple acolyte walking by.
Once he peeked between his legs and saw a fox, standing on his front legs, wiggeling with his tail, waiting for the feces - food.
The roots of an old oak tree are sacred to Yamanokami.
Yamanokami is a woman and gets angry easily.
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岩木山の神と鬼 Gods and Demons from Mount Iwakisan (Aomori)
畠山篤 Hatakeyama Atsushi
第１章
岩木山の神の由来譚の生成― 百沢寺 Mount Iwakisan and Hyakuzawa ・イタコ Itako
（二つ目/ 三つ目の丹後日和の由来；丹後日和の背景と変容；"
第２章
岩木山の鬼と水利伝承― 津軽の鬼 Tsugaru no Oni ・山人・大人
. Osorezan 恐山 and the Itako shamans .
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On the 16th day of the third lunar month, Yamanokami becomes ノウガミ 農神 the deity of a agriculture.
On the 26th day of the ninth lunar month he goes back to be Yamanokami.
On both days people make special food offerings.
kamigami no toshitori 神々のトシトリ New Year for the Gods
Different Kami have different days to start a new year:
Yamanokami on the 12th, ノウガミ 農神 Nogami on the 16th
八幡様 Hachiman sama on the 15th, 観音様 Kannon sama on the 17th
お蒼前様 O-Sozen sama, protector of horses, on the 19th
疫病神様 Ekibyo Kamisama for infectious diseases on the 20th
お地蔵様 O-Jizo sama on the 23 and 天神様 Tenjin sama on the 25th.
. toshi tori 年取 (としとり) getting one year older at New Year.
On the last day of the year, people eat a proper meal with a whole fish (with head and tail fin).
Everyone would be one year older on the next day. Individual birthdays were not celebrated in the Edo period.
- kigo for the New Year -
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yamabito 山人 "mountain people"
Suddenly a daughter turned strange and said she wanted to become the bride of Yamanokami. The whole family kept watching her, but one day she just sneaked out and rushed to the mountain.
They all came running after her, but she was already far away at 田代岳 Mount Tashirodake (1,178 m)
and out of sight.
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A tree with three trunks is sacred to Yamanokami and also called ミヨマタギ Miyomatagi.
Yamanokami and 狗賓 Guhin often come to sit there, so the tree should not be cut down.
sakasa sugi 逆さ杉 an upside-down cedar tree is also a sacred tree.
. guhin kuhin gubin 狗賓 / グヒン Guhin Tengu Yokai monster .
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yamasori 山橇 mountain sled
To build a mountain sled the wood must be prepared in good time. On 山の神の日 the Day of Yamanokami food offerings of 12 シトギ Shitogi cakes and chopsticks are made and people pray for the safety for the whole year.
shitogi mochi しとぎもち Shitogi rice cakes
from Aomori, in the Tsugaru peninsula they where prepared for festivals with the wish for a bountiful harvest. They were offered to the gods on the god shelf (kamidana) and after this taken down and fried in the pan.
Prepared from mochigome rice, water and anko sweet bean paste.
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青森市 Aomori city 野内 Nonai
In Nonai 12 Yamanokami are venerated and 12 offerings of Shitogi are made.
If a woman eats any Shitogi cakes, she will bear 12 children. So women are forbidden to eat them.
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五所川原市 Goshogawara 広田 Hirota
Every month on the 12th day this is celebrated as 山の神の日 the Day of Yamanokami.
If someone goes to the mountain and happens to pass a place where Yamanokami is resting, there will be
a strange whirlwind (tsuburi-kaze つぶり風 / tsumuji-kaze つむじ風）.
Therefore people are not allowed to go to the mountain forest on this day.
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上北郡 Kamikita district
yamasori 山橇 mountain sled
Yamanokami has 12 children. So there should be offerings of 12 ritual wands in the middle of a sled, 12 Shitogi and 12 cups of ritual Sake.
If they do not keep these rituals, the forest workers will suffer injuries.
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西津軽郡 Nishi-Tsugaru district 車力村 Shariki
yamanokami no tatari 山の神の祟り the curse of Yamanokami
The 12th day of the 12th lunar month is the New Year Day for Yamanokami so people are not allowed to go to the mountain forest, lest they will suffer a curse of Yamanokami.
This is even observed by people who belong to the Zen sect of Buddhism.
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三戸郡 Sannohe district 田子町 Takko
karasu 烏 crow
The crow is seen as the messenger of Yamanokami.
yamanokami no ki 山の神の木 tree of Yamanokami
Once a husband had been out cutting trees, but did not come home in due time. His wife started worrying and went looking after him.
She found a beautiful lady supporting her husband, who was high up in a tree. When the wife started talking to the lady, she suddenly disappeared and the husband fell down to his death.
Yamanokami is a female deity, often helping people.
The 内沢家 Uchizawa family
Grandfather had been cutting trees at 朝比奈岳 Mount Asahinadake, when suddenly some family members became ill.
A diviner told him that he had cut down a tree sacred to Yamanokami. So they built a small sanctuary and prayed to Yamanokami.
朝比奈岳 Mount Asahinadake (874 m)
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- reference source : nichibun yokai database -
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. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説 .
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. Yama no Kami 山の神 - Table of Contents - .
. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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sangaku shinkoo 山岳信仰 religion of the High Mountains is a different matter.
. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .
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