Yamanokami Regional 25 Oita Okinawa Osaka

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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 大分県 Oita, 沖縄 Okinawa and 大阪 Osaka

. Legends about Yamanokami 山の神と伝説　.


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ウガヤフキアエズ王朝を支えた「山の神」とは？
- reference source : ugaya.jimdo.com... -

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山ノ神お殿 海ノ神お殿 おでん - Oden from Yamanokami and Uminokami
Oita, Bungo, Ono city / Bungo-ōno

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. Yamanokami and Tengu 天狗 Mountain Goblin legends .

Trees with two stems or special branches like a roof are called
Tengu no ki 天狗の木 or Yamanokami no oshimi ki 神のおしみ木, trees that Tengu and Yamanokami like very much.
These trees must not be cut down. If someone tries to cut such a tree, he will hurt himself.
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Tenguyama 天狗山 Tengu Mountain
If someone cuts a tree from Mount Tenguyama, there will be a fire in the village - this tale is well known in the village and not many people dare to go up there.
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Tenguzoo 天狗像 Tengu statue
At 阿蘇野峠 Asono Toge pass, toward 芹川部落 Serigawa hamlet, there is
the Shrine 下津留神社 Shimo-Tsuru Jinja.
Until 1935, there is a new statue of a Tengu, venerated as Yamanokami. The shape of the mountain is said to look like a Tengu.
Tsuru 津留 is a town in Kumamoto.

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Th 16th day of the 12th lunar month is sacred to Yamanokami and called
misotsuki hi ミソつき日 /？味噌搗き making Miso paste.
The 16th or 20th day of the first lunar month is the day where Yamanokami inspects the trees in the forest and forest workers take a rest.
If someone goes to the forest, he will get hurt or have other misfortune.
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If someone tries to cut down a tree sacred to Yamanokami, the tree will twist and the ax can not be pulled out. In this case, there will be very bad weather soon.
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Around the village 平沢水 Hirasozu Yamanokami is also venerated as a deity to heal or prevent a cold. People make offerings of 赤土を団子　balls of red earth and pray.
Sometimes the balls are wrapped in green bamboo leaves.
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. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .
If forest workers want to cut down trees they have to look out for a tree with the first branch facing North.
This is Yamanokami no tomarigi 山の神の泊木 a tree sacred to Yamanokami and may never be cut.


.......................................................................　速見郡 Hayami district .....
日出町 Hiji town

The 16th day of the New Year and the O-Bon festival in August are festival days for Yamanokami.
In the morning people are not allowed to go into the forest.
In the afternoon they might go, but if the smell of 味噌汁 miso soup comes into the nose of Yamanokami, this person will die within the year.

. misojiru 味噌汁 / みそじる miso soup .
The Miso culture of Japan




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. kijimunaa キジムナー Kijimuna .

The Kijimuna is also called ブナガヤ Bunagaya.
Someone went collecting firewood and saw it. Its hair is all red, and so is the face. It has the features of a child of four or five years.
Some say it is Yamanokami and pray to it.




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.......................................................................　豊能郡 Toyono district .....
能勢町 Nose town

At the top of the pass there is a small sanctuary for Yamanokami.
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, people make offerings of gohei 御幣 ritual paper wands.
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Above the oven for making charcoal is a ritual paper wand and Yamanokami is venerated here.

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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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