Sai no Kami legends

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Sai no Kami 幸神 / 幸の神 / さいの神 / サイノカミ
Deity of Fortune and Good Luck

. Sai no Kami 幸の神 God of Good Fortune .
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Also called
Sae no kami 障の神 - 塞の神
A kind of Dosojin, Wayside Deity and also seen as Tanokami.




toshi no kami 歳の神 Deity of the Year (another name for Sai no Kami)
. toshitokujin 歳德神 Deity of the Year - Legends .
Toshigami 年神 / 歳神

Shogatsu Sama 正月様 Deity of the New Year

Sai no kami no kanjin 幸の神の勧進 Praying to the God of Good Fortune
On January 15.
This custom is mostly followed in the Tohoku region.


. umi no sachi 海の幸 yama no sachi 山の幸 .
food from the sea, food from the mountains
Offerings to the Japanese deities always contain at least one plate with food from the sea and one with food from the mountains, one fish and one radish.
- Umisachihiko うみさちひこ【海幸彦】
- Yamasachihiko やまさちひこ【山幸彦】- the younger brother of Umisachihiko

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. 道祖神 Dosojin, the Wayside Deities .
Most of these stone deities are found along the roads of Central Japan, especially Nagano and Yamanashi, but of course also in other parts. They are called by many names, for example:
賽の神　sai no kami, 障の神, 祖神 sae no kami, see no kami せーの神,
sakai no kami 境神> sai no kami; 障神 shooshin; 衢神 kushin, 八衢神 yachimata no kami, 道俣神 chimata no kami;
doorokujin　道六神, / 道碌神 / 道陸神 Doroku-Jin (in connection with the six Jizo statues on the crossroads and the six realms of existence (rokudoo　六道),
岐神 chimatagami, 船戸神 funado no kami; 道の神 michi no kami, ひだる神 hidarugami、アラハバキ神　Arahabakigami and more.
SAI or SAE means keeping out, destructing the way for the evil spirits.
Festivals in their honor are the fire festivities on the old lunar New Year,
Dondoyaki　どんど焼、sagichoo 左義長, saitoyaki 賽燈燒,　紫灯、寒灯.




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Sachigami Jinja 幸神神社 / さちかみじんじゃ Sachigami Shrine, Sachikami Shrine
東京都西多摩郡日の出町大久野2129 / Hinode-machi-2129 Oguno, Nishitama-gun, Nishitama District, Tokyo

- - - Deity in residence
猿田彦大神（さるたひこのおおかみ） Sarutahiko no okami

- - - Annual festival
3月26日 March 26

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Sashikami Myoojin 幸神明神 / サシカミミョウジン
Sashikami Myojin, Sainokami Myojin Deity



In Tokyo 東京都
Once the children played with a statue of 明神様 Myojin Sama and let it float in water. An old man of the hamlet took it away from them. Two or three days later, he became very ill.
Maybe this was because he had taken the statue, so he let if float again in water and was soon healed.

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In Fukushima 福島県 塙町 Hanawa city / 山幸神社 Shrine Yamasachi Jinja
福島県東白川郡塙町眞名畑字宮田84

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
At the end of the Edo period, there was oosugi 大杉 a huge cedar tree with a hole in its trunk at 山幸神社 the Shrine Yamasachi Jinja.
The deity of the Shrine was 老婆 an old woman. Once she threw the 杉葉 cedar leaves into this cave and a huge Thunderstorm lasted for three days, burning the tree.
In the ashes they found the bones of a hebi 蛇 serpent.

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山幸神社 Yamasachi Jinja
佐賀県唐津市柏崎 Saga prefecture, Karatsu




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Sainokami
Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka / 福岡県北九州市八幡西区幸神


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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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伊予郡 Io district 砥部町 Tobe town

. Kaze no Kami 風邪の神 and Sai no Kami .



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檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village

The deity is also called
Sei no Kami せいの神.

Sai no Kami さいの神 / 賽の神 can prevent illness if properly venerated in the village.
It protects the road to the village.
After the first calligraphy of the year the paper must be burned and the ashes of the
Dondoyaki fire for 賽の神 Sai no Kami thrown in the air to improve one's writing.
If this is not done, there will be no improvement.
Eating mochi 餅 rice cakes prepared in the ashes of the Dondoyaki fire will keep the teeth strong and prevent stomach illness.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
さいの神 / 幸神

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