Shibagami

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Shibagami 柴神様 Shibagami san / 柴取り神 Shibatorigami
シバオリさん Shibaori san 柴折さん / 柴折り様 Shibaori sama

At the entrance of a pass or mountain road passing people and forest workers make offerings for their safety to a deity called Shibagami.
They offer a few branches of shiba 柴 brushwood or kusa 草 grass from the roadside.


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Shibatatsuhime Jinja 柴立姫神社



On the way up to the Shrine is a red Torii gate and this male symbol.
People come here to pray for children, not getting female diseases and other problems during a pregnancy.
Once upon a timeon
a Samurai and his daughter passed here on a long journey. The daughter was very tired but her father got angry, killed her and buried her, putting a piece of shiba 柴 brushwood on the grave.
The villagers took pity of the girl and built a small Shrine to venerate her.
Since then women with female health problems come here to pray.
- reference source : washimo-web.jp/Information/Shibatatsuhime... -


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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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西海町 Saikai town // 柴折りさま

Oshiori Sama, O-Shiori sama オシオリサマ，足軽るさま Ashigaru Sama
At the entrance of the village is a valley called シオリ谷 Shioridani.
In former times, 柴折りさま Shibaori sama was venerated here.
If people offer some shiba 柴 brushwood before leaving the hamlet, they will walk easily (ashigaru, ashi ga karuku naru)

- - - - - オシオリサマ in 城辺町 Gusukube city
If there are two hamlets connected via a pass, there is just one way to reach each other.
Each hamlet has a statue of 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu called オシオリサマ O-Shiori Sama.
If travelers pass the statue, they make offerings of shiba brushwood and pray that they will walk easily.

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Ehime 宇和島市 Uwajima // シバオリサン

Shibagami シバガミ
If people pass a road with a statue of 石地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu or 道祖神 the Dosojin Wayside gods, they make offerings to シバオリサン Shibaori san of shiba brushwood and pray for the safety on the road.
To get protection from the pranks of tanuki 狸 badgers, yamainu 山犬 wolves or notsugo ノツゴ Yokai monsters, they break (ori) green grass by the roadside and make an offering.


notsugo (notsuko) is an invisible yokai that makes it difficult for villagers to walk in the forests.
In other places it makes the sound of a child crying or screaming.

- reference about notsugo -

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四国中央市 Shikoku Chuo City 富郷町 Tomisato town

tonbyoo gami トンビョウ神 Tonbyo no Kami / トンボ神 Tonbogami / トボ神 Tobogami
トンビョウサン tonbyoo san or トンベ神 Tonbegami are other names for serpents. Some have the power to possess humans.
They are small serpents of about 30 cm. They like to possess humans with resentments for others.

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .




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柴折さま

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 / ひだる神 / ヒダルカミ the Hunger Gods .
If people make proper offerings of shiba 柴 for 柴折さま the Shibaori Sama, they will not be bewitched by the Hidarugami ひだる神 Hunger Gods.

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Kochi 土佐山 Tosayama // 柴折様

The 石神さん Ishigami san is also シバオリさん a Shibaori san deity.
If people make a fire on the day of this deity, there will be a fire in their home.
. Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity .

Shibaori Sama 柴折様
If someone walks up a mountain road and suddenly feels very hungry and cold sweat, this is called ダリガミ Hidarigami
In Tosayama this is called kuwan クワン. In that case one must put something to eat into the mouth, even a rain of rice will do.
If one makes proper offerings to Shibaori Sama, this will not happen.
kuwan kuwan クワン imitates the sound of a fox.

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 / ひだる神 / ヒダルカミ Hidarigami Hunger Gods .





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久米町 Kume town // 柴取り

The third day of June is called 柴取りの口開け the "opening day of Shibatori".
From this day on people can cut and collect brushwood from the mountain forest.





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三好市 Miyoshi

Shibaori Jizo san 柴折地蔵さん
A statue of Jizo Bosatsu along the road where someone has died is venerated with offerings of shiba 柴 brushwood.

兵庫県 諭鶴羽山 Shibaori Jizo in Hyogo, Mount Yuzuruba (607 m)

Shibaori Jizo in Hyogo





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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
柴神 ok / 柴折 ok / 柴取 ok / シバオリ ok / トンビョウ神 ok

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