kaiko mysterious light

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kaikoo 怪光 Kaiko, mysterious light

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


.......................................................................　Kochi 高知県 .....

tooji トージ / トウジ Toji light
A mysterious light that appears during a strong rainstorm and typhoon.
Also called 怪光 Kaiko - mysterious light.




.......................................................................　Mie 三重県 .....

gotsutaibi, gotsu taibi ごつたいび very large light
A mysterious light that appears during a strong rainstorm and typhoon.
Also called 怪光 Kaiko - mysterious light.




.......................................................................　Nagasaki 長崎県 .....
諫早市 Isahaya city

Inadahime 稲田姫 and kaikoo 怪光 a mysterious light
In the year 1570 in 田結村 Tayui village there was a great storm.
All the harvested rice in the fields was on the verge to be blown away.
The divine spirit of 稲田姫 Inada Hime appeared and during the night
kaikoo 怪光 a mysterious light could be seen wandering in the fields.
The next morning the storm subsided and the water flew away.
And all the rice plants were hanging on bamboo poles as they should.

Inada hime no mikoto 稲田姫命（いなだひめのみこと）
. Kushinadahime - Kushinada hime 櫛名田媛 / Inadahime 稲田姫 .

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Nagasaki 北高来郡 Kita-Takaki district 高来町 Takaki town

sesshobashi 殺生橋 the murder bridge
At night there was 怪光 kaiko – a mysterious light at sesshobashi 殺生橋 "the murder bridge"
ahd make people crazy and kill themselves.
Gyoki Bosatsu cut the wooden bridge in seven parts and let them flow downriver.
Where the wood was found, he came to carve a statue of 観音菩薩　Kannon Bosatsu
and place it in a small sanctuary.
. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .




.......................................................................　Shizuoka 静岡県 .....
静岡市 Shizuoka city

kusu no ki 楠 a camphor tree
At the camphor tree at 法明寺 the temple Homyo-Ji there was 怪光 Kaiko – a mysterious light
and the Emperor became ill.
On the request of a diviner, Gyoki Bosatsu was called.
He carved seven statues of 観音菩薩　Kannon Bosatsu from seven trees
and placed them in a sanctuary.
The Emperor recovered soon after.
kusu no ki 楠木 camphor tree

法明寺 the temple Homyo-Ji

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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