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E-text prepared by Madelaine Kilsby and Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org)
MYTHS & LEGENDS OF JAPAN
BY
F. HADLAND DAVIS
AUTHOR OF "THE LAND OF THE YELLOW SPRING AND OTHER
JAPANESE STORIES" "THE PERSIAN MYSTICS" ETC.
WITH THIRTY-TWO FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
EVELYN PAUL
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: THE PERIOD OF THE GODS
In the Beginning
Izanagi and Izanami
Ama-terasu and Susa-no-o
Susa-no-o and the Serpent
The Divine Messengers
The Coming of the August Grandchild
In the Palace of the Sea God
Hoderi and Hoori Reconciled
CHAPTER II: HEROES AND WARRIORS
Yorimasa
Yoshitsune and Benkei
Yoshitsune and the Taira
Yoshitsune and Benkei Fight
The Goblin of Oyeyama
Raiko Slays the Goblin
The Goblin Spider
Another Version
The Adventures of Prince Yamato Take
The Wooden Sword
The "Grass-Cleaving-Sword"
The Sacrifice of Ototachibana
The Slaying of the Serpent
The Adventures of Momotaro
The Triumph of Momotaro
"My Lord Bag of Rice"
CHAPTER III: THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-MAIDEN
The Coming of the Lady Kaguya
The Wooing of the "Precious-Slender-Bamboo-of-the-Field-of-Autumn"
The Begging-bowl of the Lord Buddha
The Jewel-bearing Branch of Mount Horai
The Flameproof Fur-Robe
The Jewel in the Dragon's Head
The Royal Hunt[1]
The Celestial Robe of Feathers
CHAPTER IV: BUDDHA LEGENDS
The Legend of the Golden Lotus
CHAPTER V: FOX LEGENDS
Inari, the Fox God
Demoniacal Possession
The Death-Stone[4]
How Tokutaro was Deluded by Foxes
A Fox's Gratitude
Inari Answers a Woman's Prayer
The Meanness of Raiko
CHAPTER VI: JIZŌ, THE GOD OF CHILDREN
The Significance of Jizō
At Jizō's Shrine
Jizō and Lafcadio Hearn
"The Dry Bed of the River of Souls"
The Legend of the Humming of the Sai-no-Kawara
The Cave of the Children's Ghosts
The Fountain of Jizō
How Jizō Remembered
CHAPTER VII: LEGEND IN JAPANESE ART
The Significance of Japanese Art
The Gods of Good Fortune
The Treasure Ship
The Miraculous in Japanese Art
Hokusai
Ghosts and Goblins
A Garden of Skulls
The Dream of Rose[2]
A Kakemono Ghost[3]
Kimi Finds Peace
CHAPTER VIII: THE STAR LOVERS AND THE ROBE OF FEATHERS
The Star Lovers
The Robe of Feathers[1]
The Moon-Lady's Song
CHAPTER IX: LEGENDS OF MOUNT FUJI
The Mountain of the Lotus and the Fan
The Deities of Fuji
Fuji, the Abode of the Elixir of Life
Sentaro's Visit to the Land of Perpetual Youth
The Goddess of Fuji
The Rip van Winkle of Old Japan
The Adventures of Visu
Visu's Return
CHAPTER X: BELLS
The Bell of Enkakuji
The Return of Ono-no-Kimi
The Giant Priest
A Woman and the Bell of Miidera
Benkei and the Bell
Karma
A Bell and the Power of Karma
CHAPTER XI: YUKI-ONNA, THE LADY OF THE SNOW
Yuki'Onna
The Snow-Bride
Kyuzaemon's Ghostly Visitor
CHAPTER XII: FLOWERS AND GARDENS
Japanese and English Gardens
The Love of Flowers, its Growth and Symbolism
Japanese Gardens
Nature in Miniature
The Pine-tree
A Great Nature-lover
The Festival of the Dead
The Japanese Flag and the Chrysanthemum
Lady White and Lady Yellow
"Chrysanthemum-Old-Man"[4]
The Violet Well
The Ghost of the Lotus Lily
The Spirit of the Peony
CHAPTER XIII: TREES
Cherry and Plum
The Camellia
The Cryptomeria
A Pine-tree and the God of Roads
A Tree Spirit
The Miraculous Chestnut
The Silent Pine
Willow Wife[3]
The Tree of the One-eyed Priest
The Burning of Three Dwarf Trees
The Pine-tree Lovers
CHAPTER XIV: MIRRORS
The Significance of Japanese Mirrors
Hidari Jingorō
The Divine Mirror
The Soul of a Mirror
A Mirror and a Bell
The Mirror of Matsuyama
CHAPTER XV: KWANNON AND BENTEN. DAIKOKU, EBISU, AND HOTEI
Kwannon
Kwannon in Chinese Myth
An Incarnation of Kwannon
Kwannon the Mother
The "Thirty-three Places" Sacred to Kwannon
The "Hall of the Second Moon"
Kwannon and the Deer
Benten
Benten and the Dragon
Benten-of-the-Birth-Water
Daikoku
Daikoku's Rat
The Six Daikoku
Ebisu
Hotei
CHAPTER XVI: DOLLS AND BUTTERFLIES
The English and Japanese Doll
Live Dolls
A Doll's Last Resting-place
Butterflies
Butterflies of Good and Evil Omen
"The Flying Hairpin of Kochō"
The White Butterfly
CHAPTER XVII: FESTIVALS
The New Year
The Boys' Festival
The Festival of the Dead
The Laughing Festival of Wasa
The Torii
"The Footstool of the King"
CHAPTER XVIII: THE PEONY LANTERN[1]
"Morning-Dew"
The Dead Return
A Spy
Yusai's Advice
The Mystery is Revealed
Holy Charms
The Betrayal
CHAPTER XIX: KŌBŌ DAISHI, NICHIREN, AND SHŌDŌ SHONIN
The "Namudaishi"
"A Divine Prodigy"
Gohitsu-Oshō
Writing on Sky and Water
How Kōbō Daishi Painted the Ten
Kino Momoye and Onomo Toku
Kōbō Daishi's Return
The Death of Kōbō Daishi
A Miraculous Image
Nichiren
Shōdō Shonin
CHAPTER XX: FANS
The Significance of the Japanese Fan
The Love of Asagao
CHAPTER XXI: THUNDER
Raiden
The Thunder Animal
The Thunder Bird and Thunder Woman
A Strange Belief
The Child of the Thunder God
Shokuro and the Thunder God
CHAPTER XXII: ANIMAL LEGENDS
Magical Animals
The Hare
The White Hare of Inaba
The Crackling Mountain
The Badger
Kadzutoyo and the Badger
The Miraculous Tea-kettle
The Cat
The Vampire Cat
The Dog
Shippeitarō and the Phantom Cats
The Old Man Who Made the Trees to Blossom
The Jelly-fish and the Monkey [1]
The Horse of Bronze
CHAPTER XXIII: BIRD AND INSECT LEGENDS
Birds
The Cock
How Yoritomo was Saved by Two Doves
The Hototogisu
The Tongue-cut Sparrow
A Noble Sacrifice
A Pair of Phoenix
Insects
Dragon-flies
Tama's Return
Sanemori and Shiwan
Fireflies
A Strange Dream
The Vengeance of Kanshiro[2]
CHAPTER XXIV: CONCERNING TEA[1]
Tea-drinking in England and Japan
Tea in China
Luwuh and the "Chaking"
The Japanese Tea Ceremony
The Passing of Rikiu
The Legend of the Tea-plant[3]
Daruma
CHAPTER XXV: LEGENDS OF THE WEIRD[1]
"Hōïchi-the-Earless"
The Corpse-eater
The Ghost Mother
The Futon of Tottori
The Return
A Test of Love
CHAPTER XXVI: THREE MAIDENS
The Maiden of Unai
The Grave of the Maiden of Unai
The Maiden of Katsushika
The Maiden with the Wooden Bowl
CHAPTER XXVII: LEGENDS OF THE SEA
The Tide of the Returning Ghosts
Urashima
Urashima and the Tortoise
In the Sea King's Palace
The Home-coming of Urashima
The Land of the Morning Calm
The Tide Jewels
The Gift of the Dragon King
The Voyage
The Throwing of the Tide Jewels
Prince Ojin
The Slaughter of the Sea Serpent[3]
The Spirit of the Sword
The Love of O Cho San
The Spirit of the Great Awabi
CHAPTER XXVIII: SUPERSTITIONS
Japanese Superstition
Human Sacrifice
Classical Divination
Other Forms of Divination
Unlucky Years and Days
Children
Charms
The Beckoning Leaf
Bimbogami
CHAPTER XXIX: SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
The Kappa
The Kappa's Promise
The Tengu
Tobikawa Imitates a Tengu
The Adventures of Kiuchi Heizayemon
A Modern Belief in the Tengu
The Mountain Woman and the Mountain Man
Sennin
Sennin in Art
Miraculous Lights
A Globe of Fire
The Ghostly Wrestlers
Baku
The Shojō's White Saké[2]
The Dragon
CHAPTER XXX: THE TRANSFORMATION OF ISSUNBOSHI, AND KINTARO, THE GOLDEN BOY
A Prayer to the Empress Jingo
"One-Inch Priest"
Issunboshi becomes a Page
An Encounter with Oni
The Magic Mallet
Kintaro, the Golden Boy
Animal Companions
A Famous Warrior
CHAPTER XXXI: MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS
Kato Sayemon
How an Old Man lost his Wen
A Japanese Gulliver[1]
The Jewel-tears of Samébito
A NOTE ON JAPANESE POETRY
The Tanka and Hokku
The Hyaku-nin-isshiu
Love Poems
Nature Poems
Chōmei
GODS AND GODDESSES
GENEALOGY OF THE AGE OF THE GODS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX TO POETICAL QUOTATIONS
GLOSSARY AND INDEX
THE PRONUNCIATION OF JAPANESE NAMES
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