Folk Legends of Japan by Dorson, Richard -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Saint Kobo's Well The Willow Well of Kobo The Kobo Chestnut Trees The Waterless River in Takio The Stream Where Kobo Washed His Garment The Priest's Towel The Kannon Who Substituted The Statue of Buddha at Saiho-ji The Earless Jizo of Sendatsuno The Red Nose of the Image The Priest Who Ate the Corpse The Monk and the Maid The Shrine of the Vengeful Spirit The Shrine Built by Straw Dolls Visit to Zenko-ji Driven by a Cow The Temple of Raikyu Gongen The Origin of Enoo-ji The Origin of Kazo-ji on Mt. Wooden Pillow

PART TWO: MONSTERS

The Kappa of Fukiura The Kappa of Koda Pond The Kappa Who Played Pull-Finger The Kappa Bonesetter A Grateful Kappa Wrestling a Kappa Memories of Kappa Tales of Tengu The Tengu Pine and Takegoro Burned to Death by a Tengu The Tengu of Komine Shrine The Tengu's Sword The Tengu Who Made Rice Cakes The Demon's Cave The Toodi-Marked Stone Great King with Eight Faces Mountain Giant The Mountain Man of Mt. Mitsubushi The Flute Player and the Shojo Spider Pool The Bodyless Horse Tales of Zashiki-bokko

PART THREE: SPIRITS

The Ghost That Cared for a Child The Ghost of the First Wife The Mirror Given by the Ghost The Dish Mansion in Unshu Fish Salad Mingled with Blood White Rice on the Pot The Seven Blind Minstrels The Revengeful Spirit of Masakado The Evil Spirit of Fusataro The Weaving Sound in the Water The Phantom Boat One Hundred Recited Tales

PART FOUR: TRANSFORMATIONS

The Serpent Suitor The Blind Serpent-Wife The Serpent Goddess of Amo-ga-ike The Serpent of Mt. Unzen Two Daughters Who Became Serpents Hachiro's Transformation The Marsh of Tatsuko The Fox Demons The Fox Wrestler The Fox Wife The Badger That Was a Shamisen Player Dankuro Badger Seventy-five Badgers Koike's Baba The God Akiba Revealed as a Beggar The Hunters Turned to Rats The Mystery of the Bull-Trout The Blacksmith's Wife The Girl Who Turned into a Stone The Woman Who Loved a Tree-Spirit Okesa the Dancer

PART FIVE: HEROES AND STRONG MEN

The Child of the Sun The Jewel That Grew Golden Flowers The Tale of Yuriwaka The Story of Kihachi Koga Saburo The Heike Refugees The Last of the Aki Relics of Benkei Benkei's Stone Mortar The Famous Horse Ikezuki The Faithful Dog of Tametomo Banji and Manji Nue the Hunter of Hatoya The Strongest Wrestler in Japan The Mighty Wrestler Usodagawa Nasu Kozahara the Strong Man

PART SIX: CHOJAS

The Charcoal Burner Who Became a Choja Asahi Choja Sanya Choja The Camellia Tree of Tamaya The Gold Ox The Poor Farmer and the Rich Farmer The Girl Who Ate a Baby The Thief Who Took the Moneybox

PART SEVEN: KNAVES

The Origin of Foolish Sajiya Tales The Crow and the Pheasant Kichigo Ascends to the Sky Kitchomu Fools His Neighbors Whew! The Wit of Niemonen Boaster's Wit Boasting of One's Own Region The Old Man Who Broke Wind

PART EIGHT: PLACES

Human Sacrifice to the River God The Princess Who Became a Human Sacrifice A Mystery at Motomachi Bridge A Human Sacrifice at Kono Strand The Bridge Where Brides Are Taken Away Gojo Bridge in Kyoto The Mountain of Abandoned Old People Feather-Robe Stone Mountain Contest in Height Between Two Mountains The Mounds of the Master Singers The Village Boundary Mound Oka Castle The Laughter of a Maidenhair Tree The Discovery of Yudaira Hot Spring The Spring of Saké Blood-red Pool Otowa Pond

Sources of the Legends Bibliography and Abbreviations for Notes Index Back Cover