Myths & Legends of Japan
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- MYTHS & LEGENDS OF JAPAN
- 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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