mountain gods

Mountain gods — gods of the mountains.

Tono8 tales

• Tale 2The legend of the three yama-onna goddesses of HayachineThe three mountains of Hayachine, Rokkoshi, and Ishigami are said to have come about when a mother goddess visited with her three daughters and…
• Tale 89An encounter with mountain gods at Mount AtagoAt the summit of Mount Atago there was a shrine long said to be visited by a mountain gods, gods of the mountains. A young man from Wano, on his way…
• Tale 91The death of Torigozen who disturbed the mountain godsTorigozen, who knew the mountains well, went out to gather mushrooms and came upon a red-faced man and woman talking in the shadow of a large rock.…
• Tale 98Stone monuments to the roadside godsThere was a custom of erecting stone monuments carved with the names of mountains such as Mount Hayachine and Mount Rokkoshi, as well as stone…
• Tale 102The red-faced giant of the Little New YearOn the night of the Little New Year, it was said that the mountain gods came out to play, and children were warned against going outside. A girl…
• Tale 107The art of divination from the mountain godsA daughter of a house in Kamigo village received leaves from an unknown tall man on the riverbed of the Hayase River, and from that day she gained…
• Tale 108The fortune teller possessed by the mountain godsThere were people in various places who told fortunes when the mountain gods, gods of the mountains, entered into them, and the woodcutter of…
• Tale 110The miraculous power of Gongesama and fire-quellingGongesama, a sacred dance-head kept in a house, was a wood-carved image kept by each kagura troupe, resembling a lion's head. There was a tale that…

Shiwa District3 tales

• No. 10The broom of the young treeA father gave his three sons a hundred ryo in gold and a storehouse, and declared that within three years, whichever son put the most valuable thing…
• No. 11Nose-knowingThe husband noticed that whenever he was away, his wife invited the man from the house next door and fed him well. He pretended to go out, then hid…
• No. 15Uemontaro and ZaemontaroNeighbors Uemontaro and Zaemontaro stayed one night in a mountain hut, when the mountain gods, gods of the mountains, came late and spoke of the sex…