Tale 108 — The fortune teller possessed by the mountain gods
There were people in various places who told fortunes when the mountain gods, gods of the mountains, entered into them, and the woodcutter of Tsukumoushi village and Magotaro of Kashiwazaki had once gone mad, and afterward in the mountains were granted their art by the mountain gods, and since then were said to have accurately read what was in people's hearts.
- Land
- Tono
- Beings
- mountain gods
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