THE MANY LEGENDS OF AMANOHASHIDATE
THE MYTH OF THE FLOATING BRIDGE IN THE HEAVENS
KUSODO ENGI LEGEND
KOKAWA NO HAGOROMOLEGEND
CHIE NO WA LANTERN ( THE CIRCLE OF WISDOM)
NARIAIJI TEMPLE - THE MIGAWARI KANNON IS FROM AND OLD JAPANESE STORY IN WHICH A WOMAN PRAYS TO THE KANNON BOSATSU ( BODHISATTVA) EVERYDAY FOR HER HUSBAND. HE OBE DAY COMES HOME EARLY AND FINDS HER PRAYING TO THE KANNON STATUE WHICH SHE QUICKLY HIDES. THE COUPLE GETS INTO A FIGHT AND THE HUSBAND KILLS HIS WIFE BY HITTING HER ON THE HEAD WITH FIREWOOD. HE QUICKLY HIS WIFE OUTSIDE. HOWEVER WHEN HE COMES BACK TO HIS WIFE AFTER BURYING HER, HIS WIFE IS ALIVE AND IN THE HOUSE. SHE EXPLAINS THAT THE KANNON BOSATSU ( BODHISATTVA) WHO SHE HAD BEEN PRAYING TO TOOK THE BLOAT TO THE HEAD IN HER PLACE. SHE SHOWS HER HUSBAND HER KANNON BOSATSU ( BODHISATTVA) STATUE WHICH THEN HAD A DEEP SCAR ON IT’S HEAD. THIS KANNON BOSATSU THUS GOT THE NAME ‘MIGAWARI KANNON’ OR SELF SACRIFICING KANNON.
INE-THE STARTING POINT OF THE URASHIMATARO LEGEND
MANY LEGENDS EXIST CONCERNING THE STORY OF URASHIMATARO BUT URASHIMA SHRINE ( URA SHRINE) IS THOUGHT TO HAVE GIVEN ROOT TO THESE VARIOUS LEGENDS. AT THE SHRINE YOU CAN SEE THE LEGENDARY TAMATEBAKO AND A SCROLL DEPICTING THE STORY OF URASHIMATARO WHICH IS BELIEVED TO BE THE ORIGINAL.
URASHIMATARO IS AN OLD JAPAN’S STORY ABOUT A MAN WHO IS TAKEN TO AND PERMITTED TO STAY IN AN UNDERWATER WORLD IN EXCHANGE FOR HELPING A SEA TURTLE. WHEN URASHIMATARO RETURNS TO HIS HOME, HUNDRED OF YEARS HAVE PASSED IN HIS WORLD EVEN THOUGH HE WAS ONLY IN THE UNDERWATER WORLD FOR A SHORT TIME. HIS HOME, FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE ALL GONE. HE FINDS A BOX CALLED TAMATEBAKO THAT TRANSFORM HIM INTO AN OLD MAN AFTER HE OPENS IT.
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