tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120633719163293516.post7281804179732209783..comments2023-09-24T13:19:59.285+09:00Comments on Kappa - The Kappapedia: suijin water deity Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120633719163293516.post-41393569605003207712021-11-17T13:35:57.603+09:002021-11-17T13:35:57.603+09:00Legend from Nagasaki 南島原市 Minamishimabara city 北有馬...<b> Legend from Nagasaki 南島原市 Minamishimabara city 北有馬村 Kita-Arima village </b><br />.<br /><br />. suijin 水神 the Water Deity .<br />The villagers had take water from the riverside at Kita-Arima village and begun to live there.<br />One summer at the beginning of doyoo 土用 the Dog Days the water stopped to flow.<br />They went to pray at 庚申神社 the Shrine Koshin Jinja.<br />After 33 days, the Koshin Deity appeared in a dream of the priest:<br />"The reason why dhere is no water is because 水神 Suijin the Water Deity had cursed the place."<br />The villagers threw a pregnant woman into the river as offering for Suijin.<br />The priest, the lover of the woman, threw himself also into the water and died.<br />Since then, 33 days after the beginning of the Dog Days, there is a bell ringing at the riverside. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/08/sanjusangendo-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com