tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659716.post8042816568896523511..comments2024-01-22T19:29:26.597-08:00Comments on Daruma San in Japan, Japanese Art and Culture (01): Shamoji LadleGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659716.post-4952345400815705112019-05-14T14:18:16.068-07:002019-05-14T14:18:16.068-07:00Dragon legend from Yamagata
When the dragon, whic...<b> Dragon legend from Yamagata </b><br />When the dragon, which lives on the banks of 最上川 river Mogamigawa, goes up to heaven, it will rain the next day.<br />When the local priest was giving a sermon, a woman showed up saying she came from the 龍宮 Dragon Palace. Thanks to the sermon she had attained enlightenment and had come to say thank you.<br />She brought some gifts: 1000 pieces of lumber, one shakuji 杓子 ladle and a robe with no trace of stitches.<br />If people scoop water from the river with this ladle, it will turn salty. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/shio-salt-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8659716.post-12138931241768193832017-08-20T18:46:15.263-07:002017-08-20T18:46:15.263-07:00Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami, God of the Fields is ofte...<b>Ta no Kami 田の神 Tanokami, God of the Fields is often depicted holding phallic fertility symbols or a<br />. shamoji しゃもじ / 杓文字 / shakuji 杓 ladle . <br /></b><br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2017/08/ta-no-kami-legends.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2017/08/ta-no-kami-legends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com