Comments on: A-Yokai-A-Day: The Novice Monk at Eiheiji in Echizen https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/13/a-yokai-a-day-the-novice-monk-at-eiheiji-in-echizen/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: [:en]A-Yokai-A-Day: The Farmer in Kumano Whose Wife was Taken by a Henge[:] | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/13/a-yokai-a-day-the-novice-monk-at-eiheiji-in-echizen/comment-page-1/#comment-43119 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:22:38 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29662#comment-43119 […] by a legendary swordsmith. We’ve seen this already a couple of times this month (here and here), which let’s us understand just how important these swords were in folklore. In Japan, a […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: How Unshō, a Monk from Shima Province, Escaped from a Poisonous Serpent | Matthew Meyer https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/13/a-yokai-a-day-the-novice-monk-at-eiheiji-in-echizen/comment-page-1/#comment-37740 Sat, 29 Oct 2022 08:00:04 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29662#comment-37740 […] yōkai is another serpent like the one we saw a couple of weeks ago. Contrary to my normal pattern of leaving yōkai names untranslated, I use English words like snake […]

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