Legends about animals

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Legends about animals 動物と伝説

There are many legends of animals in all prefectures.
There are also the 12 zociac animals with their special significance in Japan.
. 12 zociac animals 干支　 eto, kanshi .




まんが日本昔ばなし動物たちのお話
Once upon a time in Japan - animal land


This is a growing list as they come up during my work on the Darumapedia and the WKD.


. nakoodo 仲人　matchmaker for a marriage .
with foxes, serpents, tanuki, Kappa . . .

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. ari 蟻と伝説 Legends about ants - Ameisen .
. haari, ha-ari, higi 羽蟻 flying ants and earthquake .


. awabi densetsu あわび　アワビ　鰒　鮑伝説　abalone legends .
many legends to explore


. baku 獏 / バク legendary dream-eating tapir .
9 legends to explore


. buna 鮒 crucian carp - kigo and legends . *
katame buna 片目鮒 / katame no buna 片目の鮒 buna fish with one eye


. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
for hebi 蛇 snake, below

. gama 蝦蟇と伝説 Legends about toads .
- hiki 蟾 / hikigaeru 蟇蛙 toad, Bufo vulgaris
23 to explore


. hamaguri 蛤 (はまぐり) clamshell, hard clam .
14 to explore

. hamo 鱧 pike conger eel / 鱣 sen .
to explore

. hato 鳩 dove, pidgeon - Taube .
- yamabato 山鳩 "mountain dove"

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
2374 蛇 (00) to explore

. hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 Hihi Baboon Monster Legends .
16 to explore

. hototogisu 杜魂 /蜀魂 little cuckoo .
時鳥 04 / ホトトギス 15 / ほととぎす 07 / 杜鵑 06 to explore



. inoko 亥の子 / イノコ the "young wild boar" - Legends .

. inoshishi 猪　・ イノシシ　wild boar - Legends .
108 legends to explore

. inu 犬 dog .
more than 1000 to collect

. itachi　鼬、イタチ weasel .
64 to explore


. kaeru 蛙 / かえる Kawazu, frog .
124 to collect
. wakudo iwa わくど岩 the Frog Rock .
Wakudo わくど is the local Fukuoka dialect for frog or toad.

kai / ..gai 貝 all kinds of shells
180 to collect
. takasegai 高瀬貝 trocas shells, Trochus .


. kaiko 蚕 silk worms - kuwa 桑 mulberry tree .
- kuwa - 184 legends to explore -
kaiko 蚕 102 legends to explore


. kame 亀 turtle, tortoise, Schildkroete .
238 entries to explore
- - - - - . minogame 蓑亀 minokame, "turtle with a raincoat"- legends .


. kamo 鴨と伝説 legends about ducks .
50 to explore


. kani　蟹 crab .
. kani no hi 蟹の火 the light of a crab . - Kumamoto
124 to explore / 鬼蟹,鬼面蟹,平家蟹 / 大蟹 /


. karasu　鴉 / 烏と伝説　legends about crow, raven . *
200 to explore

katsuo 鰹 bonito
20 to explore

. kawauso, uso 川獺 / カワウソ / 獺 river otter .
135 カワウソ to explore / 08 川獺 / 26 獺

. kiji 雉と伝説 legends about pheasant - Fasan .
36 to explore

kingyo 金魚 goldfish
3 to explore

. kitsune 狐 the fox in Japanese culture and tales .
- - - - - and Inari　稲荷　the Fox Deity


. koi 鯉 と伝説 Legends about carps - Karpfen .
85 to explore

. konoshiro コノシロ / このしろ Konosirus punctatus - fish legends .

. kori 狐狸と伝説 Legends about fox and Tanuki badger .
100 to explore

. kujira 鯨 whale, Walfisch .
71 legends to explore

. kumo 蜘蛛と伝説 Legends about spiders / Spinnen .
more than 100 to explore / tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛 earth spider, ground spider - Yokai



. mimizu ミミズ　蚯蚓　(みみず) 　earthworm .

. mitsubachi, hachi 蜜蜂 bee, bees, honeybee .
66 to explore

. mogura モグラ; モグラモチ / 土竜 / 土龍 mole, Maulwurf .
many to explore / sennen mogura 千年土竜 a white mole of 1000 years

. mukade 蜈蚣 - むかで centipede, millipede legends .
hyakusoku 百足虫 "one hundred legs"
- to translate



. namazu 鯰 catfish, Wels .

. namekuji 蛞蝓 (なめくじ / ナメクジ) slug legends .
- namekujira なめくじら slugwhale

. ne 子 / nezumi 鼠　 Rat, Mouse . *
275 legends to explore

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
- bakeneko, bake-neko 化け猫 / 化猫 monster cat
- yamaneko 山猫 - carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro

. nishin 鰊, 鯡、青魚, 黄魚 herring legends .

. niwatori. kei 鶏と伝説 Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .
100 to explore / oogon no tori 黄金の鶏 golden rooster

. nue 鵺 monster .
with the head of a monkey, breast of a badger, scales like a dragon, tail of a serpent and feet like a tiger
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. okoze 虎魚 (おこぜ, オコゼ ) stonefish .
- oniokoze, oni-okoze オニオコゼ（鬼鰧、鬼虎魚). オコジ Okoji - - 22 to explore


. ookami 狼 Okami, wolf legends . *
- - - - - hakuroo, shiroi ookami 白狼 white wolf
- - - - - yama-inu, yamainu　山犬、豺 "mountain dog"

. oshidori, オシドリ 鴛鴦と伝説 Legends about mandarin ducks .


. raichoo 雷鳥 grouse, snow grouse "thunder bird" .
3 to explore

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends . *
to explore


. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .
50 to explore

. sakana 魚 fish - food and kigo .
- katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
25 to explore
katame buna 片目鮒 / katame no buna 片目の鮒 buna fish with one eye (see above)
. katame uo 片目魚 fish with one eye . - Kobe, Hyogo
- - - - - katame no 片目の things with one eye . . .
87 to explore - 片目の鮭 - 片目の鰻 - 片目の鰍


. sake 鮭　legends about the salmon . *
- and the pair of 鮭の大助 Sake no Osuke / Kosuke
47 legends to explore

. sanshoouo, sanshoo uo 山椒魚 salamander .
6 to explore

. saru 猿 / 申 monkey .
猿王丸 Saruomaru and the Heike
. monkey carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .


. sazae 栄螺 . サザエ turban shell . *

. semi 蝉 cicada, Zikade .
15 to explore

. shika 鹿 deer .
more than 200 legends to explore
- - - - - . hakuroku, hakushika, shirojika 白鹿 white deer .

. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore



. taka　鷹 hawk .
81 legends to explore
- - - - - . takagari 鷹狩り falconry, hunting with hawks .


. tako 蛸と伝説 Tako Legends about Octopus .
38 to explore


. tanuki 狸 mujina 狢　－ badger legends . *
more than 1000 to explore


toraneko 虎猫 tiger-cat
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
- 09 toraneko legends to explore -


. Tsuchinoko (ツチノコ or 槌の子) hammerspawn. *
bachi hebi (バチヘビ) in Northeastern Japan.
40 legends to explore

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. tsuru 鶴 the crane in Japanese culture .
more than 200 legends to explore

tsuru no ongaeshi　鶴の恩返し　The Gratitude of the Crane 　
a story about the rewards of kindness and the danger of curiosity.

. Tsuru carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .

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. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .

. umigame 海亀 sea turtle legends .

. unagi　鰻 / うなぎ / ウナギ と伝説 Legends about the eel - Aal .
鰻 99 to explore / ウナギ 60 to explore / うなぎ　8 to explore

. usagi　兎 / 兔 / うさぎ / ウサギ と伝説 Legends about the rabbit / hare .
白兎 white rabbit from Inaba, 月山玉兎 Tamausagi from Gassan ...
28 ウサギ to explore


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. ushi　牛　cow, bull, oxen, calf in Japanese culture .

. 関寺（世喜寺、せきでら）Sekidera in Shiga .
The white oxen was an incarnation of Kashō Butsu 迦葉仏 Kashobutsu, Kasyapa.




. Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenko-Ji in Nagano .

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. Legends about the Red Cow 赤牛と伝説 akaushi, aka-ushi .

. Legends about the Black Bull　黒牛と伝説 kuro-ushi, kuroushi .

. Hakutaku, Kutabe 白澤 Cow monster and amulet . *

. tsuno-tsuki, tsunotsuki 牛の角突き bull fighting in Niigata .

. ushiishi 牛石と伝説 Legends about the "bull rock" .

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. yamame やまめ (山女) landlocked salmon - Oncorhynchus masou .
14 to explore ヤマメ


. washi 鷲　eagle .
68 legends to explore


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. Salmon Osuke Legends .

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岡山の動物昔話 Animal Legends from Okayama
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. Legends from Okayama .

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