Datsue-ba
demonic underworld Japanese single tradition · 1
An old woman in the Underworld who removes the clothes (or skin, if unclothed) of the dead and gives them to Keneō to be weighed, so that judgment may be passed. She serves a specific function in the judgment process of the deceased.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Dodomeki, Dōnotsura, Dōsojin, Daidarabotchi, Daikokuten, Daitengu, Sōjōbō, Danzaburou-danuki
- allied with
- Keneō
- serves
- Keneō
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“An old woman in the Underworld who removes the clothes (or skin, if unclothed) of the dead and gives them to Keneō to be weighed, so that judgment may be passed.”
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