dejji
nature_spirit intermediate Japanese folklore single tradition · 1
A spirit from Hachijō-jima also called decchi who spirits people away by sending them to supposedly nonexistent places for an entire night. If one becomes friendly with her, she gives them forage and other things, and she has nursed lost children. She is said to have sores on her body and her breasts are attached to her shoulders with tasuki.
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- Spirit from Hachijō-jima with both helpful and mischievous characteristics.
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“a dejji or decchi would spirit people away by sending them to supposedly nonexistent places for an entire night, but if one were to become friendly with her, she would give them forage...She is also said to have nursed a child who went missing for three days”
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