Yama-inu

nature_spirit mountain Japanese folklore single tradition · 2

A dog-like mountain spirit.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
1926 CE
Attested period
1926 – 1989
Historical notes
Documented in Koyama Masao's Chiisagata-gun mindanshū during the Shōwa period.

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Sources

Source passages

“Yama-inu (Japanese) – Dog-like mountain spirit”

#5528 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“The book also says that in Koumi, yama-inu (see above) are classified either as okuri-inu or mukae-inu (迎え犬; literally, 'welcoming dog'), with okuri-inu being said to protect people like the case from Shioda, and mukae-inu attacking people.”

#7920 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001