yamabiko
There is also the theory that satori are based on the yamabiko found in the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki and the Hyakkai Zukan and other collections. According to the folklorist Kunio Yanagita, from his work "Yokai Dangi", the folklore that satori would read people's minds, and the legend that yamabiko would imitate people's voices have the same origin.
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When
- First attested
- 1600 CE
- Attested period
- 1600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Officially classified during the Edo period in Japan.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mountain Gods, Satori, Kodama
- served by
- Yobuko
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“There is also the theory that satori are based on the yamabiko found in the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki and the Hyakkai Zukan and other collections, but according to the folklorist Kunio Yanagita, from his work "Yokai Dangi", the folklore that satori would read people's minds, and the legend that yamabiko would imitate people's voices have the same origin.”
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“when a sudden dreadful voice is heard deep in the mountains, this strange phenomenon is called "yamahiko". They are sometimes seen to be the same as the yamawaro, spoken of in Western Japan, as well as the yamako in the Wakan Sansai Zue, and as it is thought that tree spirits would cause yamabiko to occur, they are also seen to be the same as the yōkai penghou that lives in trees.”
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