yamawaro
The yamawaro is a spirit spoken of in Western Japan. They are sometimes seen to be the same as the yamabiko.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Historical notes
- Part of a family grouping of mountain spirits in Japanese folklore.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- yamahime, dejji, kawajorō, hocchopā, uba, sansō, kawan-tarō, yaman-tarō, Garappa, Gaoro, kashanbo, Ta-no-Kami, Penghou, Yobuko, yamako, Tengu, yama no kami
- manifests as
- yamabiko
- manifested by
- kappa
- child of
- Yamajijii
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“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.”
#8795 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“the yamauba is accompanied by a yamajijii (mountain old man) and a yamawaro (mountain child)”
#8820 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the yōkai emaki of the Edo period (such as the Hyakkai Zukan) and the Jikkai Sugoroku (十界双六) among others, yamawaro are written about under the name of yamawarawa (山童; also yamawarau) and they are often depicted with tree branch arms and one eye.”
#8848 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001