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  2. Japanese folktales - Wikipedia

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    A representative sampling of Japanese folklore would definitely include the quintessential Momotarō (Peach Boy), and perhaps other folktales listed among the so-called "five great fairy tales" (五大昔話, Go-dai Mukashi banashi): [3] the battle between The Crab and the Monkey, Shita-kiri Suzume (Tongue-cut sparrow), Hanasaka Jiisan (Flower-blooming old man), and Kachi-kachi Yama.

  3. Category:Japanese fairy tales - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Fire Boy (Japanese folktale) The Fountain of Youth (fairy tale) G.

  4. Kachi-kachi Yama - Wikipedia

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    Kachi-kachi Yama (かちかち山, kachi-kachi being an onomatopoeia of the sound a fire makes and yama meaning "mountain", roughly translates to "Fire-Crackle Mountain"), also known as Kachi-Kachi Mountain and The Farmer and the Badger, is a Japanese folktale in which a tanuki is the villain, rather than the more usual boisterous, well-endowed ...

  5. Category:Japanese folklore - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Japanese legends (4 C, 16 P) Japanese mythology (11 C, 98 P)

  6. Japanese folklore - Wikipedia

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    The Shinto version of the kitchen god is the Kamado kami (かまど神), and the syncretic Buddhist version is the Kōjin, a deity of the hearth enshrined in the kitchen. Japanese popular cults or kō [5] are sometimes devoted to particular deities and buddhas, e.g. the angry Fudō Myōō or the healer Yakushi Nyorai.

  7. Setsuwa - Wikipedia

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    Setsuwa (Japanese: 説話, romanized: setsu wa) is a Japanese literary genre. It consists of myths, legends, folktales, and anecdotes. Among the setsuwa, those that are full-length are generally referred to as monogatari. In Japan, the term setsuwa is also applied to similar works around the world. [1] Setsuwa means "spoken story".

  8. The Crab and the Monkey - Wikipedia

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    Saru Kani Gassen Emaki, a rare emakimono of this folktale in the Edo period. The Crab and the Monkey, also known as Monkey-Crab Battle (猿かに合戦, saru kani gassen) or The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab, is a Japanese folktale. In the story, a sly monkey kills a crab, and is later killed in revenge by the crab's offspring.

  9. Shita-kiri Suzume - Wikipedia

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    Shita-kiri Suzume (舌切り雀, shita-kiri suzume), translated literally into "Tongue-Cut Sparrow", is a traditional Japanese fable telling of a kind old man, his avaricious wife and an injured sparrow. The story explores the effects of greed, friendship and jealousy on the characters.