Japanese Folk Tale

38 The Yanagita Guide to The Japanese Folk Tale
filial little daughter" (K6k6 na unbako); Tekkiri 68, 71, "The snake
son-in-law" (Hebi mukoiri}.
Iwate, Kamihei-gun: Tono 137 No. 26. No title; Kikimimi 177,179,
"The snake son-in-law" Nos. 3 and 4 (Hebi no muko). Two tales
with the same title; Kikimimi 168, "The bride of the snake" (Hebi
no yomego); Roo 20, 38, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi muko) and
"The gratitude of the crab" (Kani no hoon). The snake came as the
bridegroom after the frog was rescued. The frog came as an old
woman and asked him to get the eggs of a wild goose.
Shimohei-gun, Iwaizumi: Kikimimi 175, "The snake son-in-law" No.1
(Hebi muko).
Shiwa-gun: Shiwashu 83, "The snake who came visiting a maid"
(Musume sa kay6ta hebi}.
Nishiiwai-gun: TO XlIII 36, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi mukoiri).
Akita, Senhoku-gun Kakunodate: Kikimimi 173, "The snake's bride" No.
2 (Hebi no yomego).
Miyagi, Sendai: Ky6do ken I 8 26. No title.
Natori-gun, Tamura: Ky6do den 3 171 "RyGwaka."
Fukushima: Iwaki 15, 105, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi no muko).
Niigata, Minamiuonuma-gun: MK I 10 37, "The gratitude of the frog"
(Kaeru no ongaeshi).
Minamikanbara-gun: Kamuhara 209, "The egg in the fragrant tree"
(Keno ki no tamago).
Sado: Oai-ni 48, "The big sack of the frog" (Kaeru no danbukuro).
Fukui, Sakai-gun: MK I 1 31, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi mukoiri}.
Ishikawa: Fugeshi 925. No title.
Nagano: Chiisagata 166, "The old woman's skin" (Ubagara).
Kitaazumi-gun: Otari 145, "An old tale" (Mukashi mukashi}.
Kitasaku-gun: MK I 12 35, "The choja's daughter and the Lake
Spirit" (Cho ja no musume to ike no nushi}.
Kamiina-gun: Oai-ichi 54, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi mukoiri);
Mukashibanashi 7, 136, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi muko domo)
and "The iris and mugwort" (Shobu to yomogi).
Tochigi, Haga-gun: Oai-ni 17, "A thousand gourds and a thousand
needles" (Hyotan sen to hari sen bon no hanashi}. Example. Shimotsuke
31, 63, "The thousand gourds and thousand needles" (Hyotan
sen to hari sen bon) and "The gratitude of the crab" (Kani no
ongaeshi}. In the first there is the old woman's skin and no choosing
a bride. The other is about a crab repaying a kindness.
Yamanashi, Nishiyatsushiro-gun: Kai 103, 107, "The snake man" (Hebi
otoko) and "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi muko); Zoku kai 92, 95,
96, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi muko) and "The snake man" Nos. 2
and 3 (Hebi otoko).
Gifu, Yoshiki-gun: Hida den 116, "Ubagaike"; Hidabito V 2 37 "The
snake son-in-law" Nos. 3 and 4 (Hebi mukoiri}.
Shizuoka, Shida-gun, Yaitsu: Shizuoka 429, "The snake's wedding" (Hebi
no konin no hanashi).
Tagata-gun: Shizuoka 421, "The snake's wedding" (Hebi no konin
banashi); MK I 12 19, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi mukoiri) The
same tale.
Ibara-gun, RyOgawachi-mura: Shizuoka 424, "The snake's wedding"
(Hebi konin banashi}.