Japanese Folk Tale

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Suchi-gun: Shizuoka 4-31, "The snake's wedding" (Hebi no konin
banashi).
Kamo-gun: Shizuoka 4-19, "The snake's wedding" (Hebi konin
banashi).
Hamamatsu: Shizuoka 4-33, "The origin of the divided skirt" (Hakarna
no yurai).
Hyogo, Hikami-gun: TO X 6 4-0, "The eagle's egg" (Washi no tamago).
The snake bride went to get the eggs. This example is also found
on Izu.
Kinosaki-gun, Sansho-mura: MK II 8 33, "The snake and the frog"
(Hebi to kaeru).
Wakayama, Ito-gun: Kosho 10 19, "The snake son-in-law" {Hebi no
mukoiri}.
Okayama, Mitsu-gun: MK I 9 35, "The girl wearing a frog's hood"
(Kaeru no zukin musume).
Hiroshima, Yamagata-gun: Aki 27, 29, "The snake son-in-law" Nos. 1
and 2 (Hebi muko banashi).
Shimane, Oki: Okinoshima 27, "The snake girl" (Daija no musume);
Ky6do bun I 3 27. "How the crabs in the mountain destroyed the
great snake" (Yamakani no daija taiji). This is a legend.
Yamaguchi, Suo Oshima: Suo Oshima 4-6, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi
mukoiri banashi); K6sh6 11 19 "A snake story" (Hebiko dan).
Bungo (Oita): Minzokugaku V 10 86 "Asahi Ch6ja" (Asahi Ch6ja no
hanashi).
Kitaamabe-gun: MK I 4- 37, "Gakkai Choja."
Nagasaki, Shimabara: TO II 11 25, "The snake's bride" (Hebi no yomeiri);
TO III 5 14-, "The snake's bride" (Hebi no oyome); Shimabara
36, "The snake bride No. 2 (Hebi yomeiri). This can be considered
in the old form. The episode about the old woman's skin turns into
a legend about a great snake. Shimabara 28, 30, 31, "The snake
son-in-law" Nos. 1 and 2 (Hebi mukoiri) and "The snake and the
eagle" (Hebi to washi). The advice of a yamabushi.
Ikinoshima: (New) Iki 15, 16, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi mUko).
This is the old form of the spool of thread. Both tales with the
same title.
Kagoshima: Koshiki 75, 77, "The snake son-in-law" {Hebi mukoiri}. The
first is about eavesdropping and the second is like "The ash girl";
Kikai 25, 27, "The snake son-in-law" (Hebi mukoiri). Both with the
same title. One is in the form of eavesdropping and the other,
"The ash girl."
Okierabu: MK II 7 26, "The three sisters" {Sannin shimai}. There is
an episode about the jealousy of the two sisters who would not
agree to marry and lost out.
Okinawa: Yambaru 149. No title. Close to a legend; Nant6 6, "Akamata"
(Akamata no densetsu).
Further reference:
Chosen mintan shu 4-0. Destroying a great snake. The rescue of the
girl was done entirely by the bullfrog that had been saved. No story of
a bridegroom.
Nihon dowa shu 585. An otogizoshi, "Amewakahiko monogatari."
Nihon do wa hyogoku shu, ge 254-.