Yokai of Mie

Records in Mie

Tengu

天狗（てんぐ）

A mountain being associated with flight, impossible voices, disappearances, and more than one familiar face.

Mountain · Forest · Temple or shrine · Sky
Mixed

Danger 4/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 4 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

1973 Suzuka mountains (Mie–Shiga border) Folklore record
Flute and song on moonlit nights; 'Ōi!' to a hunter in a charcoal hut

Isonade

磯撫で（いそなで）

In the 1841 Ehon Hyaku Monogatari a shark-like creature of the western sea attacks with its tail — and in Kumano in 1960 the name was still the thing people said when someone died at the shore.

Sea · Coast · Ship
Harmful

Danger 5/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 5 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

1960 Kumano Folklore record
Long-tailed shark that strikes at the shore; the saying for a death by the sea

In the Muromachi tale Tamura no Sōshi, the demon god Ōtakemaru of Mt. Suzuka cannot be found or beaten by force. The hero Tamura-maru wins only because Suzuka Gozen deceives the demon and takes his swords.

Mountain
Harmful

Danger 5/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 5 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

undated Mt. Suzuka (Ise–Ōmi border) Legend or tale
Demon god of the pass, undone when Suzuka Gozen took his swords

Records Library: Mie

1960 The long-tailed shark that strikes at the shore Kumano, Mie · Isonade
1973 The tengu's flute, the voice in the night, and the morning with no trace Suzuka mountains, Mie–Shiga border · Tengu