海坊主 · Sago, Tsushima, Nagasaki · 1983
The umi-bōzu borrows the bailer and sinks the boat
What the record says
The umi-bōzu comes to the boat and asks to borrow the akatori, the bailer, and threatens to sink the boat if refused. Lend it, and it bails seawater into the boat and sinks it. Some say it is the soul of a dead person. To avoid such disasters, fishermen enshrined Funadama-sama on the boat and prayed.
Our summary in English of the record as catalogued; the original card is in Japanese.
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Umi-bōzu
海坊主（うみぼうず）
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