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Shiga Abura Akago Legend

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Shiga Abura Akago Legend is a legend entry anchored in Shiga Prefecture. IZANORA uses it to connect a recorded story with its source, place, and related entity links.

Description

Shiga Abura Akago Legend is a legend record associated with Shiga Prefecture. The Japanese public copy frames it through the International Research Center for Japanese Studies Database of Folklore and Yokai Traditions and treats the place as an entry point into the story. This English version keeps that source-and-place structure, so readers can move from the legend to related beings, kami, or sacred places without implying a single definitive interpretation. It does not add plot details beyond the supplied row.

Folklore beings in this legend

Sources

  • 国際日本文化研究センター 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース

    Primary source

    国際日本文化研究センター

    滋賀県の油赤子伝承に関わる怪異・伝承資料の参照入口。

    https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiDB3/

  • 日本妖怪大事典

    Secondary source

    村上健司 編著

    村上健司編著『日本妖怪大事典』（角川書店、2005年）など、地域の怪異伝承を整理する二次資料。

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