
Folklore being
Otora-gitsune (Aichi, Shinshiro)
Otora-gitsune is a regional fox yokai of Shinshiro, Aichi, recorded by Hayakawa Kotaro in Kyodo Kenkyu (1916). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.
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A fox yokai of Shinshiro, Aichi, recorded in Kyodo Kenkyu (1916).
Description
Otora-gitsune is a fox yokai registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Shinshiro City, Aichi Prefecture. The source card cites Hayakawa Kotaro, "Otora-gitsune no Hanashi," in Kyodo Kenkyu (1916). IZANORA preserves the source-card metadata and region as the anchor and adds relations from the cited source and region.
Sources
日文研 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: おとら狐
Primary source早川孝太郎
早川孝太郎、「おとら狐の話」、『郷土研究』、1916年、国際日本文化研究センター「怪異・妖怪伝承データベース」ID 0640275
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=0640275おとら狐 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
おとら狐の長篠城稲荷社由来・取り憑かれた者の症状(左眼の眼脂・左足の病み)・除霊(陰陽師/秋葉山山住様)の伝承について整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%A8%E3%82%89%E7%8B%90
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