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Kitsune-no-Toribi (Gunma, Fujioka)

Publicly verified

Kitsune-no-Toribi is a fox-passing-flame narrative of Fujioka, Gunma, cited in Gunma-ken Shi, Shiryo-hen 27, Minzoku 3 (1982). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.

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A fox passing-flame narrative of Fujioka, Gunma, recorded in Gunma-ken Shi (1982).

Description

Kitsune-no-Toribi (the fox's passing flame) is a yokai narrative registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Fujioka City, Gunma Prefecture. The source card cites Ida Yasuo, "Part 2, Section 4-2, Animal-related World Stories of Gunma," in Gunma-ken Shi, Shiryo-hen 27, Minzoku 3 (1982). 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: きつねの通り火

    Primary source

    井田安雄

    井田安雄、「第二編 四 二 群馬の世間話:(一)動物に関する話」、『群馬県史 資料編27 民俗3』、1982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 C1040267-000

    https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=C1040267-000
  • 狐火 - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    狐火(通り火型)の関東山地分布・春から秋の出現傾向・山道を移動する怪火現象について整理。

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%90%E7%81%AB

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