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In Japan, looked on as a friendly animal, 268 Doll-s

Date of account: Traditional material presented in a work published 1913
Source: Myths & Legends of Japan
Reference: Myths & Legends of Japan · selected passage 189
Rights: public_domain
Language: English retelling of Japanese traditions
Translation: F. Hadland Davis
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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In Japan, looked on as a friendly animal, 268 Doll-s. Comparison of English and Japanese, 214-216; last resting-place, 216; dedicated to Kōjin when dead, 177, 216; the Feast of, otherwise the Girls' Festival, 216 Dragon. Intimately associated with Japanese mythology, 362; of Japan, and of China, 362; one of the signs of the Zodiac, 363; in old Chinese conception of earth, four seas ruled over by four Dragon Kings, the Celestial, the Spiritual, the Earth, and the Dragon of the Hidden Treasure, 363; a bird called _O-Goucho_, transformation into a white, 363 Dragon-flies. Mention of, in Japanese poetry, 282; Chiyo and her pathetic reference to, 282 Dragon King (of the Sea). Steals Crystal of Buddha, 90; Urashima at the palace of, 325-328; Otohime the daughter of 325; sends Tide Jewels to Empress Jingo by Isora, 331; presents Tide Jewels to Ojin, 333; Mamikiko meets a _Shojō_ who lives near palace of, 361 Dragon Kingdom. Samébito and, 376-379 Dragon Palace. The Evergreen Land appears in the ballad "The Fisher Boy Urashima" as, 324; Professor Chamberlain's explanation _re_ the equivalent in Japanese, 324; Samébito and the, 378 Dreams, Eater of.

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