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Table showing the Age of the Gods, 393-396 Genno

Date of account: Traditional material presented in a work published 1913
Source: Myths & Legends of Japan
Reference: Myths & Legends of Japan · selected passage 191
Rights: public_domain
Language: English retelling of Japanese traditions
Translation: F. Hadland Davis
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Table showing the Age of the Gods, 393-396 Genno. A Buddhist priest; warning of the Spirit of the Death-stone to, 95; story of the Jewel Maiden related to, 95-98 Gensuke. Victim at building of bridge over river at Matsue, 344 Gesshōji Temple, The. The gigantic tortoise of, 275 Ghost-s. Of the Circle of Penance, fed in connection with the Festival of the Dead, 223; the ghost mother, 308; the Tide of the Returning, and the Festival of the Dead, 323 Gilbert and Sullivan. Reference to their _The Mikado_, xi Gisuke. Brother of O Cho San, 338; favours suit of Shinsaku, 338; builds shrine to O Cho San, 339 Goblin King. Shutendoji, the; his doings on Mount Oye, 44-48 Goblins. Ghosts and, 118 God of Roads, The. The pine-tree and, 176; love-test by invoking the, 346 God of the Sea. Hoori visits palace of, 35; father of Toyo-Tama ("Rich-jewel"), 36; presents Hoori with the Jewels of the Flowing Tide and the Ebbing Tide, 36 Gods and Goddesses. A general summary of, 387-391 Go-Fukakusa, Emperor. Saimyoji Tokiyori a celebrated Regent during reign of, 182 Gohitsu-Oshō. Name given to Kōbō Daishi by Chinese emperor, 236 Gojo Bridge of Kyōto. Benkei's lawless doings towards knights happening to cross the, 42 Golden Lotus.

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