wolf
Wolf — the mountain wolf, once called o-inu.
Tono7 tales
- Tale 36The futtachi of monkey and wolfThe futtachi, an animal grown so old it turns uncanny, of the monkey and of the wolf, the mountain wolf once called o-inu, were fearsome things. At…
- Tale 37A pack of wolf and the warding off of fireBetween Sakaige Pass and Wayama Pass, in the old days the packhorse drivers who drove their horses along the night road often met a pack of wolf, the…
- Tale 38A wolf calamity invited by drunkennessThe master of an old family in Otomo village got drunk on sake and imitated the howl of a wolf, the mountain wolf once called o-inu, and the wolf…
- Tale 39The deer eaten by a wolfWhen Sasaki was young, he was returning from the mountain with his grandfather, and near the village, on the bank of a valley stream, they found the…
- Tale 40The wolf's camouflage and coat colorIt was said that if the grass grew to about three sun in height, the wolf, the mountain wolf, once called o-inu, could hide itself within it. It was…
- Tale 41The great pack of wolfs crossing the passOne autumn evening, Sasaki Kahei of Wano went out hunting at Oyachi across Sakaige Crossing, and saw several hundred wolfs, the mountain wolf, once…
- Tale 42The wolf hunt and Tetsu's endAt the foot of Mount Rokkoshi, in a reed-covered hill, a person of Iide village found three wolf cubs, the mountain wolf once called o-inu, killed…