Tale 61 — The stone that turned into a white deer
A famous hunter encountered the white deer at Rokkoshi. The white deer was regarded as a god, and though he feared its curse, he fired at it, but the bullet did not strike it; even when he used a golden bullet as a charm against evil, it remained unmoved. When he drew near, it was a white stone shaped exactly like a deer, and the hunter understood this to be the work of some evil spell, and thought of giving up hunting.
- Land
- Tono
- Beings
- white deer
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