Tale 74 — The origin and appearance of Kakura-sama
At Tochinai the Kakura-sama, a roadside god children played with, numbered two, large and small, and in the whole village of Tsuchibuchi there were three or four. All were half-length wooden figures, roughly hewn with a hatchet and shapeless, yet recognizable as having a human face. Kakura-sama was said to have originally been the name of a place where the gods rested during their travels, but later came to be chanted as the name of the god who dwelt permanently in that place.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Tochinai, Tsuchibuchi, Tono, Iwate
- Type
- Gods and Belief
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