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Amefuri-kozo

Added	Sat, 10/11/2018
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Амэфури-кодзо
Область распространения	Japan
Характерные признаки	→ → →
Sources	ru.wikipedia.org bestiary.us dic.academic.ru

In Japanese folklore, a spirit in the form of a little boy with an umbrella on his head, causing rain.

Amefuri kozō ( あめふりここ - Japanese spelling of the name Amefuri-kozo syllabic alphabet kana, 雨降小僧 - the original Japanese spelling of the name) — literally "rain novice".

According to beliefs, he can be caught playing when he splashes in puddles on rainy evenings. Outwardly, he looks like a child, wears a hat made of a broken old umbrella on his head, and holds a paper flashlight in his hands.

In the descriptions Toriyama Sekien (from "Konjaku-gadzu-zoku-hyakki") amefuri-kozo is in the service of the Chinese god of precipitation Yu-shi, so he can control the rain.

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