Seven Mysterious Things (Nanafushigi) (Ep. 35)
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
English - May 27, 2019 06:31 - 15 minutes - 15.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History hyperbolicparaboloid japan japanese japaneseculture japanesefolklore japanesefolktales japanesehistory japaneselanguage japaneseliterature japanesemyths Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
A giant hairy foot crashing through the roof of a old house and demanding to be washed. A festive tanuki band that appears in the dead of night and lures you into parts unknown. These are just two of the Honjo Nanafushigi. Nanafushigi can be translated as seven wonders, but they're more like seven mysteries. All over Japan you can find stories (old and new) of seven strange occurances. As an introduction to my new idea of covering local legends and creepy tales, this month's podcast is about nanafushigi. I'll be talking about both the Honjo Nanafushigi and a little about how even all over Japan schools will often have their own nanafushigi that are more like local urban legends to spook and baffle the children.
Okuri Chochin. Beware of following a lantern at night!
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Notes: Intro/Outro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura. Here and here. And here.