Sending wolf - Sending wolf

Japanese: 送りオオカミ - おくりおうかみ
Sending wolf - Sending wolf

...When a wild boar or deer jumps out of the mountains as if it is being chased and is shot by a hunter, the hunter will leave a few pieces of the meat on a tree as a favor to the wild boar, and when a hunter quietly collects a fresh deer carcass that appears to have been killed by a wolf, the hunter will always leave a handful of salt, which wolves like, instead, because it is said that the wolf will follow the person and attack them if they stumble or fall. It is said that wolves follow people walking down the road at night and attack them if they see them stumbling or falling. This is because wolves were gradually recognized as attacking livestock and people, and beliefs about wolves changed. The reason for this seems to be that the advancement of agriculture in the early modern period narrowed the forests that were their living area, and at the same time reduced the wild animals that were their food. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "sending wolf" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…山中で猪鹿がものに追われたように飛び出してきて,狩人に撃ちとられたりすると,これをオイヌがとらせてくれたとしてその肉の幾切れかを木に刺しておいてきたり,オオカミがたおしたらしい新しいシカの死体などは黙ってとってくると,あとからオオカミがついてきてあだをするといって,必ずオオカミの好む塩をひとつかみ代りに置いてくる習わしもあった。夜道を歩くとオオカミがあとをつけてきて,人がつまずき転ぶのを見ると襲いかかるといい,女性などに言い寄って悪事をたくらむ者を〈送りオオカミ〉などと呼んだのも,オオカミがしだいに家畜や人を襲うものとして認識され,信仰が変化してきた結果生じたのである。その理由としては,近世における農耕の進展が彼らの生活圏である林野を狭め,同時にその食糧である野生動物をも減少させた点にあるもののようである。…

※「送りオオカミ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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