Kairugama - Kairugama

Japanese: カイルガマ - かいるがま
Kairugama - Kairugama

...This event is accompanied by a legend that a man-eating demon was defeated with rice cakes containing iron. At the end of the year, a ritual to exorcise demons called Kairugama is held. It is also said that the god of hearth fire ascends to heaven on December 24th and returns to the earth at the beginning of the New Year.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kailgama" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この行事には鉄の入った餅で人食い鬼を退治したという伝説が伴っている。年末にはカイルガマという悪魔払いの儀礼が行われる。また12月24日には,かまどの火の神が昇天し,正月の初旬に下界に戻ってくるといわれている。…

※「カイルガマ」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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