Kagetori Pond - Kagetori Pond

Japanese: 影取の池 - かげとりのいけ
Kagetori Pond - Kagetori Pond

...Folklore interpretations emphasize the desire for absent family members to maintain a sense of solidarity by eating the same food, and this is not wrong, but when it comes to the original usage of kage, the emphasis should still be on the spirit or the lost soul. However, there are many examples where kage is used directly to mean the dead or vengeful spirits, and in the Kanto region folk tale Kagetori no Ike, a woman commits suicide by jumping into a pond after her child is killed. As soon as a person passing by, unaware of the situation, sees his or her shadow reflected in the water, he or she is taken by the master of the pond and dies, so the woman is eventually worshiped as a god. The same kage, when used as kageboshi, is dry and bright, and no longer has any connection to the world of spirits. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kagetori Pond" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…民俗学の解釈では,不在家族も同じものを食べることにより連帯意識を持続しようという念願が込められている点を重視しており,それも誤っていないと思われるが,〈かげ〉のもともとの用法ということになれば,やはり霊魂,遊離魂のほうを重視すべきであろう。もっとも,〈かげ〉をずばり死霊・怨霊の意に用いている例も多く,関東地方の民間説話〈影取の池〉などは,ある女が子どもを殺されて投身自殺した池のそばを,なにも知らずに通行する人の影が水に映るやいなや,池の主にとられて死ぬので,とうとうその女を神にまつったという。同じ〈かげ〉でも,〈影法師〉となると,からっとして明るく,もはや霊魂世界とすら関係を持たない。…

※「影取の池」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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