The legend of Kanegafuchi

Japanese: 鐘が淵伝説 - かねがふちでんせつ
The legend of Kanegafuchi

… [Keiji Ueda]
[The Legend of the Sunken Bell]
There are legends all over Japan that tell of bells submerged at the bottom of rivers, lakes, marshes, and oceans. These are known as sunken bell legends or bell-ga-fuchi legends, and the places where they are submerged are called Kanegafuchi, Tsuriganefuchi, Kanesutefuchi, Kanagurafuchi, Kanegasaki, etc. Their origins can be broadly divided into three categories.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Kanegafuchi Legend" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【上田 敬二】
[沈鐘伝説]
 川や湖沼,海などの底に鐘が沈んでいると語られる伝説は,日本各地に分布している。これらは沈鐘伝説,あるいは鐘が淵伝説として知られ,その沈んでいる場所を,鐘が淵,釣鐘淵,鐘捨淵,金倉淵,鐘が崎などと呼んでいる。その由来は大きく三つに分類される。…

※「鐘が淵伝説」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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