Kidama-sama - Kidama-sama

...Today, kodama are considered to be yamabiko, which echoes the voices of people in the mountains, but originally yamabiko were thought to be the work of spirits that dwell in the trees of the mountains. Even today, on Hachijo Island and Aogashima Island in Izu, it is said that gods called Kidama-sama or Kodama-sama reside in large trees with thick branches, and that cutting down such trees brings a curse. It is said that when cutting down trees in the mountains, one tree that is home to Kidama-sama must always be left behind, and on Aogashima, a ritual is observed in which Kidama is cut off from the timber of a house at the roof-raising ceremony, and gods called "Okidama-sama" and "Kidama Tengu" are enshrined in shrines. ...

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…今日では，木霊は山などで人の声を反響する山彦のこととされているが，もとは山彦も山の樹木に宿る精霊のなせるわざと考えられていた。今日でも，伊豆の八丈島や青ヶ島では枝の茂った大木にはキダマサマとかコダマサマという神が宿るといい，この木を切るとたたりがあるという。山で伐採するときもキダマサマの宿る木を必ず一本残すといい，青ヶ島では棟上式に家の材木からキダマを落とす儀礼が見られ，神社には〈大木玉様〉や〈木玉天狗〉という神がまつられている。…

※「キダマサマ」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。

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