Mushroom folklore - Kinokominzokugaku

Japanese: キノコ民俗学 - きのこみんぞくがく
Mushroom folklore - Kinokominzokugaku

...On the one hand, it is feared as a demonic creature, on the other hand, it is considered an elixir of eternal youth or a messenger of happiness, and sometimes it is considered a mysterious creature that invites you to a fairy tale or a dream world. RG Wasson, who was the president of the American Morgan Company, developed his folklore research on mushrooms, which he started as a hobby, and pioneered the field of mushroom ethnomycology. Wasson's research included the customs associated with hallucinogenic mushrooms passed down among the indigenous people living in the mountainous regions of Mexico, and the sacred offering soma made to the gods in the Rig Veda, the holy book of Indian Brahmanism, and he presented his original theory that this was the fly agaric. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "mushroom folklore" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…一方では魔性の生き物として恐れられ,一方では不老長生の霊薬とされ,あるいは幸福の使者とされ,ときにはおとぎの国,夢幻の世界に誘う神秘の生き物とされる。アメリカのモルガン商会の総裁であったワッソンR.G.Wassonは,趣味から取り組んだキノコにまつわる民俗学的研究を発展させて,キノコ民俗学ethnomycologyの分野を開拓した。ワッソンの研究はメキシコの山岳地帯に住む原住民に伝わる幻覚性キノコに伴う風習について,またインドのバラモン教の聖典《リグ・ベーダ》にある神にささげる聖なる供物ソーマについて考証をすすめ,これがベニテングタケであるという独創的な説を発表した。…

※「キノコ民俗学」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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