Jada stone (English spelling)

Japanese: ジャダ石 - ジャダせき(英語表記)jada tashı
Jada stone (English spelling)
A stone used in incantations to summon wind and snow among Turkic-Mongolian peoples. Known examples include the 5th century Etpan, the 10th century Kimek, the 11th century Yagma, the 13th century Mongolia, the 15th century Chagatai, and the 18th century Uighurs, who used it to confuse invading enemies, extinguish fires, and dispel heat. One theory is that this stone was a concretion, especially a fecal pellet, that formed inside the bodies of animals such as horses and cattle, and when this was tied to a willow branch and placed in clear water to pray for rain, rain would immediately fall.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
トルコ・モンゴル系諸民族の間で,風・雪などを呼びおこすための呪術に用いられた石。5世紀の悦般(えつぱん),10世紀のキメック,11世紀のヤグマ,13世紀のモンゴル,15世紀のチャガタイ,18世紀のウイグルなどの諸民族が,来襲した敵を混乱させたり,火事を消したり,暑気をはらうなどの目的で使用した例が知られている。一説によれば,この石は牛馬などの動物の体内に生じた結石,ことに糞石で,これを柳の枝につないで澄んだ水の中に置いて雨乞いをするとたちまち降雨が見られたという。

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