Legend of the Heike

Japanese: 平家伝説 - へいけでんせつ

A legend about a village where refugees from the Heike clan settled. These villages, also called Heikedani, are located in remote mountain areas and islands such as Gokasho in Kumamoto Prefecture, Shiiba in Miyazaki Prefecture, Iyayama in Tokushima Prefecture, and the Satsunan Islands, and have their own unique language and customs, and have no contact with or intermarriage with other villages. This legend was born from the fact that old-fashioned customs remain in mountain villages, even if the people are not descendants of the Heike clan.
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Japanese:

平家の落人(おちうど)が住みついたという村の伝説。平家谷ともいわれるこれらの村は，熊本県五箇荘，宮崎県椎葉，徳島県祖谷(いや)山，薩南諸島などの山間僻地(へきち)や離島にあって独特の言語・風俗を伝え，他の里と交際も通婚もなかった。平家の子孫でなくとも，山村に古風な習俗の残存することから生まれた伝説。
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