Adult Yagoro - O-hito Yagoro

Japanese: 大人弥五郎 - おおひと・やごろう
Adult Yagoro - O-hito Yagoro
He is the protagonist of a giant legend told mainly in southern Kyushu. Throughout the country, there are many legends about a giant called Daidarabocchi who created mountains, mounds, lakes and swamps in various places. It is known that a doll of Otona Yagoro appears at the festival of Iwakawa Hachiman Shrine in Osumi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture. Legend has it that the Yagoro doll is the chief of the Hayato tribe who was destroyed by Yamato Takeru. This case is linked to Hachiman faith, but there are also other cases where Yagoro dolls that are linked to Gozu Tenno, who expels bad illnesses, and that ward off evil spirits, are sent to the village border and burned. Dolls are often used as substitutes to capture and expel evil beings, and Otona Yagoro in the giant legend possessed great powers, so common people expected that power to be utilized.

(Miyata Noboru)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:
主として九州南部で語られている巨人伝説の主人公。全国的には,ダイダラボッチと称する巨人が,各地に山や塚,湖や沼を作ったという伝説は多い。鹿児島県大隅町の岩川八幡神社の祭りには,大人弥五郎の人形が登場することが知られている。弥五郎人形は,ヤマトタケルに滅ぼされた隼人族の長であるという伝説がある。この事例は,八幡信仰と結びついたものだが,そのほかにも,悪い病気を追放する牛頭天王と結びつき,邪霊を払う弥五郎人形が,村境まで送られ,焼かれてしまう例もある。人形はしばしば悪しきものをとりこめて追放される形代として用いられており,巨人伝説の大人弥五郎は,強力の持ち主だったので,庶民にその力が期待されたのである。

(宮田登)

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