Kappa Fudo

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. kappa　河童 / 合羽　/ かっぱ Kappa, the water goblin - - Introduction .

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カッパとお不動さん Kappa and Fudo Myo-O



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source : www.kisotengai.jp/kappa

Fudo Myo-O as a Kappa transformation
河童変幻不動明王
四万十川カッパ造形大賞2009 - 今井勝 - - from Shimantogawa, Shikoku

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カッパとお不動さん Kappa and Fudo Myo-O
Kappa legend from Amagasaki, Hyogo 尼崎 民話

Once upon a time,
there lived many Kappa in this pond. But nodody knew about it.
One hot day in summer, a littel boy passed the pond, took off all his cloths and jumped in.
Waves begun to spread and one Kappa woke up from his nap.
The Kappa observed the boy swimming happily in the pond and suddenly thought, he could enjoy swimming together with the boy. So he came closer.

When the boy realized who was close to him, he suddenly burst into tears.
When the Kappa saw the boy all in tears, he called his friends : pipoo, pipoo ピポー、ピポー.

When all these Kappa begun to come together and get close to him, the poor boy begun even more to cry in a loud voice.
The Kappa talked among themselves about how to help the boy and thought they should bring some human friends of the boy to the pond.

On the next day the Kappa came down to the village of the humans, captured one boy after the other and brought them to the pond.
When the fourth boy came to the pond, the first boy finally stopped crying. And then they all swam around happily with the Kappa.



But in the village was quite an uproar. Five boys were missing !!
The villagers went to their temple and prayed to Fudo Myo-O, who was their protector in times of distress.
"Dear Fudo Sama, please let the boys come back safely!" they prayed with all their might.

On this night, Fudo with his sword and rope and flaming halo came down to the pond and called on the Kappa :
"Hey you Kappa goblins, listen to me! Tomorrow morning by sunrise you have to bring the captured boys back to the village, understand !"

The Kappa begun to tremble when they heard this mighty voice.
And as you guess, the next morning the boys were back in the village and rejoiced to be re-united with their parents.




The little shrine for Fudo Myo-O is still near the Bamboo Valley of the Old Road, near the Sanwa Shotengai shopping street 三和商店街, but all looks quite different than in the olden times. But the statue of Fudo Myo-O is still revered by the people.
source : blog.livedoor.jp/ufodouji-tec_rec


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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .


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