Akubōzu
灰坊主
Ringkasan
Akubōzu adalah yōkai yang dikaitkan dengan Akita dan Iwate.
Akubōzu is a yōkai associated with Akita and Iwate.
Kisah dan tradisi
Akubōzu (灰坊主) adalah yōkai yang dikaitkan dengan Akita dan Iwate. Ia konon menghuni abu perapian irori dan muncul ketika orang mengutak-atik abu itu. Unsur bōzu dalam namanya berarti monster, bukan biksu. Sejak dahulu orang yang mengutak-atik abu diperingatkan bahwa Haibōzu akan muncul. Di Kunohe-gun, Iwate, Haibōzu juga dikatakan muncul bila orang mandi dua kali, memakan nasi persembahan di altar Buddha, atau masuk jamban dalam keadaan telanjang. Di Ninohe-gun, Iwate, makhluk bernama Amanesaku dikatakan menarik orang yang mengutak-atik abu tungku ke dalam abu lalu memakannya. Di Aomori ada Agu-banba yang bermulut di atas kepala, dan di Kisakata, Akita, ada Hai-baba yang menculik anak yang mengusili abu. Karena tidak ada kisah penampakan nyata yang dipastikan, deretan yōkai ini dianggap diciptakan sebagai pelajaran agar orang tidak mengusili abu irori.
Akubōzu (灰坊主) is a yōkai associated with Akita and Iwate. It is said to inhabit the ash of the irori hearth and to appear when people fiddle with that ash. The bōzu element of its name means a monster, not a Buddhist priest. People who fiddled with the ash were warned from long ago that a Haibōzu would appear. In Kunohe-gun, Iwate, a Haibōzu was also said to appear if someone bathed twice, ate rice offered at the household Buddhist altar, or entered the toilet naked. In Ninohe-gun, Iwate, a monster called Amanesaku is said to draw people who play with furnace ash into the ash and eat them. In Aomori there is Agu-banba, which has a mouth on its head, and in Kisakata, Akita, Hai-baba, which carries off children who meddle with the ash. Since no actual sighting tradition has been confirmed, this series of yōkai is thought to have been created as a lesson not to play with the ash of the irori hearth.
Konteks budaya
Deretan yōkai abu ini dianggap diciptakan sebagai pelajaran agar orang tidak mengusili abu irori; orang pun diperingatkan bahwa Haibōzu akan muncul bila abu diutak-atik.
This series of ash yōkai is thought to have been created as a lesson not to play with the ash of the irori hearth; people were warned that a Haibōzu would appear if they fiddled with the ash.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Folklor & Mitologi Jepang
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Timur
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Yokai
- Habitat
- Dwelling
- Kemampuan / Abilities
- Menarik orang ke dalam abu (Amanesaku)
Nama lain / Alternate names
アク坊主, Haibōzu