Chōchinbi
Ringkasan
Chōchinbi adalah jenis cahaya gaib dalam legenda Jepang.
Chōchinbi is a ghost-light type in Japanese legends.
Kisah dan tradisi
Chōchinbi adalah jenis cahaya gaib dalam legenda Jepang. Ia muncul di atas jalan kecil di antara sawah. Cahaya itu konon menghilang ketika orang mendekat. Satu kisah dari Tokushima menggambarkan banyak cahaya yang berbaris bersama. Namanya berasal dari kemiripannya dengan lentera kertas yang dibawa orang. Satu kisah menganggap kemunculannya sebagai tanda adanya yōkai di sekitar. Ia sering muncul dalam barisan panjang berisi puluhan cahaya yang mirip untaian lentera. Namanya juga dikaitkan dengan dugaan bahwa ada makhluk yang menyalakan lentera kertas, dan cahaya itu sering disebut ulah kitsune atau, di banyak tempat, tanuki. Cirinya yang khas ialah dipakai roh-roh lain sebagai sumber cahaya. Di Distrik Miyoshi, Prefektur Tokushima, chōchinbi disebut tanukibi dan dianggap api yang dinyalakan tanuki. Di Matsudzuka, Provinsi Yamato, api serupa disebut koemonbi; ia terutama muncul pada malam hujan di tepi sungai, sebesar lentera kertas.
Chōchinbi is a ghost-light type in Japanese legends. It appears over footpaths between rice fields. The light is said to disappear when people approach. A Tokushima account describes many lights lined up together. Its name comes from a resemblance to a carried paper lantern. One account treats its presence as a sign of nearby yōkai. It often appears in long rows of dozens of lights resembling a string of lanterns. Its name is also tied to the presumption that some creature is lighting paper lanterns, and the light is often called the work of kitsune or, in many places, tanuki. Its distinguishing feature is that other spirits use it as a light source. In Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, chōchinbi are called tanukibi and are considered fires lit by tanuki. In Matsudzuka, Yamato Province, similar fires are called koemonbi; they appear mainly on rainy evenings on the river bank, about as big as a paper lantern.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Folklor & Mitologi Jepang
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Timur
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Spirit
- Habitat
- Fields
Nama lain / Alternate names
提灯火, tanukibi (狸火), koemonbi (小右衛門火)