Satori (覚?, "consciousness") is yōkai in Japanese folklore said to live within the mountains of Hida and Mino (presently Gifu prefecture). They were known as yōkai who were able to see through people's minds.[1]
One meets them during walking along mountain paths and resting in the mountains. Upon seeing through everything one thinks, the satori would say them out loud faster than one can. There is also a theory that they are the child incarnation of mountain gods who have come to ruin and turned into a yōkai form.[2]
Upon showing up at the location of people within mountain huts and reading their minds, it is said that even if they have a chance to eat and kill, and if something unexpectedly strikes the satori, they would become scared of the unforeseen occurance and run away.[3] They is also a theory that they do not present any danger to people, and they would not day to strike back against the people who work at the mountain, so that people can have a coexistence with satori.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "あしなか 通巻70号 檜枝岐昔話集". 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース. 国際日本文化研究センター. http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/0030198.shtml. Retrieved 2008-12-14.
- ^ 高田衛監修 稲田篤信・田中直日編 (1992). 鳥山石燕 画図百鬼夜行. 国書刊行会. pp. 114頁. ISBN 978-4-336-03386-4.
- ^ 村上健司編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. pp. 172頁. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0.
- ^ 多田克己 (1990). 幻想世界の住人たち. Truth in fantasy. IV. 新紀元社. pp. 80-81頁. ISBN 978-4-915146-44-2.
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