(596) Legend of Dragon

Weekly Ehime RiQ 1/19/2024

  One day, a fisherman out on the coast of Ohshima island happened to look towards land. He saw a small woman beckoning to him. When he rowed his boat to shore*1), the woman begged, "Can you take me to the pond of Ohshima*2)?" The fisherman invited her onto the boat, but as soon as the woman put one foot on the boat, it go much lower, and when both feet were on board, it almost sank. The fisherman's face turned pale, and the woman whispered, "Please take me to the pond, if you don't tell anyone about this, I promise you a lifetime of good catches." The woman's true identity was a dragon who was looking for a place to move out of the pond*3), which had become too small for her. The fisherman obeyed her words and took her to the pond.

  Since then, whenever the fisherman went out to sea, he would always have a great catch and a bountiful catch. However, villagers became suspicious and wondered why he was the only one, so they got the fisherman drunk and found out what had happened. After that, the fisherman never went out to sea.

*1) shore:　出展：「月の抒情、瀧の激情」よれば、舌間の海岸かもしれない。http://teamtamayura.blog87.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html
「ある日、龍神は娘に化身し、舌間の海岸に出た。」

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*2) the pond of Ohshima: Ryuoike 竜王池　https://www.web-gis.jp/GS_Geo100/Document/Geo100_112.html

*3) the pond:　出展：「月の抒情、瀧の激情」http://teamtamayura.blog87.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html
「いつのころか、五反田保安寺裏の小池に男の龍神が住んでいた。成長するにつれ池が小さくなり、何処かへ居を移したいと考えていたが、大島の大入池（竜王池）に目を付けた。」

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