was a gigantic
yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word is composed of the kanji for "attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious." are also referred to as , or . Despite often being translated as suc ...
in
Japanese mythology, sometimes said to pose as a mountain range when sleeping.
Mythology
The size of a Daidarabotchi was so great that his footprints were said to have created innumerable lakes and ponds. In one legend, a Daidarabotchi weighed
Mount Fuji and
Mount Tsukuba to see which was heavier, but he accidentally split Tsukuba's peak after he was finished with it.
The ''Hitachi no Kuni
Fudoki
are ancient reports on provincial culture, geography, and oral tradition presented to the reigning monarchs of Japan, also known as local gazetteers. They contain agricultural, geographical, and historical records as well as mythology and ...
'', a recording of the imperial customs in the
Hitachi Province
was an old province of Japan in the area of Ibaraki Prefecture. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Hitachi fudoki''" in . It was sometimes called . Hitachi Province bordered on Shimōsa (Lower Fusa), Shimotsuke, and Mutsu ( Iwase -17 ...
compiled in the 8th century, also told of a Daidarabotchi living on a hill west of a post office of Hiratsu Ogushi who fed on giant clams from the beach, piling the shells on top of a hill.
''Izumo no Kuni Fudoki'' also mentions a legendary king of Izumo, Ōmitsunu, who was the grandson of
Susanoo and a demi-god. Having the strength of a giant, he performed Kuni-biki, pulling land from
Silla
Silla or Shilla (57 BCE – 935 CE) ( , Old Korean: Syera, Old Japanese: Siraki2) was a Korean kingdom located on the southern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula. Silla, along with Baekje and Goguryeo, formed the Three Kingdoms ...
with ropes, to increase the size of his territory.
See also
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Regigigas
Japanese folklore
Japanese giants
Yōkai
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