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mountain") in Suruga, with a temple of Ryti-zo Gongen ', 

 "Manifestation of Ryu-zo", "Dragon's receptacle (womb)", the 

 Buddhist name given to the, probably dragon-shaped, mountain- 

 god. Near Ryu-oka^ ("Dragon's hill") village, in Igo province, 

 there is a mountain where in olden times a Buddhist priest is 

 said to have successfully prayed for rain. In Hitachi there is 

 on Ryujinsan^ ("Dragon-god's mountain") an old Shinto shrine of 

 a Dragon-god, and in Kii we find a Ryuvion-zan * ("Dragon- 

 gate-mountain"). 



B. Names of springs, waterfalls and rivers. 



A hot spring in Kii, famous for its curative powers, is called 

 the "Spring of the Dragon-god" {Ryujin-sen) ^. In Osumi, Yamato 

 and Higo we find "Dragon-gate waterfalls" (Rymion-daki) °, and 

 in Shimozuke a "Dragon's head waterfall" {Ryuzu-dahi) '. The 

 ancient Chinese considered the dragon to be so closely connected 

 with waterfalls that they indicated these by means of the character, 

 "dragon", combined with the radical "water" (yfl). Rivers called 

 after dragons are the Ryuge-gawa ^ ("Dragon-flower river", also 

 pronounced Tatsu-bana-gawa) in Kawachi, the Tenryu-gawa ^ 

 ("Heavenly Dragon's river") in Shinano and Totomi, and the 

 Ryukan-gawa '" ("Dragon's rest river") in Tokyo. 



C. Names of islands, valleys and places. 



Two "Dragon's islands" {Ryu ga shima, or Ryu-shima) " may 

 be mentioned, one in Echigo, the other in Awa; and a "Dragon- 

 king's valley" (RyU-o-dani) '^, in Buzen. Also place names as 



1 Sj^ 3^ j^ JB ; deities of the same name are worshipped in two Shinto temples , 



in Uzen and Kii (pp. 4455 and 754). 



2 fl |Sj , p. 1295. 



3 11 fi$ \h ' P- 3619. 



4 fl P^ |i| : P- 701; cf. above, Book II, Ch. IV, § 12, p. 194. 



5 flf^^'P '39. 



6 ^1 p^ y||, pp. 1781, 290, 1652; cf. above. Book II, l.I. 

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7 fl 4| ^, p. 3517. 8 fl ^ jll , p. 327. 



9 ^ fl jll - PP- 2361, 2505, cf. above. Book II, Ch. V, § 7, p. 203 



10 fl P^ )\\ , p. 2886. 11 fl .^, pp. 2073, 3144. 



12 fl ^:^, P- 1418- 



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