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やまわろ

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is a (spirit) said to appear in mountains in Western Japan, starting in the Kyūshū region. According to mythology, it is sometimes said that they are that have come to dwell in the mountains.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yamawaro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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