Kiyohime
Sign in to saveright|thumb|240px|"Kiyohime becomes serpent-bodied at Hidaka River" (1890) (or just Kiyo) in Japanese folklore is a character in the story of Anchin and Kiyohime, which dates back to the 11th century. In this story, she fell in love with a Buddhist monk named Anchin, but after her interest in the monk was rejected, she chased after him and transformed into a serpent in a rage, before killing him in a bell where he had hidden in the Dōjō-ji temple.
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It is catalogued under topics including Buddhist folklore, Female legendary creatures and Japanese dragons.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- legend
- Genre
- setsuwa
- Narrative location
- Dōjō-ji Temple
- Image
- Kiyohime-Serpent-1890-Tsukioka-Yoshitoshi.png
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- Commons category
- Kiyohime
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Summary
- Variants
- Textual sources
- Earliest sources
- Names of Anchin and Kiyohime
- Picture scroll versions
- Cultural references
- Explanatory notes
- References
- External links
right|thumb|240px|"Kiyohime becomes serpent-bodied at Hidaka River" (1890) (or just Kiyo) in Japanese folklore is a character in the story of Anchin and Kiyohime, which dates back to the 11th century. In this story, she fell in love with a Buddhist monk named Anchin, but after her interest in the monk was rejected, she chased after him and transformed into a serpent in a rage, before killing him in a bell where he had hidden in the Dōjō-ji temple.
== Overview == thumb|upright=1.2|Kiyohime on the banks of Hidaka River
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