Yamauba's Life As The Mother Of Kintaro

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One occurence of Yamauba's motherhood appears in legends of yamauba being the mother of Kintaro. The legend goes that a mountain yamauba gave conception to and raised a son possessing Herculean force, by the name of Kintaro. Kintaro was then found via an excellent warrior, named Minamoto no Raiko (or Yorimitsu, 948-1021), changed his identify to Sakata no Kintoki, and grew to become considered one of Raiko's shitenno (four guardians/ lieutenants). Eventually Raiko and the shitenno eradicated such supernatural beings as Shuten doji (Drunken Demon) at Mount Oe and tsuchigumo, the earth spider. The oldest archaic story of yamauba being the mother of Kintaro is observed within the old joruri (Puppet Theater) text of the center of the seventeenth

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