Palace of the Sea God
The underwater palace where Hoori recovers a lost fish-hook and marries Toyo-tama in Davis's retelling.
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The child found in bamboo who reveals her lunar origin and departs for Moonland in Davis's tale.
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The legendary encounter in which a woodman watches a game on Fuji and returns to find three centuries have passed.
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Palace of the Sea God
The underwater palace where Hoori recovers a lost fish-hook and marries Toyo-tama in Davis's retelling.
Japanese mythology, Davis retelling
Also indexed as Sea God's Palace · Palace of the Sea King
The Palace of the Sea God is the underwater court reached by Hoori after he loses his brother's fish-hook. Davis describes a descent in a basket, a seaweed-covered shore, and a palace with towers, a gate-side well and a cassia-tree. There Hoori finds the missing hook and marries Toyo-tama, remaining under the sea for three years before longing for home.
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