魑魅

魑魅

1. evil spirit; demon

   • 渾敦，窮奇，檮杌，饕餮，投諸四裔，以禦魑魅。
     浑敦，穷奇，梼杌，饕餮，投诸四裔，以御魑魅。

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Húndūn, Qióngqí, Táowù, Tāotiè, tóu zhū sì yì, yǐ yù chīmèi.

     Chaos, Oddity, Block-stump, and Glutton were all cast out to the four frontiers, to ward off ill sprites and evil spirits.

• IPA^(key):

魑魅(すたま) • (sutama) 

1. a spirit or demon that arises from the trees and stones of a mountain forest
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 44:

     魑魅 山海經云、魑魅、和名須太万。鬼類也

     Mountain Demon: The Classic of Mountains and Seas calls it a demon, Japanese name Sutama. It is a type of demon.

• (Tokyo) すだま (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

魑魅(すだま) • (sudama) 

1. a spirit or demon that arises from the trees and stones of a mountain forest

• (Tokyo) ちみ (Atamadaka – )
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魑(ち)魅(み) • (chimi) 

1. a demon formed from the spirit of mountains and forests

• 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)

• 魔魅(まみ) (mami)

• 魑魅 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.