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Friday, May 6, 2016

JAKOTSU BABA

Jakotsu Baba - The Old Snake Bone Woman
Good Moring my dears, I hope that you all are doing well. I have sunshine today so I have been spending a lot of time in my garden but I will keep in touch with you all my dear friends, followers, supporters and readers too. For today I am going to one of my favorite legends and urban legends of sorts in the land of Japan/China. I hope you will find it interesting my dears WENDY...
The Jakotsu Baba - is basically an legend of the 'Old Snake Bone Woman' in Japanese/Chinese  folklore. It is so ancient that one doesn't know which culture it originally comes from. So this is how the tale goes; If you happen to be wondering through the woods at night and stumble
upon something that looks like a carved stone stamped with the symbol of the snake -RUN!!!
It could be nothing... Or you could have stumbled across the hidden grave of the long-dead
Jako Emon, which means that you are seconds away from an encounter with his wife, the 'Old Snake Bone Woman' called Jakotsu Baba. So you all might be curious - What is the Jakotsu Baba?
Well, in Japanese/Chinese folklore the 'Old Snake-Bone Woman's kanji reads exactly that! 蛇-ja-snake + 骨-kotsu-bone + 婆-baba-old woman. It really depends on the region and the dialect that you happen to be in Japan too! So there are other names too! Known as Jagoba- the 'Five-Snake Woman: 蛇-ja-snake + 五-go-five + 婆-baba-old woman. I hope this will give you a little idea of the culture and the writings too.
Also the Jakotsu Baba would seem to origin in Toriyama Sekiens Konjaku Hyakki Shui- 今昔百鬼拾遺, which means in English - [Supplement to a Hundred Demons from the Present and Past]. As it is shown in the illustration to the left as an old woman with her body is wrapped in Snakes. It is said that 'Toriyama Sekiens Konjaku Hyakki Shui wrote:
 'There is an old woman from in northern Funkan-koku -China. In her right hand she holds a large blue snake and in her left hand a red one. The people of this country call her the Jakotsu Baba - The Old Snake-Bone Woman. They say she is the wife of Jakoemon [Five-Snake Emon] and that she holds vigil over the family tombs. She is sometimes called the Jagoba-the Five -Snake Woman-depending on the dialect of the region'
So now that you know a little about the Jakotsu Baba I thought we should go over her Origins.
As I found out about this legend of the Old Snake Bone Woman or Jakotsu Baba I found that little is known about her origins apart from what Toriyama had wrote in his Konjaku Hyakki Shui. It is not known if Konjaku had invented or created the character centuries ago - or if he collected the legend from somewhere or from someone. However, it would seem that Jakotsu Baba doesn't appear in any prior collections in either China or Japan. Kinda makes you wonder but China & Japan are very ancient country's with very long ancient past so one could never tell? There are a few other names that are mentioned by Toriyama - these are - [The Snake Family-云蛇塚- Sadly it would seem that the 'Old Snake-Bone Woman's Husband Jako Emon has never been found in any type of text of either Japanese or Chinese. Nor has either of their tombs been discovered. However, all of these peculiar and particular details give more flavor to this tale. It would seem that the area of Funkan-koku is a region particularly touch by the supernatural & renowned for its mediums and fortune tellers too. Also the Yokai Books from the Showa period expanded on the Jakotsu Baba and moved her mysterious grave to Japan. If your curious about the Showa period, it is said that Jako Emon once was a human, but when he died the sign of a snake was stamped onto his gravestone, hence he became wife of the 'Old Snake Bone Woman' called Jakotsu Baba. To stand eternity guarding over his grave and his wife transformed into a yokai with a blue snake slithering into her right hand and a red snake into her left. She world attack anyone who came too close to her husbands grave. It is said that the Jakotsu Baba doesn't appear often in Japanese folklore.
I hope that you found the tale interesting
love your all very much
your friend always
WENDY






Tuesday, April 26, 2016

A Real Fairy Story-

'A Real Fairy Story'
by Cynthia & Big Sister 
             Yesterday, I posted about how, the path my pumpkin plant and the stone border seemed to make a path, leading down to the bottom of the garden and I said that maybe it led to the fairies that lived there. Danielle, from a work in progress commented that in the US they don't have tradition of fairies. Perhaps this is my own ignorance showing, but I don't think it had occurred to me that the fairies hadn't made it across the Atlantic!
So, I though I'd give you my only real fairy story , as it happened to me. While my husband was still my fiancee, we took a trip up to the isle of Skye.
He had worked there for a while, and I had never been, so we booked into the local youth hostel, hired a car and drove up for a weekend. As we drove, we planned out all the things we wanted to do when we got there, and one of the things that he mentioned was that he wanted me to see the
Fairy Glen at Uig.
I'd never heard of it, but I was keen to go and check it out! So, on the
second day of our sojourn, we
traveled up from Kyleakin to Uig to check out the Fairy Glen.
It really is an amazing place; these strange steep-sided hill are scattered haphazardly throughout the glen, with crystal clear pools of water
glistening in the small valleys. It feels like you've wondered out of the 'real' world of traffic, technology and crowds and into this sphere of calm, where the silence is so complete that you could be swimming underwater.
Over dinner that evening, we decided that we would go back to the Fairy Glen under the cover of darkness and see if we could spot any of the 'little people'.
I think we both knew that it was silly, but it can be such fun to suspend the soul -crushing disbelief in which so many live their day to day lives.
Anyway, we headed out to the Fairy Glen and it was so dark. I don't think I fully
appreciated just how
dark , it was until the car headlights were turned off and we began walking of and we began walking between the Fairy Hills and passed the Fairy pools. Pretty soon that darkness became
that velvety blackness where you can't see your hand in front of your face and you have to keep blinking your eyes just to
check that you still have them open.
The silence was the only disturbed by our own footfalls and when we stopped there was no noise at all. Deprived of two senses, I started to feel a small flutter of panic. I'm a city girl at heart. And so being outside in the dark was completely unfamiliar to me. Really in the world which I live in, there is no real darkness, no real silence. My heart started to speed up, my eyes kept straining to see some light, my ears to hear so sound.
NOTHING... And then, somewhere about 20 feet to our left' someone coughed. I don't think my body had ever experienced such a rush of adrenalin, either then or since and holding hands my fiancee and I ran blindly back towards the direction of the car. Throwing ourselves into the car and locking the doors, we both looked at each other and started to laugh. Great belly laughs which seemed to shake our entire beings and made our eyes weep. We sat for a while, until we reined our giggles in and then we sat a while longer waiting to see if anyone
would follow us out of the Glen.
There were no Cars Parked there but ours and no one showed up, so eventually we started the drive back to the hostel.
Now, I don't know if it was the fairies playing tricks on us or someone out on a quite stroll [ Mind you – in the pitch Black?],
but I do know that
I've never ran so fast or laughed so hard as I did when I visited Fairy Glen.
Love you all- Your Wendy
And Cynthia From her blog
with love 




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Friday, April 22, 2016

HAPPY EARTHDAY-2016

HAPPY EARTH DAY
Happy earth day to you all my dear friends, followers
supporters and readers too,
I hope that you all have a great day and do something
for the earth today.For me I will be in my
Garden and working with my compost. I have a few
wonderful quote images and gifs to help
celebrate this wonderful day.
Remember too to think of thinks to help our planet today.
We have to work as a team around the world to save this
one planet that we all live together on..
As my favorite video from Michael Jackson did...Earth Song live..'

love you all very much
Your friend always
WENDY






























Thursday, April 21, 2016

LUCIFER-MORNING STAR

LUCIFER-MORNING STAR
I have always been curious about the history of Lucifer-Morning Star since I started watching the T.V show on Tuesday nights called Lucifer. It has brought up a lot of questions that I have never thought of. So I decided to do a post of the details of Lucifer history. And I did find out that his true name is Lucifer-Morning Star. I will start with the basics- Lucifer was the former & strongest angle in heaven. Lucifer was heaven's most powerful Seraph too. He was most loyal angle to God and to Heaven until God created Humanity. This is when Lucifer-Morning Star fell from the heavens. You see when, God asked all his angles to love the humans more than himself, there was only one High angle that refused. This was Lucifer Morning Star, Gods first Angle that sat by his side every day in the heaven. Lucifer morning star was the creator of light and music & wanted to be more like God his father. He refused to bow down to the Humans that his father God created. Sadly as punishment his father God told his second son angle of the Heavens Seraph Michael to banish Lucifer Morning Star.
Who later became Lucifer of many names and faces. Lucifer eventually created his own army of fallen angels to aid him in his revenge which he vowed to get his revenge on Heaven which included the killing of his very own brother Seraph Michael and destroying the human race. Also as it is said in Revelations, Lucifer plan to overthrow his father God and humanity.
HISTORY OF
LUCIFER-MORNING STAR-PAST

Well, first we will cover Lucifer Past how he became & what he was before his falling. Lucifer Morning Star was created by his father God over a thousands of years ago as a perfect angel. He was called Lucifer and he lived in Heaven.
Lucifer was above every other angel in heaven. His appearance was so beautiful and dazzling, that he radiated light and glory, hence the name Morning-Star. He was covered in gold & shimmering jewels. Lucifer was the Chief Covering and worked in the throne room with his father God.

12- 'You were the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.
13- You were in Eden, the garden of God;
Every precious stone was your covering;
The sardius, topaz and diamond,
Beryl, onyx, and jasper,
Sapphire, turquoise and emerald with gold.
The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes
Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
14- You were the anointed cherub who covers;
I established you;
You were on the holy mountain of God;
You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones."
Ezekiel 28:12-14

Lucifer spent a lot of time with God the father and Jesus Christ. They met together
frequently to share ideas and make plans. They were very close to each other and were in
perfect harmony. All was good and in perfect harmony until one day Lucifer became to proud.
LUCIFER BECAME PROUD-
Just as God and his arch angles thought everything was going well, and heaven was in perfect harmony, It was just over 6,000 years ago when God & Jesus had a private meeting. However the arch Angle Lucifer was not included this time. because of this Lucifer became jealous. And of course jealousy is a sin even for a high arch Angle. Lucifer morning stars biggest mistake was two thing; 1-becoming proud 2-thinking that he was above Jesus. This two things was believe to get him kicked out of heaven by his father and creator God. So What Lucifer Morning Star set out to do was this- he set out a campaign to prove that he was above Jesus. And from doing this Lucifer began be more proud of his own glory and wisdom. So instead of uplifting others with his bright star & wisdom he was starting to be corrupted for his own splendor. This was the beginning of his fall from heaven.

'Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom
for the sake of your splendor.''
Ezekiel 28:17


'You have set your heart as the heart of a God."
Ezekiel:6

Over time one third of the angels in heaven chose to side with Lucifer and to worship him instead of Jesus. God made a tireless efforts to persuade Lucifer to repent and return to him God. But Lucifer almost relented, but he would not give up his pride and humble himself. He refused to admit that he was wrong.

LUCIFER IS FINALLY THROWN OUT OF HEAVEN BECAUSE OF HIS PRIDE-
So eventually Lucifer became entrenched in his pride & God could no longer influence him. God reluctantly removed him from his position of Chief Covering Angel. Which then lead to being thrown out of heaven, along with the other angels who had chosen to follow him.

12-"How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13-You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the
mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the
sacred mountain.
14-will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the
Most High.
15-But you are brought down to the grave,
to the depths of the pit.
ISAIAH 14:12-15

HISTORY OF LUCIFER-PRESENT DAY
In the present day, Lucifer is alive and very real. He go by many name all over the world.
Lucifer got the names below after he was kick out of heaven
by his father God. His most common name is Satan & he lives in the
spirit world with his demons and angles. In this spirit world
both Satan and his angles and demons tempt and influence all the people on the earth
with their powers of evil and temptations. While most of the time
while on earth they are invisible to us, there is those few times
that the humans do see, which can be frightening or deadly 
 Some of these are:
In Buddhism he is called Mara
In Islam he is called lblis or sometimes the shaytan
Other Names:
Hades             Tempter
Lucifer            Morning Star
Abaddon         Angel of the Abyss     
Accuser            Antichrist
Beast                Apollyon
Beelzebub       Belial
Dragon             Deceiver
Leviathan
Satan
The Serpent
The Star
Devil
Prince of Darkness


-HISTORY OF SATAN IN THE FUTURE-
VERY SOON SATAN WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.
HE WILL APPEAR ON EARTH IN A GLORIOUS PHYSICAL BODY.
THEN SATAN WILL BE CALLED THE BEAST. HE WILL PRETEND TO BE
GOD AND HE WILL HAVE THE APPEARANCE  OF GOD.
THE BEAST IS THE NAME FOR SATAN WHEN HE COMES VISIBLY TO THE
EARTH CLAIMING THAT HE IS GOD!
HIS DEMONS WILL COME WITH HIM AND THEY WILL APPEAR TO BE ANGELS
FROM HEAVEN.
SATAN WILL BE GIVEN 3 1/2 YEARS AS THE VISIBLE GOD
OF THIS WORLD. DURING THIS TIME HE WILL TRY TO CONVINCE
EVERY LIVING PERSON ON EARTH TO WORSHIP HIM. DO NOT BE DECEIVED.
HE IS NOT GOD!!! AND YOU SHOULD NOT WORSHIP HIM.
-HISTORY OF SATAN-ULTIMATE END-
AFTER SATAN IS IN IS ATTRACTIVE/PHYSICAL FORM ON EARTH FOR THE
3 1/2 YEARS HE WILL BE PUT BACK INTO THE BOTTOMLESS PIT FOR
1,000 YEARS. DURING THE 1,000 YEARS SATAN WILL NOT BE ALLOWED
TO TEMPT ANY HUMANS.
The Thousand Years
1-And I saw an angel coming down out of heaven,
having the key to the Abyss and holding in his hand a great chain.
2-He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil, or Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years.
3-He threw him into the Abyss, and locked and sealed it over him,
to keep him from deceiving the nations anymore
until the thousand years were ended. After that, he must
be set free for a short time.
Revelation 20:1-3 
AT THE END OF THE 1,000 YEARS
Satan will be released from the bottomless pit for a short time.
He will gather the wicked together and they will fight against God and his
people/angles. God will bring fires down from heaven to destroy the wicked.
Satan will be cast into the lake of fire.
He will never again be able to tempt another living soul.
SATAN'S DOOM
7-When the thousand years are over,
Satan will be released
from his prison
8-and will go out to deceive the nations
in the four corners of the earth
--Gog and Ma-gog--to
gather them for battle. In number they are like
the sand on the seashore.
9-They marched across the breadth of the earth and
surrounded the camp of Gods people, the city he loves. But
fire came down from heaven and devoured them.
10-And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake
of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been
thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
Revelation 20:7-10
1:9-What do ye imagine against the LORD?
he will make an utter end:
affliction shall not rise up the second time.
Nahum 1:9
The universe will be eternally secure from
sin and Satan. Sin will never rise again

Lastly what does Lucifer look like?
Well he had many form after he was first created and banished
by the one true God his own Father. He was once a most beautiful angel
until he rebelled, then he became the hideous to creature as some say.
but truly know one knows what he truly looks like because he has so many
faces. Lucifer, being a pure spirit he has no physical form. Often in art,
he is depicted as a frightening demon, frequently with a face twisted with hatred
rage. Lucifer, however can manifest himself into any type of creature or
an handsome human that he wants according to testimonies of the saints
he has appeared as hideous creatures, various animals, handsome men,
seductive females and a fallen soul or a demon.
Take care he can be very deceiving. You never
know until its to late.
You could get more precise by having a
look in your Bible either in King James
version or New international version. In
both it will give us a more truthful look about
the physical appearance of Lucifer.
God told the prophet Ezekiel to
"take up a lamentation' against the King of Tyre,
which meant he was to repeatedly utter the lament
in public for all to hear. This was a common
method of the prophets. In some cases,
they world cry the same identical words
every day for a year or more until everybody,
whether they wanted to or not, had memorized it
word for word. The lamentation denounced the
king by comparing him to Lucifer - Satan, in
both his pomp and power and his certain demise.
In this passage, we learn some things about
Satan-the Devil.
Satan was created by God, and was
originally perfect, beautiful and wise
Ezekiel 28:12,15,17
He is a cherub -Ezekiel 28:14
As a cherub, he had the special position of
'Covering'-Ezekiel 28:14,16
He radiated 'Brightness,' which is a word used 22 times in the Bible
and is exclusively associated with the glory that radiates from a
supreme potentate- Ezekiel 28:17
He was originally covered with precious stones,
as were the high priests- Ezekiel 28:13
He had musical pipes in his body which made him an
organic musical instrument - Ezekiel 28:13
He was 'Anointed' which is a term denoting the bestowment of
a sacred trust-Ezekiel 28:14
He was associated with a throne -Isaiah-14:13
Satan is the author and originator

of sin-lying and murder-Ezekiel 28:15 with John 8:44:1 John3:8
The Original sin of Satan involved merchandising-Ezekiel 28:16
His original assignment before he sinned was on the earth, for he
would 'ascend into heaven...above the heights of the clouds... But
would be 'cut down to the ground. and 'brought down to hell'-Isaiah 14:12-16
Further, he was 'In Eden' before he sinned, which is a piece of geography on
the earth in which God later placed a garden to put Adam and Eve-Ezekiel 28:13
Lucifer was created before the six day of creation recorded in
Genesis 1 Job 38: 4-7
He was called a 'Son of God." Job 1:6, 2:1, 38:7
A cherub has the face of an ox. This is in Ezekiel chapter one records a
vision given to the prophet, and it contains a peculiar detail that at first seems to
be irrelevant but is given special attention by twice telling us exactly what day
where he was when he had the vision. He said he was 'among the captives
by the river of Chebar -Ezekiel 1:1, 3. He sees what he
calls 'four living creatures' Ezekiel 1:5. After describing their bodies, he tells
us that they had four different faces each. They had face of a man,
a lion an ox and an eagle. Now is where we do a little detective work.
In ten chapters later, in Ezekiel 10:14, he again refers to the living
creatures with the four faces, but this time when he names them there is a
difference, 'And every one had four faces; the first face was the face of a cherub, 
and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face of a lion and
the fourth the face of an eagle. The face of man, lion and eagle are the same,
but he calls the ox face a cherub. So God has revealed to us that the natural face
of a cherub is the face of an ox.
Lucifer is an anointed cherub and therefore has the face of ox.
The form most often used by idol worshipers is that of an ox. Baal was
worshiped in the form of an ox. When Satan inspires men to worship,
it is in the form of an ox or a serpent/dragon-Lucifer's later image
The Eastern religions hold the cow ox as sacred.
Well, now that is the history and a whole lot more about the beginning and end
of Lucifer-morning star. I hope that you all find the true
story interesting. All the scripture is from my two bibles my king James and
my new international version ...
Love you all very much
Your Friend always
WENDY




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