La Farge, John, 1835-1910 · New York, The Century co. · leaf 182
and many are the stories which link thesetwo beliefs from the early times. As, for instance, whenShodo Shonin in his wanderings came here and openedup the mountains of Nikko. For this saintly discoverer,dwelling in early youth among sacred caves, and a de-vout reverer of the native and Buddhist… … Where the red lacquer bridge now goes over the Da-yagawa, Shodo Shonin first crossed upon the fairy snakebridge, which, hke a rainbow spanning the hills, wasthrown over for him by a mysterious colossal god of themountain. Here, a few yards off, he built the shrine inhonor of his helper, the * great…
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