Дом с Привидениями. Ghost House. Анна Ивановна Маслякова

. Тогда как две статуи мышей, расположенные перед храмом, увековечивают мышек, которые по преданию предупредили бога о пожаре и, таким образом, спасли ему жизнь. К храму ведёт так называемая «философская тропинка», и сегодня как раз подходящее время, чтобы прогуляться по ней.

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      The book you are reading is quite unusual. The story about a House with Ghosts, featured in it, was inspired by Japanese aesthetics, which, as you know, has its own peculiarities. I am talking about Otoyo Shrine in Kioto where, incredible as it may seem, one can pray to mice who are regarded as companions to Ōkuninushi, god of healing and sorcery. While the statues of two mice located in front of the Shrine commemorate those mice that, according to the legend, warned the god about the fire and thus saved his life. The so-called “philosophical path” leads to the temple, and today is just the right time to take a walk along it.