Published on September 5, 2019
Kumobi
Regions of expansion
Japan
Description
Kumobi (蜘蛛 火, lit. "spider fire").
In the legend in the village of Tenko (Shiki District, Nara Prefecture (now Sakurai)), hundreds of spiders turned into a fireball in the air. Similarly, in Tamashimayashima (Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture). When a red fireball appears over the forest near the Inari temple on the island, it is said that it dances over the mountains and forest, and then disappears.