The Legend of a Noble Adrift: A Legend from the Kumano Region and the Structure of Its Mentality

Many legends and folk tales have been passed down to this day in the Kumano region of southern Mie prefecture. Upon request of the Institute of Shinto Studies of Kogakkan University, the author conducted research on the legends and folk tales of the Kumano region from 2005 to 2006. Its research result was organized as the index of legends and folk tales and was published in Kōgakkan ronsō.

As a result, it was understood that most of the legends and folk tales passed down in Kumano fall into a general narrative type of legends and folk tales.