しゅてんどうじ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of しゅてんどうじ – see the following entry.

[proper noun] (mythology, Japanese mythology) an 鬼 (oni, “ogre; demon”) who dwelled in 大江山 (Ōeyama, “Mount Ōe”) and kidnapped women and children and stole money in the city

Alternative spellings
酒顛童子, 酒天童子

(This term, しゅてんどうじ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

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