{"id":136567,"date":"2026-09-03T00:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T00:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/?page_id=136567"},"modified":"2026-09-03T01:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T01:06:10","slug":"kappa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/kappa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kappa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"136567\" class=\"elementor elementor-136567 elementor-1327\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kappa, vattenande ur Japans flodmytologi<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kappa \u00e4r en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett kroppsl\u00f6st v\u00e4sen som tillskrivs verkan i v\u00e4rlden.\" tabindex=\"0\">vattenande<\/span> ur Japans flodmytologi.<\/p><p>Kappa \u00e4r barnstora vattenv\u00e4sen med sk\u00f6ldpaddsskal och en vattensk\u00e5l p\u00e5 hj\u00e4ssan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Geist: Okroppslig eller halvkroppslig v\u00e4senhet, avlidna, naturv\u00e4sen, husandar eller v\u00e4ktare av gr\u00e4nser. 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andar fr\u00e5n den japanska traditionen, historiskt-illustrativt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_japan_kappa-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_japan_kappa-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_japan_kappa-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/geister_japan_kappa.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kappa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kappa (\u6cb3\u7ae5, &#8221;flodbarn&#8221;) \u00e4r de mest k\u00e4nda vattenv\u00e4sendena i Japans folkliga demonologi. De beskrivs som mansh\u00f6ga till barnstora, med gr\u00f6naktig, fj\u00e4llig hud, simhud, ett sk\u00f6ldpaddsskal p\u00e5 ryggen och, det viktigaste k\u00e4nnetecknet, en flat f\u00f6rdjupning (<em>sara<\/em>) p\u00e5 hj\u00e4ssan som m\u00e5ste vara fylld med vatten. Torkar denna sk\u00e5l ut f\u00f6rlorar kappan sin kraft.<\/p><p>Kappa lever i floder, dammar, risf\u00e4lt och mindre vattendrag. De skildras som br\u00e5kmakare som drar badande och resande ner i djupet, skr\u00e4mmer h\u00e4star och stj\u00e4l gurkor.<\/p><div><h3>Suijin-traditionen och flodvattnens gudar<\/h3><p><em>Kappa<\/em> \u00e4r etymologiskt och teologiskt f\u00f6rankrade i <em>Suijin<\/em>-traditionen (vattengudomstraditionen), en av de \u00e4ldsta <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Japans inhemska religion, pr\u00e4glad av v\u00f6rdnaden f\u00f6r kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">shinto<\/span>-animistiska gudaklasserna. Suijin \u00e4r dokumenterade i klassiska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Japans inhemska religion, pr\u00e4glad av v\u00f6rdnaden f\u00f6r kami.\" tabindex=\"0\">shinto<\/span>-texter som <em>Engi Shiki<\/em> (900-talet) som makter vilka h\u00e4rskar \u00f6ver floder, k\u00e4llor och vattenh\u00e5l.<\/p><p>Kappa fungerar i den lokala folktron ofta som underordnade manifestationer av suijin, s\u00e4rskilt av de slag som f\u00f6rknippas med farliga str\u00f6mvirvlar eller djupa vattenh\u00e5l.<\/p><p>\u00d6verg\u00e5ngen fr\u00e5n suijin till kappa speglar en degradering av den gudomliga statusen genom lokal sakralisering: en suijin i en stor flod f\u00f6rblir en <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett v\u00e4sen som dyrkas som gudomligt inom en religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">gudom<\/span>, medan suijin i en liten b\u00e4ck eller ett farligt vatten degraderas till kappa i <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Den ned\u00e4rvda folkkulturen med seder, ber\u00e4ttelser och s\u00e5nger.\" tabindex=\"0\">folkloren<\/span>. \u00c4nd\u00e5 bevaras v\u00f6rdnadsstrukturen: byar n\u00e4ra vatten d\u00e4r kappa ans\u00e5gs bo byggde sm\u00e5 helgedomar, offerplatser eller platser f\u00f6r matoffer.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Snabb\u00f6versikt: Kappa<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Typ:<\/strong> Vattendemon, flodv\u00e4sen<br>Ursprung: Regionala flodgudomar, gamla vattenkulttraditioner<br>Texter: Konjaku Monogatarish\u016b, Edo-tidens y\u014dkai-litteratur, Yanagita Kunios T\u014dno Monogatari<br>Tid: Belagd fr\u00e5n medeltiden, <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Tillh\u00f6rande en fastst\u00e4lld helig skriftsamling inom en religion; icke-kanoniska texter r\u00e4knas som apokryfa.\">kanonisk<\/span> fr\u00e5n Edo-tiden<br>Avv\u00e4rjning: Bugning (t\u00f6mmer vattensk\u00e5len), gurkoffer, f\u00f6rlust i sumo<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historisk inordning<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texternas tidsperiod<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kappa-liknande vattenv\u00e4sen kan sp\u00e5ras i japanska k\u00e4llor sedan medeltiden. De f\u00f6rsta episoderna som tydligt kan identifieras som kappa \u00e5terfinns i setsuwa-samlingar fr\u00e5n 1100- till 1300-talet. Den helt\u00e4ckande katalogiseringen och fastst\u00e4llningen av <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"L\u00e4ran om bildinneh\u00e5ll och deras betydelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">ikonografin<\/span> sker under Edo-tiden genom y\u014dkai-bilderb\u00f6cker och lokala studier.<\/p><p>Yanagita Kunios T\u014dno Monogatari (1910) skildrar m\u00e5nga kappa-episoder fr\u00e5n Iwate-regionen och utg\u00f6r startpunkten f\u00f6r den moderna kappa-forskningen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Utbredningsomr\u00e5de<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kappa \u00e4r k\u00e4nda \u00f6ver n\u00e4stan hela Japan, med regionala namnvarianter. K\u00e4rnregioner f\u00f6r intensiv <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Vidaref\u00f6randet av kunskap och ber\u00e4ttelser genom generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">\u00f6verlevering<\/span> \u00e4r T\u014dno-b\u00e4ckenet (Iwate), Ky\u016bsh\u016b (s\u00e4rskilt Kumamoto med den ber\u00f6mda kappa-statyn vid Ushibuka-bron) och Kant\u014d-omr\u00e5det.<\/p><p>Typiska platser: bevattningsdiken vid risf\u00e4lt, vadst\u00e4llen, dammbyggnader, avl\u00e4gsna bergssj\u00f6ar. I n\u00e5gra regioner uppf\u00f6rs sm\u00e5 helgedomar direkt vid flodstranden f\u00f6r den lokala kappan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">K\u00e4ll\u00e4ge<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-nosnippet>Viktiga k\u00e4llor: <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Japansk folklorist (1875\u20131962); grundare av den moderna japanska folkloristiken.\">Yanagita Kunio<\/span>, T\u014dno Monogatari (1910); Toriyama Sekiens y\u014dkai-encyklopedier (1776 ff.); ett stort antal lokala samlingar.<\/span><\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Modern forskning: Komatsu Kazuhiko, Ishikawa Jun\u02bcichir\u014d (Kappa no sekai, 1985), Michael Dylan Foster. Gestalten har dessutom bearbetats litter\u00e4rt genom Akutagawa Ry\u016bnosukes ber\u00e4ttelse \u201eKappa\u201c (1927).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Namn och varianter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Namnet \u00e4r sammansatt av \u6cb3 (&#8221;flod&#8221;) och \u7ae5 (&#8221;barn&#8221;).<\/p><ul><li><strong>Gawappa \/ Gatar\u014d<\/strong>, varianter i Ky\u016bsh\u016b.<\/li><li>Kawatar\u014d, alternativ l\u00e4sning, framf\u00f6r allt V\u00e4stjapan.<\/li><li>Suiko (\u6c34\u864e, &#8221;vattentiger&#8221;), kinesisk parallell.<\/li><li>Enk\u014d, v\u00e4stjapansk beteckning (ordagrant &#8221;apa&#8221;).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">K\u00e4nnetecken<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Utseende.<\/strong> Barnstorlek (cirka 1 till 1,20 m), gr\u00f6nskiftande fj\u00e4llig hud, sk\u00f6ldpaddsskal p\u00e5 ryggen, simhud mellan fingrar och t\u00e5r, n\u00e4bbformad mun. P\u00e5 hj\u00e4ssan finns en flat f\u00f6rdjupning med vatten, utan detta vatten f\u00f6rlorar kappan kraft och r\u00f6rlighet.<\/p><p>Beteende. Ondsint och listig, samtidigt h\u00f6vlig och t\u00e4vlingsinriktad i brottning. Kappa utmanar m\u00e4nniskor till sum\u014d. De drar h\u00e4star och ouppm\u00e4rksamma personer ner i vattnet. En praktik som tillskrivs dem \u00e4r att dra ut den mytiska &#8221;leverbollen&#8221; (<em>shirikodama<\/em>) genom anus hos drunknade personer.<\/p><p>F\u00f6rk\u00e4rlekar. Gurka \u00e4r deras favoritmat, d\u00e4rav sushirullen <em>kappamaki<\/em>.<\/p><div><h3>Kappa-no-sara: Den kultiska sk\u00e5len p\u00e5 huvudet<\/h3><p>Kappans s\u00e4rskiljande k\u00e4nnetecken \u00e4r <em>sara<\/em> (sk\u00e5len) p\u00e5 huvudet, ett element med djupg\u00e5ende kultiska implikationer.<\/p><p>Enligt folklig uppfattning \u00e4r denna sk\u00e5l s\u00e4tet f\u00f6r deras \u00f6vernaturliga kraft: om sk\u00e5len skulle spricka eller torka ut f\u00f6rlorar kappan sin styrka. Denna <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar utanf\u00f6r den officiella teologin, ofta med synkretistiska drag.\">folkteologi<\/span> var s\u00e5 dominant att det under Edo-perioden fanns folkliga sedv\u00e4njor f\u00f6r att neutralisera kappor genom att torka ut deras sara.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Etnografiska samlingar av folkloristen Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962) dokumenterade regionala variationer: vissa samh\u00e4llen trodde att sara kunde fyllas med sake f\u00f6r att blidka kappan, andra menade att sara var fylld med sj\u00e4lva vattnets livsvatten.<\/span><\/p><p>Dessa utvecklade tolkningar visar hur en enkel anatomisk egenhet kunde v\u00e4xa till ett komplext kultiskt system som strukturerade beteende, skydd och respektpraktiker.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fakta om: Kappa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>De viktigaste aspekterna av Kappa i sammanfattning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ursprung<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gamla flodgudomar och regionala vattenkulttraditioner; delvis influenser fr\u00e5n kinesiska suiko-f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Avser<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Badande barn, risb\u00f6nder vid bevattningsdiken, h\u00e4star vid stranden, nattliga resen\u00e4rer vid vadst\u00e4llen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Form<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Barnstor, gr\u00f6nhudad vattenvarelse med skal, simhud och en vattenfylld sk\u00e5l p\u00e5 huvudet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Funktion<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Drunkning, utdragning av shirikodama, st\u00f6ld (s\u00e4rskilt gurkor), skr\u00e4msel av h\u00e4star och boskap.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Skydd mot kappan<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>H\u00f6vlig bugning (f\u00e5r kappan att buga tillbaka och d\u00e4rmed f\u00f6rlora vattnet i huvudsk\u00e5len); <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Det konkreta f\u00f6rem\u00e5l eller den mat som offras till en gudom.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerg\u00e5va<\/span> av gurkor med givarens namn inristat; seger i sum\u014d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">J\u00e4mf\u00f6rbart<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kinesisk <em>suiko<\/em> (&#8221;vattentiger&#8221;); koreansk <em>mul-gwishin<\/em>; indiska <em>n\u0101ga<\/em> och tibetanska <em>lu<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Praktiskt skydd<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>H\u00f6vlig bugning.<\/strong> Den klassiska mot\u00e5tg\u00e4rden: om man m\u00f6ter en kappa vid stranden h\u00e4lsar man den h\u00f6vligt. Kappan bugar tillbaka, och d\u00e5 rinner vatten ur dess huvudsk\u00e5l. F\u00f6rsvagad m\u00e5ste den \u00e5terv\u00e4nda till floden och f\u00f6rlorar sin attack.<\/p><p>Gurk-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"G\u00e5va till en gudom f\u00f6r att uttrycka tack, b\u00f6n eller v\u00f6rdnad.\" tabindex=\"0\">offer<\/span>. I vissa regioner sk\u00e4r f\u00f6r\u00e4ldrar barnets namn i en gurka och kastar den i floden innan badet, som <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Det konkreta f\u00f6rem\u00e5l eller den mat som offras till en gudom.\" tabindex=\"0\">offerg\u00e5va<\/span> och skydd.<\/p><p>Kappa-kontrakt. Folkber\u00e4ttelser talar om kappor som efter en f\u00f6rlorad kraftm\u00e4tning med en m\u00e4nniska (t.ex. efter att ha f\u00e5tt armen avhuggen, som den besegrade sedan beg\u00e4r tillbaka) ing\u00e5r ett avtal om att inte l\u00e4ngre angripa hus och boskap.<\/p><p>Sum\u014d. Kappor \u00e4r stolta \u00f6ver sina brottningsf\u00e4rdigheter. En f\u00f6rlust i sum\u014d-brottning binder dem till l\u00f6ften gentemot segraren.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kappa, paralleller i andra kulturer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Kina.<\/strong> <em>Suiko<\/em> (&#8221;vattentigern&#8221;) \u00e4r en direkt ikonografisk f\u00f6rlaga som f\u00f6rmedlades till Japan via tidiga encyklopedier.<\/p><p>Korea. Mul-gwishin (vattenandar) drar liksom kappa badare ner i djupet, men har ett annat ursprung, oftast d\u00f6da som omkommit i vattendrag.<\/p><p>Indien\/buddhism. <em>N\u0101ga<\/em> som vattenormsvarelser \u00e4r typologiskt besl\u00e4ktade, men mer gudomligt ambivalenta.<\/p><p>Tibet. Lu, som vatten- och jordandar, delar bindningen till vatten och den dubbla profilen av skydd och fara.<\/p><div><h3>Edo-tidens <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar och seder som \u00e4r spridda i vardagslivet.\" tabindex=\"0\">folktro<\/span> och Yanagita Kunios klassifikation<\/h3><p>Edo-perioden (1603-1868) etablerade kappan som en central gestalt inom b\u00e5de stadsborgerlig och lantlig folktro. Handelsm\u00e4n i flodhamnsst\u00e4der som Edo och Osaka utvecklade f\u00f6rsiktighets\u00e5tg\u00e4rder mot kappa-angrepp, till exempel att undvika att bada ensam p\u00e5 kv\u00e4llen eller att offra gurkor.<\/p><p>Yanagita Kunio, grundaren av den moderna japanska folkloristiken, klassificerade i sina verk systematiskt regionala kappa-varianter efter geografisk spridning och lokala skillnader i attribut.<\/p><p>Yanagitas forskning visade att rapporter om kappor var vanligare i inl\u00e4ndska flodregioner \u00e4n i kustomr\u00e5den, och att st\u00f6rre floder tenderade att ha kappa-ber\u00e4ttelser av h\u00f6gre status. Hans arbete lyfte kappan fr\u00e5n ren vidskepelse till en vetenskaplig kategori inom det kulturella minnet och p\u00e5verkade avsev\u00e4rt efterf\u00f6ljande etnografiska studier.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpd25cbdc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cpd25cbdc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp08d11db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cp08d11db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tallriken p\u00e5 huvudet och kraftens k\u00e4lla<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp0e2c4f6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp0e2c4f6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpace17c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cpace17c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Det mest utm\u00e4rkande draget hos kappa i den japanska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"\u00d6verf\u00f6ringen av kunskap och ber\u00e4ttelser genom generationer.\" tabindex=\"0\">traditionen<\/span> \u00e4r en sk\u00e5lformad f\u00f6rdjupning p\u00e5 hj\u00e4ssan, i m\u00e5nga beskrivningar kallad <em>sara<\/em>, tallrik.<\/p><p>Enligt folktron \u00e4r denna f\u00f6rdjupning alltid fylld med vatten, och i detta vatten ligger kappans \u00f6vernaturliga kraft. S\u00e5 l\u00e4nge tallriken f\u00f6rblir fuktig \u00e4r kappan stark och farlig, \u00e4ven p\u00e5 land.<\/p><p>H\u00e4rur uppst\u00e5r den mest k\u00e4nda avv\u00e4rjningsregeln. Den som m\u00f6ter en kappa ska buga sig djupt f\u00f6r den. Den h\u00f6fliga kappan besvarar bugningen, varvid vattnet rinner ur tallriken och kraften g\u00e5r f\u00f6rlorad, tills tallriken kan fyllas p\u00e5 igen.<\/p><p>I vissa varianter r\u00e4cker det att f\u00f6rm\u00e5 kappan att g\u00f6ra en ryckig huvudr\u00f6relse. Dessa ber\u00e4ttelser f\u00f6renar den farliga vattenanden med en n\u00e4stan komisk svaghet och med v\u00e4rdes\u00e4ttandet av h\u00f6vlighet.<\/p><p><span data-nosnippet>Folklorister som Kunio Yanagita, grundaren av den japanska <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Vetenskapen som studerar vardagskultur, seder och ned\u00e4rvda f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar.\" tabindex=\"0\">folkloristiken<\/span>, har samlat in och tolkat kappa-ber\u00e4ttelser intensivt. I hans verk <em>Tono monogatari<\/em> fr\u00e5n 1910 framtr\u00e4der kappan som en fast best\u00e5ndsdel av den lantliga ber\u00e4ttarv\u00e4rlden i regionen Tono.<\/span><\/p><p>Yanagita s\u00e5g i s\u00e5dana vattenandar bland annat rester av \u00e4ldre, nedsjunkna vattengudomligheter. Tallriken, enligt en spridd tolkning, kan ursprungligen ha varit ett tecken p\u00e5 kappans f\u00f6rbindelse med vattnet som k\u00e4llan till dess makt, inte en slumpm\u00e4ssig anatomisk detalj.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp84c8c3b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp84c8c3b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpb548fd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpb548fd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fr\u00e5n vattengud till flododjur<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpcc1116e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cpcc1116e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp07f4fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp07f4fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kappan \u00e4r inom forskningen ett klassiskt exempel p\u00e5 tesen om den nedsjunkna guden. Flera japanska folklorister, bland dem Yanagita och efter honom m\u00e5nga regionalforskare, har h\u00e4vdat att bakom kappan d\u00f6ljer sig \u00e4ldre vattengudomligheter som i takt med f\u00f6r\u00e4ndrade religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden f\u00f6rlorade sin kultiska v\u00e4rdighet och sj\u00f6nk ner till fruktade men \u00e4ven h\u00e5nade odjur.<\/p><p>I vissa regioner s\u00e4tts kappan uttryckligen i samband med <em>suijin<\/em>, vattengud\u00e9n, eller tolkas som dennes l\u00e4gre form.<\/p><p>Denna dubbelnatur visar sig i kappans mots\u00e4gelsefulla beteende. \u00c5 ena sidan anses den farlig. Den tillskrivs drunknade m\u00e4nniskor och framf\u00f6r allt drunknade barn och h\u00e4star.<\/p><p>\u00c5 andra sidan kan kappan, om man h\u00e5ller sig v\u00e4l med den eller besegrar den, bli en hj\u00e4lpsam bundsf\u00f6rvant. M\u00e5nga regionala s\u00e4gner ber\u00e4ttar hur en kappa efter en f\u00f6rlorad kraftm\u00e4tning l\u00e4r m\u00e4nniskor l\u00e4kekonst, framf\u00f6r allt att s\u00e4tta ben, eller regelbundet f\u00f6rser dem med fisk.<\/p><p>Den regionala m\u00e5ngfalden \u00e4r stor. P\u00e5 Kyushu och i v\u00e4stra Japan f\u00f6rekommer beteckningar som <em>gataro<\/em> eller <em>garappa<\/em>, i norr andra namn. P\u00e5 vissa h\u00e5ll antas kappan vandra med \u00e5rstiderna mellan flod och berg, det vill s\u00e4ga vara en vattenvarelse p\u00e5 sommaren och en bergsvarelse p\u00e5 vintern.<\/p><p>Denna vandringsf\u00f6rest\u00e4llning f\u00f6rbinder kappan med de japanska f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningarna om gudomars s\u00e4songsbundna upp- och nedstigning, och st\u00f6djer tolkningen att kappan inte \u00e4r ett rent skr\u00e4mselv\u00e4sen utan en rest av mer komplexa religi\u00f6sa f\u00f6rest\u00e4llningar.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp8dc85b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cp8dc85b9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cpeeeba9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cpeeeba9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gurkor, sumo och shirikodama<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp4519d4f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cp4519d4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cp5b0ecbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cp5b0ecbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Flera fasta motiv k\u00e4nnetecknar kappan i ber\u00e4ttartraditionen. Ett \u00e4r dess f\u00f6rk\u00e4rlek f\u00f6r gurkor.<\/p><p>P\u00e5 m\u00e5nga h\u00e5ll ans\u00e5gs det r\u00e5dligt att kasta en gurka i vattnet innan man badade i floden, f\u00f6r att blidka kappan, eller att skriva namnet p\u00e5 de badande p\u00e5 en gurka. Ur denna koppling h\u00e4rstammar \u00e4ven namnet p\u00e5 sushirullen <em>kappamaki<\/em>, gurkrullen.<\/p><p>Ett andra <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett \u00e5terkommande inneh\u00e5llsligt element i konst eller ber\u00e4ttelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">motiv<\/span> \u00e4r kappans lust till brottning. Kappan utmanar f\u00f6rbipasserande till sumo, och just h\u00e4r s\u00e4tter avv\u00e4rjningen genom tallriken in, eftersom kappan f\u00f6rlorar sitt huvudvatten n\u00e4r den brottas eller bugar sig. Brottningen med kappan har p\u00e5 vissa h\u00e5ll till och med kommit att ing\u00e5 i lokala seder och barnlekar.<\/p><p>Det m\u00f6rkaste <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett \u00e5terkommande inneh\u00e5llsligt element i konst eller ber\u00e4ttelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">motivet<\/span> r\u00f6r <em>shirikodama<\/em>, en klotformad substans som enligt folktron finns i m\u00e4nniskans \u00e4ndtarm och som kappan river ur sina offer. Den som fr\u00e5ntas sin shirikodama d\u00f6r enligt vissa ber\u00e4ttelser eller f\u00f6rlorar sin livskraft.<\/p><p>Religionsvetenskapligt tolkas detta <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Ett \u00e5terkommande inneh\u00e5llsligt element i konst eller ber\u00e4ttelse.\" tabindex=\"0\">motiv<\/span> oftast som en folklig f\u00f6rklaring till drunkningsd\u00f6dsfall, s\u00e4rskilt utifr\u00e5n den anatomiska observationen p\u00e5 drunknade kroppar. Kappan tj\u00e4nade p\u00e5 s\u00e5 s\u00e4tt \u00e4ven som en varnande gestalt, avsedd att h\u00e5lla barn borta fr\u00e5n farliga vatten. Denna pedagogiska funktion f\u00f6rklarar en del av dess fortsatta n\u00e4rvaro i japansk vardagskultur, \u00e4nda till maskotar och ortsskyltar vid floder.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vidare l\u00e4nkar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Rekommenderade interna l\u00e4nkar:<\/p><ul><li>Kultursidan <strong>Japan<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Fler enskilda profiler fr\u00e5n Japan: <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/oni\/\">Oni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/tengu\/\">Tengu<\/a>, Y\u016brei, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/yuki-onna\/\">Yuki-onna<\/a>.<\/li><li>Paralleller: <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/kina\/\">Kina<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/korea\/\">Korea<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/sv\/tibet\/\">Tibet<\/a> (Lu).<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Litteratur (urval)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<footer class=\"iwg-literatur\" data-nosnippet=\"true\"><p>Ett kompakt urval centrala verk om kappa:<\/p><ul><li><span data-nosnippet>Yanagita Kunio: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Legends-Tono-Kunio-Yanagita\/dp\/0739127675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Legends of T\u014dno.<\/a><\/em> \u00d6vers. Ronald A. Morse. Lexington Books, Lanham 2008 (ut\u00f6kad utg\u00e5va).<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Ishikawa Jun\u02bcichir\u014d: <em>Kappa no sekai.<\/em> Jiji Ts\u016bshinsha, Tokyo 1985.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Foster, Michael Dylan: <em>Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Y\u014dkai.<\/em> University of California Press, Berkeley 2009.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Komatsu Kazuhiko: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.de\/books\/about\/Introduction_to_Yokai_Culture.html?id=_cLvtwEACAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">An Introduction to Y\u014dkai Culture.<\/a><\/em> Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, Tokyo 2017.<\/span><\/li><li><span data-nosnippet>Toriyama Sekien: <em>Japandemonium Illustrated.<\/em> \u00d6vers. Hiroko Yoda &#038; Matt Alt. 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