在日本学界，会将我国的水神河伯称为中国的河童

In Japanese academia, our country's water god He Bo is called Chinese Kappa

这听上去让我觉得有些不可思议

This sounds a bit weird

但从一些古文献记载的文字来看

But judging from the text recorded in some ancient documents

两者之间还是有着必然的联系的

There is still an inevitable connection between them

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《搜神记》卷四、卷十八和卷四十分别记录了

Volume 4, volume 18 and volume 40 of “Search for God” are recorded separately

注：《搜神记》是一部记录古代民间传说中神奇怪异故事的小说集，作者是东晋的史学家干宝

Remark：“Search for God” is a collection of novels that record strange stories of gods in ancient folklore, written by historian Gan Bao from the Eastern Jin Dynasty

“冯夷化河伯”、“水獭害人”和“河伯嫁女”的故事

The stories of "Feng Yihua He Bo", "Otter Harm" and "He Bo Married Girl"

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其中卷十八所提到的水獭不知大家还有印象吗？

I don’t know if the otter mentioned in Volume 18 still has an impression

在第五期视频中的《本朝食鉴》「本朝食鑑」一书中

In the fifth edition of the video " Food Archive of Edo period "

就有提到河童与水獭的联系

it mentioned the connection between Kappa and Otter

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那在日本百大妖怪中，确实也有一名为川獭カワウソ的妖怪

Among the top 100 Yokai in Japan, there is indeed a Yokai named Kawauso

川獭由筑后川迁徙出来的河童变化而来

The Kawauso changes from the Kappa migrating from the Chikugo River

其性格也与河童一样阴晴不定，并且极其善于变幻

Their character is as uncertain as Kappa, and they are extremely good at changing

据说川獭喜欢幻化为人类女性

It is said that Kawauso likes to transform into human female

穿上和服并用伞或蓑帽遮挡住脸

Put on a kimono and cover face with an umbrella or a hat

它心情好时就搞恶作剧捉弄它遇到的人

When they are in a good mood, they plays tricks on the people it meets

它心情不好时就一口咬死向它打招呼的人

When they are in a bad mood, they bites the person who greets him

真的是一点“嘤嘤怪”的可爱属性都没有

It ’s really not a cute otter

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而卷四十“河伯嫁女”的故事中，则出现了河伯授人药方的情节

In the story of "Forty-Her Married Girl" in Volume 40, there is a plot of He-bo's prescription

近代河童研究的鼻祖——柳田国男やなぎたくにお所著的《山岛民谭集しまびと談話の記録》中

The originator of the modern Kappa study——In the "Tan Collection of Mountain Islanders" by Yanagida kunio

注：柳田国男やなぎたくにお，日本民俗学家。他所著的《山岛民谭集しまびと談話の記録》于1914年出版。其中《河童驹引かっぱ子馬ひき》一文反响巨大

Remark：Yanagida kunio, male, Japanese folklorist. His book " Tan Collection of Mountain Islanders " was published in 1914. Among them, the article "Kappa Towing Foal" has a great response

“河童的妙药”也与其有着相似之处

"Kappa's Magic Medicine" also has similarities

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所以综上所述，猴爵认为，

So in summary, I think

日本的河童虽然与河伯的性格有些相似，但两者绝不可能划等号

Although the Japanese Kappa is somewhat similar to HeBo ’s character, they can never be equal

因为河伯是神，河童是妖

Because He Bo is a god, Kappa is a Yokai

虽然日本学界有着“神失力则化妖”的说法

Although there is a saying in the Japanese academic circles that "God fails to turn the Yokai"

但用在河伯身上却显得太过牵强

But it seems too far-fetched to be used on He Bo

况且河伯形象乃人身鱼尾，长有银白色的头发与流光溢彩的眼睛和鳞片

Moreover, the image of He Bo is a fish tail, with long silver hair and shiny eyes and scales

这放在河童一族的任何一员身上，都无一不散发出强烈的违和感

This is placed on any member of the Kappa clan, and they all exude a strong sense of violation

那河童的形象又是从何而来呢？

Where did the image of Kappa come from?

我们下一期，河童的起源（四）接着聊

We will continue in the next issue，Origin of Kappa 4

世界妖怪文化探索07——河童04