Tanuki Den (aka Homepost): Date 20220430 
Tanuki Scroll XXX: 大蛇とお尻 
Read today’s hyakumonogatari, from Chiba prefecture!
About a traveller who is climbing a mountain and a giant snake appears and tries to eat him. In an attempt to stall he throws his belongings at the creature, then his clothing, but the snake just munches them all up until he is completely naked. It knocks him over and his trembling bum sticks into the air causing the snake to flee. Confused but happy to be alive the traveller runs away.
It turns out the snake mistook his shiny bum for a scary monster with a big mouth 
Japanese found in the tall grass
New Things
薄気味悪い「うすきみわるい」- Creepy; uncanny. Seen this before but completely forgot how to spell it.
褌「ふんどし」ー Loincloth
Meanings
人食い「ひとくい」- I knew this as “man-eating” like a man-eating lion or something, but it can also mean cannibal or cannibalistic.
Replies
Lumberjack-san sorta just appeared out of nowhere, and somehow knew about the boy’s past, I’m thinking perhaps it was step-mum in disguise 
perhaps I shouldn’t think this deeply over a minor detail in a folktale
Look for an old man with long white hair and a big beard in the mountains, it could be him! It seems crying out your woes in the mountains attracts him… not sure if it’d be a good idea to do this in practice though 
Happy birthday for yesterday, hope you had a nice day! 