What is Hōmyō dōji?
'''Hōmyō dōji''' ({{lang|ja|ほうみょう童子}}) is a story from [[Japanese folklore]]. It is about a man who has a [[son]]. The son has to be a [[human sacrifice]] to a [[snake]]. He does not get sacrificed. Another boy named Hōmyō offers to sacrifice himself instead. Hōmyō's father is dead. Hōmyō is a [[Buddhist]]. A [[Bodhisattva]] saves him from dying. Hōmyō meets the [[king]]. The king does not like [[Buddhism]], the religion that Hōmyō believes in. Hōmyō tells the king his story. The king becomes a Buddhist and quits his job as king.<ref name=WDL>{{cite web|title=Dharma Wonder Boy|url=http://www.wdl.org/en/item/2681/|publisher=World Digital Library|accessdate=24 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ほうみょう童子|url=http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/graphicversion/dbase/naraehon/htmls/houmyou.html|work=作品一覧|publisher=奈良絵本データベース|accessdate=24 May 2013}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * Digitised scans of the ''Hōmyō dōji e-hon'', Library of Congress, North American Coordinating Council on Japanese Library Resources: [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=asian3&fileName=asian0001_20050215001nepage.db Vol. 1], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian0001.20050215002ne.2 Vol. 2], [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian0001.20050215003ne.2 Vol. 3]. {{DEFAULTSORT:Homyo doji}} [[Category:Buddhism]] [[Category:Japanese folklore]] {{multistub|Asia|religion}}