- Sennin
The Japanese term sennin is a
loanword from Chinese "xiānrén" 仙人 "immortal person", known also as "xian" "immortal; transcendent;genie ; mage; jdinn; sage; hermit" inDaoism ."Sennin" is a common Japanese character name. For example, "Ikkaku Sennin" (一角仙人 "One-horned Immortal") was a
Noh play byKomparu Zenchiku (金春禅竹, 1405-1471). The Japanese legend of Gama Sennin (蝦蟇仙人 "Toad Immortal") is based upon Chinese Liu Hai (劉海), a fabled 10th-century alchemist who learned the secret of immortality from theChan Chu ("Three-legged Money Toad").External links
* [http://www.pantheon.org/articles/s/sennin.html Sennin] , Encyclopedia Mythica
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/npj/npj48.htm Ikkaku Sennin "The One-Horned Rishi"] ,Arthur Waley , 1921, "The Nō Plays of Japan"
* [http://education.poetscraft.com/handouts/ikkakusennin.pdf#search=%22ikkaku-sennin%22 Ikkaku Sennin] , William Packard
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