The purpose of this paper is to consider the legend Hinaduru-Hime Densetsu that tells of the origin of folk-performing-art Dainenbutsu and some social taboos. Dainenbutsu is a ritual dance to exorcise a human body of evil spirits. A representative social taboo is prohibition of setting up the New Year's pine. According to the legend that deals with the Nanboku-cho era (the 14th century), both are very old and traditional customs. But my researches reveal that the legend is formed in the modern age. Therefore, it is Invention of Tradition. My concern here is mainly formation and function of the legend. Formation and transition of the legend originate from reflection and reasonable interpretation of people's memory that join some places, and customs. Generally, legend is thought traditional and static. But, in modern contemporary society, legend is dynamic and variable. I attempted to explain the process of formation of the legend. This process shows people's sense of large and small history that is far and familiar. And function of legend is to give people some taboos and customs. People are under restrain. But this function is an un-finished product of those idea and thought.

特集文化人類学の現代的課題
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