The Legend of Earthquakes｜A Giant Catfish Lives Underground?🐟

Have any of you heard of the Japanese 'Giant Catfish Legend' about earthquakes? When I watched 'Suzume no Tojimari' before, it depicted the giant entity that could cause earthquakes as an 'earthworm'🪱, and sealed it with a 'key stone'. Recently, while watching 'MAO Mao', I saw a 'key stone' related to earthquakes appear again, which made me curious to look it up— Turns out, there's a long-standing earthquake legend in Japan behind it!😆 Legend has it that a giant catfish lives underground in Japan, and when it stirs, it causes earthquakes, and the 'key stone' is responsible for sealing it. The most famous is the Kanashima Shrine's key stone, which legend says presses down on the head of the giant underground catfish to prevent it from causing earthquakes. I initially thought it was just a plot device, but discovered there was a common folklore behind it! Meanwhile, in Taiwan, earthquakes are referred to as 'the earth ox flipping over' (地牛翻身)🐂. It seems different animals live underground in different places!😆