The millets are holding their ears the sky. Adding Rice, wheat, foxtail millet, bean to it, they are called five grains, everything is one of the staple foods. The first things that come to mind when you think of millet is “Kibi dumplings” and “Momotaro”. “Momotaro” is a national fairy tale that Momotaro goes getting rid of the demon with a monkey, a dog and a pheasant, holding the “Kibi dumpling” prepared as a reward. The prototype is “Ramayana” of India and “Saiyuki” of China.

天高く黍が穂をもたげています。米、麦、粟、豆を加えて五穀と言いますが、主食の一つです。黍と言えばまず思い浮かべるのは「吉備団子」です。国民的お伽話「桃太郎」に出てくる桃太郎がご褒美に用意した「吉備団子」を腰に下げて、猿、犬、雉を従え鬼退治に行くというお話しです。インドの『ラーマーヤナ』、中国の『西遊記』にその原型が求められます。