竜りゅう灯とう

noun

phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights on a god's altar as an offering

A rare term referring to mysterious lights observed at sea or on altars, often associated with folklore or religious contexts.

• 夜よるの海うみで竜りゅう灯とうを見みたという話はなしは、昔むかしの船ふな乗のりの間あいだで語かたり継つがれている。

  Stories of seeing phosphorescent lights at sea at night have been passed down among old sailors.

• 神じん社じゃの祭さい壇だんには、神かみへの供そなえ物ものとして竜りゅう灯とうがともされることがある。

  At Shinto shrines, lights called 竜灯 are sometimes lit on the altar as an offering to the gods.