Also Sae-no-kami 塞の神 (also read Sai-no-kami), Dōrokujin 道陸神, and other less common names. A folk deity associated with roads and travel who, in Buddhism, administers the border between this world and hell. In his common Japanese form he is the deity of mountain passes, crossroads, and village boundaries who obstructs the passage of evil spirits and gods of disease. His cult is intermingled with many others, including those which practice sai-no-kawara 賽の河原, or keeping out evil spirits. He is associated with matters of fertility both in crops and human beings, and also is found as a god of stones. Dōsojin appear as stones of all sorts, often phallic or carved to show a single figure or a couple who may be in sexual union. Dōsojin's *honjibutsu 本地仏 (Buddhist counterpart) is *Jizō 地蔵. His festival (called Dondomatsuri ドンド祭, Sai-no-kami, or Sagichō 左義長) is celebrated on the 15th and 16th of the first lunar month, koshōgatsu 小正月, and is a children's festival.