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Udanosumisaka |
[Uda no sumisaka no kami](Kojiki)(Nihongi) A kami offered worship in the era of legendary Emperor Sujin. The name Uda no Sumisaka referred to the place-name Sumisaka in Uda District of Yamato Province. As recounted by Nihongi and Kojiki , a great epidemic occurred in the ninth year o... |
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Ugajin |
Other names: Uka no kami An obscure kami worshiped as a deity of fortune from the early medieval period on. Fused with the Buddhist deity Benzaiten, the kami became known as Uga Benten, and was also called by the titles Uga Shinnō ("divine-king Uga") and Uga Shinshō ("... |
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Ugayafukiaezu |
[Ugayafukiaezu no mikoto] (Kojiki) Other names: Hikonagisatake ugayafukiaezu no mikoto( Kojiki ) The son of Hohodemi (Ninigi's son) and Toyotamabime (Watatsumi's daughter); the father of Emperor Jinmu. Ugayafukiaezu's name ("cormorant-rush-thatching-unfinished&... |
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Uijini, Suijini |
[Suijini no kami](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other name: Uijine no mikoto, Suijine no mikoto( Nihongi ) According to Kojiki , a pair of deities forming the third of the first seven generations of kami ; (the fourth generation according to the main text of Nihongi ). The most widely accepted in... |
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Ujigami |
"Clan kami ," in ancient Japanese society, an ancestral kami or other tutelary worshiped by individuals sharing the same clan ( uji ) name. As a result of historical changes in the composition of groups worshiping such kami , however, ujigami today are most frequently ide... |
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Ukanomitama |
[Uka no mitama no kami](Kojiki) Other names: Uka no mitama no mikoto( Nihongi ) A kami of foodstuffs, thought to refer specifically to the spirit of rice. Kojiki describes the kami as the offspring of Susanoo, while Nihongi states that it was the offspring of the two kami Izanagi and Iz... |
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Ukemochi |
[Ukemochi no kami] (Nihongi) A deity appearing in an "alternate writing" quoted within Nihongi . The name uke is synonymous with uka , meaning "food," with the result that ukemochi no kami means a tutelary of foodstuffs, although some theories suggest that th... |
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Umashiashikabihikoji |
[Umashi ashikabi hikoji no kami](Kojiki) Oher names: Umashi ashikabi hikoji no mikoto( Nihongi ) A kami that appeared in the process of formation of heaven and earth. Acording to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" quoted in the Nihongi , when the land was first formed, it w... |
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Uminokami |
[Umi no kami] " Kami of the sea," a tutelary of the ocean and ocean travel. Believed to live in the sea or the "other world" at the bottom of the sea, the umi no kami is a nature deity believed to have dominion over ocean winds and waves, the tides, and rains. It was anci... |
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Umisachi |
[Umisachi hiko] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Hoderi no mikoto ( Kojiki ), Hoakari no mikoto, Hosusori no mikoto, Ho no suseri no mikoto, Ho no susor no mikoto, Hosuseri no mikoto, Ho no susumi no mikoto ( Nihongi ). An offspring of Ninigi and Konohana Sakuyahime. Accounts differ in ... |
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Umugaihime, Kisagaihime |
[Umugai hime][Kisagai hime](Kojiki) According to the Kojiki account, the two deities dispatched by Kamimusuhi to resurrect Ōnamuchi after his eighty brothers had killed him with a heated rock. Kisagaihime gathered shavings from seashell and Umugaihime mixed them with the juic... |
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Uwazutsunoo, Nakazutsunoo, Sokozutsunoo |
[Uwazutsu no o no mikoto][Nakazutsu no o no mikoto] [Sokozutsu no o no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Three kami produced during Izanagi's purification (see misogi, harae). When Izanagi returned from the land of Yomi, he bathed at Awakihara of Tsukushi in order to purge the pollution o... |
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Wakahirume |
[Wakahirume no mikoto] (Nihongi) A kami of uncertain identity appearing in an "alternate writing" transmitted in Nihongi 's "divine age" chapters. Wakahirume is sometimes identified as the child or younger sister of Amaterasu, or as Amaterasu herself. Th... |
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Wakamiya |
A general term referring to a minor shrine serving the kami of a separate main shrine ( hongū ), or to its related kami . Shintō myōmoku ruijūshō ; defines wakamiya as a shrine dedicated to the offspring ( mikogami ) of the kami worshiped at a main shrine, or to the newly apportioned branch ... |
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Wakaukanome |
[Waka ukanome no mikoto] (Engi shiki) The object of worship ( saijin ) of the Hirose Shrine, known as Hirose no ōmikami, and revered as a tutelary of foodstuffs. The Hirose Ōimi no Matsuri, an official court rite invoking the maturation of crops, was held at the Hirose ni masu Wakaukano... |
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Wakumusuhi |
[Wakumusuhi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Wakamusuhi( Nihongi ) As part of Kojiki 's account of Izanagi and Izanami's procreation of the kami ( kamiumi ), Wakumusuhi was, together with Mitsuhanome, one of two kami produced from the urine of Izanami after she was burned while giving ... |
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Watatsumi |
[Watatsumi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Watatsumi no ō-kami( Kojiki ), Watatsumi no mikoto( Nihongi ) A tutelary of the sea. According to Kojiki , the sea deity Ōwatatsumi no kami was produced by Izanagi and Izanami as part of the process of giving birth to the kami ( kamiumi ). Both Ko... |
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Wazurainoushi |
[Wazurai no ushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Wazurai no kami( Nihongi ) A kami produced when Izanagi returned from the underworld of Yomi and performed ablutions ( misogi, harae ). Before entering the water, Izanagi cast down his staff, belt, clothes, and footwear; according to b... |
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Yahirowani |
[Yahiro wani](Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Eight-fathom shark." Although the word wani today means "crocodile," the animal referred to here is believed to have been a "great shark." According to Kojiki , Toyotamabime took the form of this animal when she ... |
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Yakusanoikazuchi |
[Yakusa no ikazuchi no kami] (Kojiki) The "eight kinds of thunder kami " that festered inside Izanami's corpse as seen by her consort Izanagi in the underworld of Yomi. Suffering mortal injury from giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, Izanami died and went to the unde... |
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