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Yamanokami |
[Yama no kami] " Kami of the mountain." While the term yama no kami is a general expression referring to any kami dwelling in a mountain, a number of differences exist between low-land agriculturalists and mountain folk (people who make their living from various forestry ... |
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Yamatanoorochi |
[Yamata no orochi] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) A great serpent (the name means "eight-forked-snake") defeated by Susanoo. Banished from the Plain of High Heaven, the kami Susanoo descended to the peak of Torikami at the headwaters of the Hi River in Izumo Province (believed to b... |
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Yamatonoōkunitama |
[Yamato no ōkunitama] (Nihongi) Other names: Yamato no ōkunitama no kami The central deity ( saijin ) of the Ōyamato Shrine, but possessing ambiguous attributes. According to Nihongi's record of the sixth year of Emperor Sujin's reign, Yamato no Ōkunitama was originally enshrine... |
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Yamatotakeru |
[Yamato takeru no mikoto] (Kojiki)(Ninongi) Other names: Ousu no mikoto ( Kojiki, Nihongi ), Yamatooguna no miko ( Kojiki ), Yamatooguna ( Nihongi ). A son of Emperor Keikō, and father to Emperor Chūai. Yamatotakeru's mother was Ōiratsume of Inabi in Harima, the daughter of Wakatak... |
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Yamatsumi |
"mountain kami ". Generic name for any kami identified with a mountain, or that dwells in a mountain. Also called yama no kami ( kami of the mountain). The original meaning of yamatsumi is yama-tsu-mi ("holder of the mountain"), signifying that the kami posses... |
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Yashikigami |
"Estate kami ," a tutelary kami enshrined on or nearby the plot of land on which a human dwelling is built. Most yashikigami are found in the form of small shrines made of wood or stone, or a makeshift straw shrine which may be rebuilt at the time of each regular observance of wo... |
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Yashimajinumi |
[Yashima jinumi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Suga no yuyamanushi mina samoruhiko yashimajino ("Master of Yu Mountain in Suga, whose name is Sa[mo]ruhiko Yashimashino"), Yashimano, Suga no yuina saka karuhiko yashimade no mikoto ("the Master of Yu in Suga whos... |
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Yasomagatsuhi |
[Yaso magatsuhi no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Kami of disorder, produced when Izanagi returned from the underworld of Yomi and underwent ablutions ( misogi ). Yasomagatsuhi or "eighty myriads of disorder" was produced from the pollution which Izanagi had suffered in th... |
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Yatakarasu |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Yata no karasu( Kojiki, Nihongi ) A great crow sent from heaven by Takagi no kami (according to Kojiki ) or by Amaterasu ( Nihongi ) as a guide to assist Emperor Jinmu on his eastern campaign. Kogo shūi states that Jinmu was guided on his progress by Yataga... |
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Yomidonisayarimasuōkami |
[Yomido ni sayarimasu ōkami] (Nihongi) Other names: Sayarimasu yomido no ōkami( Kojiki ), Yomido ni futagarimasu ōkami( Nihongi ), Chigaeshi no ōkami( Kojiki, Nihongi ). "The great kami obstructing the way to the underworld." At the time Izanagi declared his divorce f... |
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Yomotsu kotosakanoo |
[Yomotsu kotosakanoo](Nihongi) A kami related in an "alternate writing" transmitted by the Nihongi , and which effected the separation of Izanagi and his deceased consort Izanami in the land of Yomi. Koto-saka means to "sever a relationship." Koto can mean ... |
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Yomotsuchimorihito |
[Yomotsuchi morihito](Nihongi) "Guardian of the way to the underworld." Appearing in an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , a kami that acted as go-between when Izanagi fled from the underworld of Yomi and declared himself divorced from Izanami a... |
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Yomotsuhisame |
(Nihongi) "Hags of Yomi." While the etymology of this name is unclear, it is believed to refer to loathsome women of the underworld land of Yomi, considered as personifications of the pollutions of death. When Izanagi broke his pledge to his dead spouse Izanami, Izanami s... |
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Yomotsukami |
[Yomotsu kami](Kojiki) Kami (singular or plural) ruling over the underworld land of death (Yomi). When Izanagi's consort Izanami died, he visited her in the land of death and asked her to continue helping him perfect the land, which had been left incomplete with her death. Izanami, ... |
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Yomotsushikome |
[Yomotsu shikome](Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Hags of Yomi," considered personifications of the pollution of death. Both Kojiki and Nihongi relate the same mythic elements: when Izanagi broke his promise to Izanami and fled from the underworld land of Yomi, Izanami sent the &... |
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Yorozuhatahime |
[Yorozuhata toyo akitsushi hime no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names:Ame yorozu Takuhatachihatahime, Takuhatachijihime yorozuhatahime no mikoto, Honotohatahimekochijihime no mikoto ( Nihongi ). The daughter of Takamimusuhi, and according to an "alternate wri... |
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Zaō Gongen |
The "Avatar Zaō," also known as Kongō Zaō Bosatsu ("Bodhisattva Zaō of the Diamond Realm"), a deity unique to Japan's Shugendō sect. Originally a tutelary of Buddhism, Shūkongōshin (Skt. Vajrapani) evolved successively into the Bodhisattva Kongō Zaō and t... |
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Zōkasanshin |
"Three kami of creation." According to Kojiki 's account of the formation of the world, the three kami which procreated first in the Plain of High Heaven (Takamanohara), namely, Amenominakanushi, Takamimusuhi, and Kamimusuhi. Each of these three came into being as a &q... |
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§ Combinatory Kami |
[Shinbutsu Shūgō] Often translated " kami -buddha syncretism," shinbutsu shūgō refers to the complex phenomenon of "combinatory" interaction between Japanese beliefs in jingi or kami ("deities"), and the foreign, established religion of Bu... |
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§ Definitions and Typology |
A. Definitions Throughout history, numerous attempts have been made to define the term kami, since the early commentary Man'yōshū chūshaku ( Sengakushō ) by the Tendai priest Sengaku (1203-?) in the early Kamakura period and the Jindai no maki kuketsu by Inbe no Masamichi in the per... |
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