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Honoakari |
[Honoakari no mikoto] (Nihongi) According to Nihongi , one of three kami born to Konohana no Sakuyahime after spending a single night cohabiting with Ninigi. Honoakari is claimed as the first ancestor of the clan called Owari no Muraji, but differing birth orders are described in th... |
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Hoshinokamikakaseo |
[Hoshi no kami kakaseo] (Nihongi) Other names: Amatsumikahoshi, Ame no kakaseo ( Nihongi ) An astral kami appearing in Nihongi . Ordered by the heavenly kami to pacify the Central Land of Reed Plains, the two kami Futsunushi and Takemikazuchi descended to the Central Land and subdue... |
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Hosuseri |
[Hosuseri no mikoto] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , Konohana Sakuyahime became pregnant after cohabiting a single night with Ninigi, but Ninigi questioned whether she had actually become pregnant so readily. In anger at Ninigi's suspicions, Sakuyahime built a long parturition ... |
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Hosusori |
[Hosusori no mikoto] (Nihongi) According to the main text of Nihongi , one of three kami born to Ninigi and Ōyamatsumi's daughter Kamuatatsuhime (Konohana Sakuyahime). Sakuyahime set fire to her parturition hut and there gave birth to three kami , of whom Hosusori was the first, bor... |
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Hōsōgami |
"Smallpox kami ," a kami believed responsible for the spread of epidemics of smallpox ( hōsō ). Alternately, a tutelary of smallpox with the power to prevent such epidemics. The first smallpox innoculation center in Edo was established in 1858, but until such centers wer... |
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Ichikishimahime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Sayoribime no mikoto ( Kojiki ) One of the three female kami produced as a result of the trial by pledge ( ukei ) between Amaterasu and Susanoo, Ichikishimahime is enshrined at the Hetsugū, one of three shrines at the Munakata Taisha in the old province o... |
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Ichinokami |
[Ichi no kami] Tutelary kami of the marketplace, believed to protect trade and marketplace order and to bring prosperity. Also known as Ichihime. No specific kami originally existed as an object of worship ( saijin ) in the role of marketplace kami , but the concept of a tutelary of the ... |
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Ienokami |
[Ie no kami] " Kami of the home." In general, any kami acting as a tutelary of and bringing prosperity to the home. A wide variety of kami are enshrined (see saijin ) in the role of " kami of the home," however, making it difficult to comprehend them in any systematic ... |
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Ihika |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) A chthonic kami ( kunitsukami ) depicted as having a tail, and which appeared from a glowing well or spring during Emperor Jinmu's eastern campaign. Both Nihongi and Kojiki state that he was the ancestor of the indigenous Yoshino no Obito peoples. The motif of a &qu... |
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Ikigami |
A person either worshipped while alive as a kami , or revered for his or her exemplary " kami -like" existence. Venerated for their remarkable power and charisma, individuals worshiped as living kami are usually persons of high station, such as the emperor, or individual... |
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Ikugui, Tsunukui |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Tsu no kui( Kojiki, Nihongi ) The deities Ikugui and Tsunukui (or Tsunugui) were paired kami which came into being as the fourth of the first "seven generations of the age of the kami " ( kamiyo ). The name Ikugui comes from iku, which means to b... |
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Ikutamayoribime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) The daughter of Suetsumimi no mikoto and lover of Ōmononushi. According to Kojiki , the attractive Ikutamayoribime had a fine-looking male visitor who came to her each night, yet whose name she did not know. At last Ikutamayoribime became pregnant, and in order t... |
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Inadanomiyanushisuganoyatsumimi |
[Inada no miyanushi suga no yatsumimi] (Kojiki) Other names: Inada no miyanushi susa no yatsumimi no kami( Nihongi ) "Master(s) of the Inada palace at Suga." After killing the serpent Yamata no orochi at Suga, Susanoo took as wife Kushinadahime, and gave the name Inada no ... |
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Ishikoridome |
[Ishikoridome no mikoto] (Kojiki) Offspring of Amanonukato no mikoto, and claimed as ancestral deity of the Kagami-zukuri, or "mirror-maker" clan. At the time of Amaterasu's hiding away in the rock cave of heaven, the deity Omoikane no mikoto had bellows made from a dee... |
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Isotakeru |
[Isotakeru no kami] (Nihongi) Other names: Itakeru( Nihongi ) A name found only in Nihongi ; in Kojiki , the same kami appears under the name Ōyabiko no kami. An offspring of Susanoo, Isotakeru descended with his father to the Korean kingdom of Silla bearing tree seeds, but he did not pl... |
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Isukeyorihime |
Hime tatara isuke yori hime(Kojiki) Other names: Hime tatara isuzuhime no mikoto ( Nihongi ) Consort of Emperor Jinmu. According to Kojiki , the kami Ōmononushi of Miwa saw Seyadatarahime, daughter of Mizokui of Mishima, and immediately fell in love with her. While the girl was reli... |
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Iwanagahime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) A daughter of Ōyamatsumi. Ōyamatsumi offered both his beautiful daughter Konohana Sakuyahime and her older sister Iwanagahime in marriage to Ninigi. Ninigi, however, could not bear Iwanagahime's unattractive appearance and returned her to her father. Acco... |
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Iwaoshiwakunoko |
[Iwaoshiwaku no ko] (Kojiki) A kunitsukami (earthly kami ) that appeared during Jinmu's eastern campaign from Kumano to Yoshino, and became his ally. Both Kojiki and Nihongi describe Iwaoshiwakunoko as having a tail, and as appearing by pushing aside the boulders in order to meet t... |
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Iwasaku, Nesaku |
[Iwatsutsunoo no kami.Iwatsutsunome no mikoto] (Kojiki) Two kami produced as Izanagi killed the fire kami Kagutsuchi. When Izanami gave birth to Kagutsuchi, she suffered mortal burns. Enraged, her consort Izanagi drew his sword and beheaded Kagutsuchi. The blood that dripped f... |
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Iwatsutsunoo, Iwatsutsunome |
[Iwatsutsunome no mikoto] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , one (or one pair) of three kami which came into existence from the blood adhering to the sword with which Izanagi killed the fire deity Kagutsuchi (see also Iwasaku, Nesaku). According to an "alternate writing" de... |
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