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Izanagi |
[Izanagi no mikoto] According to Kojiki and Nihongi , one of the two kami (together with his consort Izanami) principally responsible for the formation of the world. Various theories have been proposed to explain the name, but it is usually assumed that iza means "invite"... |
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Izanami |
[Izanami no mikoto] Consort of the kami Izanagi. The name Izanami has been understood in various ways, but most interpretations agree that iza means "invite" ( izanau ), while mi means "female." As the kami responsible for the birth of various other kami repre... |
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Izasawake |
[Izasawake no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Izasawake no ōkami no mikoto, Kehi no ōkami( Kojiki ), Kehi no ō kami ( Nihongi ). A kami of Koshi Province (Echizen) with whom then-crown-prince Ōjin exchanged names. Also, the deity of the shrine Kehi Jingū. Legends regarding the deity's or... |
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Izuna Gongen |
A kami worshiped by practitioners of the Izuna shugen cult. Also called Izuna Myōjin, this kami is enshrined in the Izuna Shrine at the summit of Mt. Izuna in the district of Kamiminochi, Nagano Prefecture. The Izuna cult first appears historically in the second part of the Kamakura-... |
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Jinushigami |
"Land-master- kami ," a tutelary of an area of land. Also known as jigami , tochigami , chi no kami (or ji no kami ), and jinushisama . Land tutelary kami have been enshrined since ancient times, as evidenced by the mention of jigami and tochigami found in the early work Hitach... |
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Kagutsuchi |
[Kagutsuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kagutsuchi no mikoto, Hinoyagihayao no kami, Hinokagabiko no kami ( Kojiki ), Ho musuhi ( Nihongi ). The kami of fire or hi no kami. According to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Izanami suffered mortal ... |
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Kajishin |
A kami of smithing and of metal forging enshrined by people who work in those industries. In premodern times, blacksmiths ( kaji ) included both those living sedentary lives in towns, and those who, together with bellows-makers ( tatarashi ) and metal casters ( imoji ), would join iti... |
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Kamadogami |
" Kami of the oven." A household tutelary enshrined at the cooking stove, fireplace, or other place within the home where fires are normally tended, and generally considered to be the " kami of fire" ( hi no kami ). Frequently, a domestic Shinto altar ( kamidana ) ... |
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Kamimusuhi |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Kamimusuhi no kami, Kamimusuhi no mioya no kami, Kamimusuhi no mikoto( Kojiki. Nihongi ) According to Kojiki , one of the three kami of creation ( zōka sanshin ), and classed as one of the "separate heavenly kami " ( kotoamatsukami ). Kamimu... |
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Kamotaketsunumi |
[Kamo Taketsunumi no mikoto] (Fudoki) Principal object of worship ( saijin ) of the shrine Kamo no Mioya Jinja. According to fragmentary passage from the Yamashiro no kuni fudoki , the kami originally descended to the peak of Takachiho in Hyūga (Kyushu), and acted as guide to emperor ... |
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Kamurogi, Kamuromi |
Terms referring generically to male and female ancestral kami ( sojin ). Examples can be found in the ShokuNihongi , Engishiki , norito , Nakatominoyogoto , Hitachinokuni fudoki , Izumonokuni fudoki , ShokuNihonkōki , and Kogoshūi . Commentators are agreed that the truncated kam m... |
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Kamuyamatoiwarebiko |
[Kamu yamato iwarebiko](Kojiki) Other names: Kamuyamato iwarebiko hohodemi no sumera mikoto, Wakamikenu no mikoto, Toyomikenu no mikoto, Sano mikoto, Hatsukuni shirasu sumera mikoto. Names referring to the first legendary emperor Jinmu. The fourth child of Ugayafukiaezu an... |
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Kanayamabiko, Kanayamabime |
[Kanayamabiko no kami.Kanayamabime no kami] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , these kami were produced from the vomit ( taguri ) emitted by Izanami as she lay dying following the birth of the kami of fire Kagutsuchi. An "alternate writing" relating the same event in Nihongi ... |
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Kawanokami |
[Kawa no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Kahaku( Nihongi ) A generic name for kami of rivers and streams. The lineage of this kami is not described in the classics. Nihongi 's record of Emperor Nintoku's reign contains an anecdote regarding the offering of human sacrifices ( hitobashira ... |
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Kayanohime |
[Kaya no hime no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Nozuchi no kami( Kojiki ), Nozuchi, Itsu no nozuchi( Nihongi ) A kami of field and grasses produced by Izanagi and Izanami. According to Nihongi , after giving birth to the land, seas, rivers and mountains, Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to t... |
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Kazenokami |
[Kaze no kami] " kami of wind," also known as fūjin . Japan's geographic setting, in an area exposed to strong seasonal winds, makes the wind an important factor in everyday life, farming, and maritime industries. As a result, Japan has been home to beliefs in tutelaries of ... |
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Kogotomusubi |
(Nihongi) The father of Amanokoyane, ancestral kami of the Fujiwara clan. According to the "divine-age" records in Sendai kuji hongi , Kogotomusubi was identified as the mikogami (divine offspring) of Ichichimusuhi no mikoto, a kami in the lineage of another kami , Tsu... |
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Konjin |
"Tutelary of metal," an itinerant kami originating within the cult of Onmyōdō (Yin-Yang divination), associated with varying compass directions in space, and believed to change position in accordance with the year, lunar month, and the season. Konjin's current loca... |
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Konohanasakuyahime |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Konohana no sakuya hime ( Kojiki ), Konohana sakuya hime no mikoto( Nihongi ), Kamuatatsu hime, Kamu toyoatatsu hime, Kamu atakaashitsu hime ( Nihongi ) The daughter of Ōyamatsumi (according to the main text of Nihongi , the offspring of Ōyamatsumi a... |
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Kotoamatsukami |
"Separate heavenly kami ," a name referring to the first five kami appearing in the Kojiki . The five include the "three kami of creation" ( zōka sanshin ), namely Amenominakanushi no kami, Takamimusuhi, and Kamimusuhi no kami, together with Umashiashikabih... |
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