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Myōjin |
"“Eminent deity.” In ancient times, famed shrines of particularly impressive power and virtue were referred to as myōja shinmei (lit. "eminent shrines with divine luminaries"), as seen in the Sandai jitsuroku (901) entry for the 4th day of the 3rd month of 863. The ... |
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Nainokami |
[Nai no kami] (Nihongi) A kami worshiped following disastrous earthquakes. The earliest historical record of an earthquake in Japan appears in a poem included in Nihongi 's account of Emperor Buretsu, but the first record of an earthquake kami and its worship comes from Nihongi 's r... |
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Nakayamatsumi |
(Nihongi) "Middle-mountain-body," a kami described in an "alternate writing" recorded by Nihongi as one of the five yamatsumi ("mountain-body kami ") produced from the five parts into which the fire kami Kagutsuchi was dismembered by Izanagi. ... |
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Nakisawame |
[Nakisawame no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Nakisawame no mikoto( Nihongi ) A kami produced from the tears of Izanagi, shed as he clutched the dead body of his consort Izanami. This kami was said to be enshrined at the "base of the trees" (Kinomoto) at Uneo on the foothills of ... |
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Nanashionokigishi, Nanashimenokigishi |
[Nanashio no kigishi.Nanashime no kigishi] (Nihongi) Other names: Nakime ( Kojiki ) A divine pheasant ( kishi ) appearing in an "alternate writing" recorded in Nihongi 's divine age chapters. According to this record, Amewakahiko was sent to the "Central Land of R... |
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Nigihayahi |
[Nigihayahi no mikoto] (Kojiki) A kami claimed as ancestor of the Mononobe clan. According to Nihongi , Nigihayayi descended from heaven in the "heavenly rock boat," took for wife Mikashigiyahime (younger sister of Nagasunehiko), and thus fathered Umashimade no miko... |
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Ninigi |
[Ame ni kishi kuni ni kishi amatsu hiko hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto] (Kojiki) Other names: Amatsu hiko hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto, Amatsu hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto, Hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto( Kojiki ), Amatsu hiko kuni teru hiko hono ninigi no mikoto, Amatsu hikone ho no ninigi no mikot... |
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Niutsuhime |
[Niutsuhime no kami] A female kami and central deity ( saijin ) of the Niutsuhime Shrine in Katsuragi, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture. The deity may be the same as the Nihotsuhime seen in the legend of Empress Jingū related in a fragmentary passage of the Harima no kuni fudoki as con... |
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Okinagatarashihime |
[Okinaga tarashihime no mikoto] (Kojiki Other names: Ōtarashihime A reference to the legendary Empress Jingū, consort of Emperor Chūai. According to Kojiki and Nihongi , during a campaign to subdue the indigenous Kumaso people, the empress received a divine oracle instructing t... |
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Okizakaru, Okitsunagisabiko, Okitsukahibera |
[Okizakaru no kami.Okitsunagisabiko no kami.Okitsukahibera no kami] (Kojiki) Kami appearing in Kojiki as Izanagi returned from the land of Yomi. As Izanagi purged himself from his pollution, he threw away the bracelets on his left arm, thus producing these three deities. The pre... |
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Okuyamatsumi |
[Okuyamatsumi no kami] (Kojiki) A kami produced from the belly of the fire deity Kagutsuchi when he was beheaded by his father Izanagi. According to Kojiki , Izanagi's wife Izanami died as the result of burns received when giving birth to the fire deity. Grieving at Izanami's death, I... |
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Omodaru, Ayakashikone |
[Omodaru no kami.Aya Kashikone no kami] (Kojiki) The sixth of the first seven generations of kami , produced immediately prior to Izanagi and Izanami. It is generally believed that the two kami actually represent a single being, Omodaru being the male half and Kashikone the female, ... |
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Omoikane |
[Omoikane no kami](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Tokoyo no omoikane no kami( Kojiki ) An offspring of the kami Takamimusuhi, and endowed with the ability to "think together" ( omoi-kane ) about various things. In Sendai kuji hongi, the kami 's name is also given as Yagok... |
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Oni |
A misshapen supernatural demon or devil visiting this world from the other world, bringing with it disaster or blessing. Due to their fearful spiritual power, oni were considered ambivalent beings possessing the power of both good and evil, and were thus the objects of both worship ... |
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Oshirasama |
A tutelary of the home ( ie no kami ) found throughout Japan's northeastern region; also referred to as Oshirabotoke ("the Oshira Buddha"). Although Oshirasama is commonly viewed as a tutelary of agriculture and silkworm production, little agreement has been reac... |
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Oyagami |
"Parent deity," an extension of the image of parenthood to kami , expressing the belief that kami care for human beings in the same way that human parents care for their children. The term is believed to describe the close relationship between kami and humans, one embodyin... |
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Raihōshin |
"Visiting kami ," a being which periodically visits a community from the other world to bring blessings. Beliefs in this type of kami are based on the ancient view of kami as transient beings that do not dwell permanently in a single place. With the establishment of permane... |
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Raijin |
"Thunder kami ." In ancient times, thunder and lightning were considered atmospheric expressions of the violent behavior of a thunder kami , and lightening striking earth was interpreted as the kami 's temporal manifestation. The term for thunder, kaminari can be ... |
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Sahimochi |
[Sahimochi no kami] (Kojiki) In Kojiki , identified as the "One-Fathom wani " (literally, "crocodile," but now believed to refer to a shark) which delivered Hoori no mikoto (Hohodemi) from the undersea palace of the sea kami Watatsumi to the "upper land... |
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Saijin |
A collective term referring to all the kami worshiped at a specific shrine or locale. Since it is generally believed that the objects of worship ( shintai ) in early Shinto were features of, or objects taken from the natural environment (mountains, rivers, ocean, rocks, etc.), the ka... |
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