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Amenoiwatowake |
[Ame no iwatowake](Kojiki) Other names: Kushiiwamado no kami, Toyoiwamado no kami ( Kojiki ) Kami of the gateway. According to Kojiki , Amenoiwatowake was, together with the deities Omoikane and Tajikarao, ordered to accompany the Heavenly Grandchild and his companions (Futoda... |
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Amenokagami |
[Ame no kagami no mikoto] (Nihongi) A kami found only in an "alternate writing" related by Nihongi . No details are provided regarding the kami other than the fact that it is described as the child of Kunitokotachi no mikoto. Whether the kami 's name alluded to a relationshi... |
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Amenokagoyama |
[Ame no kagoyama no mikoto] (Kuji hongi) Other names: Ama no kagoyama( Kuji hongi )Kumano no Takakuraji ( Kojiki , Nihongi ), Takakuraji no mikoto, Tekurihiko no mikoto( Kuji hongi ). A kami which presented the sword Futsu no mitama to the emperor Kamuyamatoiwarebiko (Jinmu Tennō). ... |
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Amenokoyane |
[Ame no koyane no mikoto] (Kojiki) Called an ancestor of the Nakatomi clan, this kami is described in various traditions as the child of Kogotomusuhi ( Nihongi ) or Kamimusuhi no kami ( Kogo shūi ), or a third generation descendant of Tsuhayamusuhi no mikoto ( Shinsen shōjiroku ). At th... |
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Amenomihashira |
(Tsurumine Shigenobu) The True Pillar of Heaven. The representative work of Tsurumine Shigenobu, a Shintō intellectual who espoused the notion of "investigating principles" (J.= kyūri , Ch.= jiuli ; 究理). Completed in 1818; published in 1821. From the position of inve... |
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Amenominakanushi |
[Ame no minakanushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ame no minakanushi no mikoto( Nihongi ) According to certain of the myths relating the unfolding of heaven and earth, Amenominakanushi was the first kami to come into being in the Plain of Heaven as a "solitary kami " ( hito... |
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Amenoohabari |
[Ame no ohabari] (Kojiki) Other names: Itsu no ohabari no kami( Kojiki ), Ame no iwaya ni sumu kami, Itsu no ohashiri no kami ( Nihongi ). According to Kojiki , the name of the "ten-span sword" which Izanagi used to kill his offspring, the fire kami Kagutsuchi. From the blood o... |
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Amenooshihi |
[Ame no oshihi no mikoto] (Kojiki) One of the kami accompanying the Heavenly Grandchild on his descent from heaven ( tenson kōrin ). Ancestral kami ( sojin ) of lineages descending from the Ōtomo and Saeki clans. According to Kogo shūi , Amenooshihi was the child of Takamimusuhi. In Ko... |
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Amenooshihomimi |
[Ame no oshihomimi no mikoto](Kojiki) Other names: Masakaakatsu kachihayahi ame no oshihomimi no mikoto( Kojiki , Nihongi ), Masakaakatsu kachihayahi ame no oshihone no mikoto( Nihongi ) One of the male kami produced as a result of the trial by pledge ( ukei ) performed by Amaterasu ... |
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Amenosagume |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) A vassal kami to Amewakahiko. In order to question Amewakahiko regarding his delayed return to Heaven, Amaterasu and Takamimusuhi sent a pheasant as observer and messenger. Amenosagume saw the pheasant observing Amewakahiko from a tree outside the gate, and t... |
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Amenosazuchi, Kuninosazuchi |
[Ame no sazuchi no kami. Kuni no sazuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Two kami which came into being from the union of Ōyamatsumi no kami and Nozuchi no kami, which were kami with domain over mountains and plains. Amenosazuchi and Kuninosazuchi were both said to be strong in the power of the "... |
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Amenotokotachi |
[Ame no tokotachi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ame no tokotachi no mikoto( Nihongi ) One of the primeval kami appearing in the myth of the unfolding of heaven and earth. This kami is described as only an abstract being, without shape or other attributes. Most commentators view this k... |
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Amenouzume |
[Ame no uzume no kami](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Ame no uzume no mikoto( Kojiki , Nihongi ) The goddess who danced so as to lure Amaterasu from the heavenly rock cave. At the Descent of the Heavenly Grandchild ( tenson kōrin ), she was sent along as one of the "chiefs of the five ... |
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Ametsuchi |
The word ame refers to the dwelling place of the heavenly deities ( amatsukami ) beyond the sky. Paired with ame , the term tsuchi means both the ocean and the land. According to Motoori Norinaga, because ame is a land where the heavenly kami reside, everything there is like the actual en... |
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Amewakahiko |
[Ame wakahiko] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Ame no wakahiko( Kojiki , Nihongi ) The child of Amatsukunitama. In preparation for the Descent of the Heavenly Grandchild ( tenson kōrin ), Amenohohi was first sent from the Plain of High Heaven to the residence of the earth kami Ōkunin... |
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Ameyuzuruhiamenosagirikuniyuzuruhikuninosagiri |
[Ameyuzuruhi amenosagiri kuniyuzuruhi kuninosagiri no mikoto] (Kuji hongi) The first kami to appear in the myth of the unfolding of heaven and earth, according to Sendai kuji hongi alone. This kami has been interpreted as an expression of the sun shining into a mist symbolizing cha... |
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An |
A table-like platform used during rites and ceremonies to hold heihaku , shinsen , tamagushi , and other ritual implements. An may also be called heihakuan , shinsen an , and tamagushi an to differentiate their specific purposes. Various sizes and shapes are used, and they may have fo... |
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Ananaikyō |
An Ōmoto-lineage new religion. Its founder Nakano Yonosuke (1887-1974) learned of Ōmoto initially through the first Ōmoto incident of 1921 and joined the movement due to his attraction to the personality of Deguchi Onisaburō (1871-1948). Nakano studied the concept of "me... |
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Anthropological Research |
— Theories of Kingship and Structural Analysis — The theoretical impact of anthropology on Shintō scholarship can be divided into two categories: (1) research on the emperor system based on theories of kingship; and (2) mythological research through structural analysis. First, ... |
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Aofushigaki shinji |
A rite reenacting the kuniyuzuri myth from Kojiki and Nihonshoki . It is performed over a period of thirteen days around April 7 at the Miho Shrine in Mihoseki, Yatsuka-gun, Shimane Prefecture. The rite is based on the myth in which Kotoshironushi built an enclosure fenced with green ... |
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