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Mihotsuhime |
(Nihongi) According to an "alternative writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Mihotsuhime was the daughter of Takamimusuhi no mikoto, given in marriage to Ōmononushi (see Ōkuninushi no kami). In the episode known as the "transfer of the land" ( kuniyuzuri ), Tak... |
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Miitsu |
Miitsu can also written 威霊.The term refers to the powerful authority of a kami or an emperor, or to a divine spirit that possesses such power. As recorded in Bizen no kuni fudoki , Takeokumi was sent by Emperor Sujin on a punitive expedition against the Tsuchigumo of Bizen province, but ... |
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Mikahayahi, Hihayahi |
[Mikahayahi no kami.Hihayahi no kami] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , when Izanami died as a result of giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, her consort Izanagi was enraged and beheaded Kagutsuchi with his "ten-span sword." Blood falling on the rocks from the near end ... |
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Mikakushi shinji |
"Body hiding rite." A festival held on May 3 at Yaegaki Shrine in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. The enshrined kami are Susanoo-no-mikoto (see Susanoo) and Kushinadahime. The rite is associated with the story of Kushinadahime having hidden herself in the inner sanct... |
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Mikamagi shinji |
"Firewood rite." A rite held on December 10 at Kumano Hongū Shrine in Hongū Town, Muro District, Wakayama Prefecture. The youths among the shrine's local parishioners ( ujiko ) present all the firewood needed for preparing one year's worth of food offerings ( shinsen ) a... |
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Mikannagi Kiyonao |
(1812-1894) Shinto priest ( shinshoku ) and scholar of National Learning ( kokugaku ) from the late Tokugawa period to the Meiji era. His common names were Shizuma and Shōsho, and he had the epistolary name of Bōen. Born on the fifteenth day of the second month of 1812 in the town of Yamad... |
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Mikari shinji |
" Kami hunt rite." Held from December 26 to January 4 at Awa Shrine in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture. There is a uniqueness to the food offerings ( shinsen ) in this rite. The morning offering comes with white rice and the evening offering features sekihan (rice mixed with ... |
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Miki |
Rice wine ( sake ) offered to the kami , a necessary part of the food offerings known as shinsen . Usually referred to as omiki , or alternately as shinshu , the term miki is a combination of two characters, the honorific mi and the character for "wine" ( ki ). As such, it original... |
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Mikiai no shinji |
" Sake distilling rite." A festival held September 9 at Susa Shrine in Sada Town, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. This rice-harvest thanskgiving event is based on an ancient ceremony on the occasion when Susanoo-no-mikoto took Kushinada-hime as his wife. Priest... |
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Miko |
A general term for a woman possessing the magico-religious power to receive oracles ( takusen ) from the kami in a state of spirit possession ( kamigakari ). Nowadays the term generally refers to a woman who assists shrine priests in ritual or clerical work. The word may be written with ... |
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Miko and their Dance (Urayasu no mai) |
In almost all Shinto festivals and ceremonies, there is usually the opportunity to see four women (known as miko ) dressed in white kimono, red pantaloons ( hakama ) and a special cassock ( chihaya ) with chrysanthemums adorning their hair, performing a dance known as the "Uraya... |
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Mikogami |
"Honorable-child- kami ," a term used in the context of cults of parent-child deities to refer to the offspring kami (also called byōeishin). For example, the fragmentary Tsukushinokuni fudoki describes the three-peaked mountain of Kishimayama as follows: "th... |
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Mikoto |
An honorific title affixed to the name of a kami or venerated person. While two Sino-Japanese characters 命 and 尊 have been used to express mikoto , the Nihongi states that "the character 尊 is used to extol the utmost in divine reverence, while 命 is used to refer to others. Both are re... |
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Mikotomochi |
Literally, "bearer of the honorable word." A mikotomochi was a court official dispatched to a provincial post by imperial order. Book XI of Shaku nihongi states: "According to my personal records, my mentor explained that a mikotomochi is a person who receives and ... |
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Mikumarinokami |
[Mikumari no kami] "Water-dividing kami ," tutelaries of the allocation of running water. The root kumari possesses the same significance as the modern kubari (allocate, distribute), and mi is an abbreviated form of mizu or water. Mikumari no kami are most often found e... |
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Mimashie Matsuri |
A rite held from January 1 to 3 at Kibitsu Shrine in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. Shitogi , a type of mochi made for such purposes, is offered up in a kettle left in the Mi-kama-den, the most sacred of halls. The kettle begins to whistle when the fire is lit in the hearth. The festival i... |
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Mimoronookanokami |
[Mimoro no oka no kami] (Nihongi) "The kami of Mimoro Peak." In Kojiki expressed as Mimoro no yama no he ni masu kami ("the kami enshrined upon Mount Mimoro"). After Sukunahikona went to the "eternal land" (tokoyo no kuni), the kami of Mimoro Peak was ... |
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Minakuchi Matsuri |
"Water sluice festival." A rice-field planting festival and this irrigation festival are held July 19-20 at Mononobe Shrine in Ōda City, Shimane Prefecture. Horses decorated with ritual wands are brought before the worship hall ( haiden ) after the ceremonies and led a... |
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Minige no shinji |
"Throwing the self off rite." A ritual held the night of August 14 at Izumo Shrine in Taisha Town, Hikawa District, Shimane Prefecture. On the evening of August 12, priests ( shinshoku ) perform ritual ablutions ( misogi ) on the beach at Inasanohama. The night of the 13th, a ... |
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Misogi |
Ablutions. The practice of washing one's entire body and, in doing so, purifying oneself from the misfortunes, sins ( tsumi ) and pollutions ( kegare ) that have become attached to the body. According to Kojiki and Nihon shoki , the mythical origins of this practice can be found in the s... |
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