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Ōmoto Hikari no Michi |
A new religion established by Hōkan Meikyō (1923-) based on Ōmoto and Sekai Kyūseikyō elements. In 1952, Ikeuchi Kazuhide (1895-1971) the then-head of Sekai Kyūseikyō's Toyooka Shirogami branch claimed a visitation from the spirit of Deguchi Nao, the original founder of Ōmoto. A... |
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Ōnamuchi |
[Ōnamuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Usually considered an alternate name for the kami Ōkuninushi, although works like Izumo fudoki and Izumo no kuni no miyatsuko kan'yogoto describe Ōnamuchi as a "land-forming kami ." As a result, it appears likely that Ōnamuchi was originall... |
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Ōnaobi, Kamunaobi |
[Ōnaobi no kami.Kamunaobi no kami] (Kojiki) Kami which came into being in the process of Izanagi's lustration at a river mouth in Awakihara of Tachibana, Hyūga, in Tsukushi Province (present-day Kyushu) following his return from the underworld of Yomi. When Izanagi bathed in the m... |
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Ōnusa |
An honorific for the more common nusa , a ritual purification wand. Wands presented when invoking the kami or when exorcising sins or imperfections ( tsumi ) were called nusa , and made primarily from the inner bast of paper mulberry ( yū ), fibers of flax ( asa ), and, later, from woven fa... |
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Ōshimenawa harikae shinji |
"Great straw rope changing rite." A rite performed around May 15, September 15, and December 20 at Futamiokitama Shrine in Futami Township, Watarai District, Mie Prefecture. The rite entails changing the large straw rope ( ōshimenawa , see shimenawa ) that connects a pa... |
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Ōtono hogai |
A court ritual directed at the three kami Yafunekukunochi no Mikoto, Yafune toyouke hime no Mikoto, and Ōmiyanome no Mikoto intended to protect the palace from disasters. It was performed on various occasions, including the daijōsai (the first niinamesai celebration performed b... |
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Ōtonobe |
[Ōtonobe no kami](Kojiki) Other names: Ōtomabe no kami( Nihongi ) The female member of the fifth pair in the first seven generations of the "age of kami ." While numerous theories have been suggested regarding the significance of the kami 's name, none have been generally ... |
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Ōtonoji |
[Ōtonoji no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ōtonoji no mikoto (Nihongi) The male member of the fifth pair in the first seven generations of the "age of kami ." Nihongi also includes variant traditions under the names Ōtonobe no mikoto, Ōtomahiko no mikoto, and Ōtomuji no miko... |
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Ōtori Sessō |
(1814-194) Second-generation Superintendent ( kanchō ) of Ontake-kyō, one of the thirteen sects of prewar Shinto. Born on the first day of the first month of 1814 in Innoshima, Bingo Province (present-day Hiroshima Prefecture). Originally a Buddhist monk-priest of the Sōtō Zen s... |
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Ōtoshi |
[Ōtoshi no kami] (Kojiki) The offspring of Susanoo and Kamuōichihime (daughter of Ōyamatsumi). Together with his sibling Ukanomitama no kami and his offspring Mitoshi no kami, Ōtoshi is viewed as a tutelary of grains. Shrines dedicated to this deity can be found throughout Japan u... |
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Ōyama Shinkō |
Beliefs and practices associated with Mt Ōyama (1246 m.), in the eastern part of the Tanzawa range in Kanagawa Prefecture. Regarded as sacred since ancient times, it is also called Afurisan (Mt. Rainfall), because of the rain clouds that form around its peak, providing those who far... |
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Ōyama Tameoki |
(1651-1713) Proponent of Suika Shintō during the mid-Edo period. Born in 1651 in Ii District, Yamashiro Province (present-day Fukushima Prefecture) as the third son of Matsumoto Tameyoshi, priest ( kannnushi ) at the shrine Inari Jinja in Fushimi, Kyoto. At the age of three, Tameo... |
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Ōyamanezu no Mikoto Shinji Kyōkai |
A Shinto-derived new religion founded by Inai Sadao (1906-88). Inai, who operated a public bathhouse in Yokohama, was diagnosed as having cancer of the throat and suffering great pain he sought, unsuccessfully, to have the cancer cured through magical healing rites performed by a ... |
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Ōyamatsumi |
[Ōyamatsumi no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) According to Kojiki , one of the deities produced as Izanagi no mikoto and Izanami no mikoto gave birth to the land (see kuniumi ). According to an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Ōyamatsumi was produced from one of the ... |
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Ōyashima |
Literally, "Great Eight Islands," it actually means "Great Myriad Islands," and is another name for Japan. The word is also an abbreviation of Ōyashima no kuni, or the "Great Country of Myriad Islands." According to the legends in Kojiki and Nihon... |
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Ōyashimaguni |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Great-Eight-Island-Land," a poetic epithet for Japan noted in the early classics Kojiki and Nihongi . According to Kojiki , when Izanagi and Izanami stood on the floating bridge of heaven and dipped down the heavenly spear, the foam that dripped fro... |
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Ōyatsuhime, Tsumatsuhime |
[Ōyatsuhime no mikoto.Tsumatsuhime no mikoto] (Nihongi) The daughters of Susanoo, and tutelaries of wood production. According to an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , when Susanoo was in the land of Karakuni (Korea), he plucked out his own body hair and tra... |
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