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Ta-no-Kami shares the kami of corn, the kami of water and the kami of defense, especially the kami of agriculture associated with mountain faith and veneration of the dead (faith in the sorei). Ta-no-Kami in Kagoshima Prefecture and parts of Miyazaki Prefecture is unique; farmers pray before Ta-no-Kami stone statues in their communities.
Yama-no-Kami (山の神) is the name given to a kami of the mountains of the Shinto religion of Japan. [6] These can be of two different types. [6] The first type is a god of the mountains who is worshipped by hunters, woodcutters, and charcoal burners. [6] The second is a god of agriculture who comes down from the mountains and is worshipped ...
Tamanoya-no-Mikoto, a kami believed to be the creator of Yasakani no Magatama. [26] Takitsuhiko a kami believed to bring forth rain. [27] Tamayori-hime, mother of Emperor Jimmu. [28] Ta-no-Kami (田の神), is a kami who is believed to observe the harvest of rice plants or to bring a good harvest, by Japanese farmers.
Gero Ta-no-Kami Festival (下呂の田の神祭, gero no ta no kami matsuri) [191] February 14: A lion dance followed by four dancers wearing hats decorated with red, yellow and white paper performing a flower umbrella (hana kasa) dance. At the end there series of performances imitating the stages of rice farming. Gero, Gifu —
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In Japanese Ko-Shintō, due to the blessings obtained from water sources, hunting grounds, mines, forests, and awe and reverence for the majestic appearance of volcanos and mountains, these geographic feature are believed to be where the God resides or descends, and are sometimes called Iwakura or Iwasaka, the edge of the everlasting world (the land of the gods or divine realm).
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