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  2. Kagu-tsuchi - Wikipedia

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    In the same video game series, one of the playable characters, Nine the Phantom, can summon Hi no Kagutsuchi, an enormous fire elemental. In the video game series Brave Frontier, Kagatsuchi is a fire-based battle unit. He takes the form of a centaur, and is described as "a disastrous beast".

  3. Godai (Japanese philosophy) - Wikipedia

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    Godai (五大, lit. "five – great, large, physical, form") are the five elements in Japanese Buddhist thought of earth (chi), water (sui), fire (ka), wind (fu), and void (ku). Its origins are from the Indian Buddhist concept of Mahābhūta , disseminated and influenced by Chinese traditions [ 1 ] before being absorbed, influenced, and refined ...

  4. Matoi - Wikipedia

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    A matoi (纏/まとい) was a flag used in Edo period Japan by hikeshi firemen to notify people of a fire near or within a building. [1] It was taken up on a roof near the burning building by the matoi holder (纏持, matoimochi) and waved to draw the attention of other groups of firefighters, who would then hurry to the site of the fire to assist.

  5. Hanakotoba - Wikipedia

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    Hanakotoba (花言葉) is the Japanese form of the language of flowers. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words. The language was meant to convey emotion and communicate directly to the recipient or viewer without needing the use of words.

  6. Kōjin - Wikipedia

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    The name Sambō-Kōjin means three-way rough deity, and he is considered a deity of uncertain temper. [1] Fire, which he represents, is a destructive force, as shown in the myth of Kagu-tsuchi, the original fire deity, whose birth caused his mother's death. However, Kōjin embodies fire controlled and turned toward a good purpose.

  7. Gozan no Okuribi - Wikipedia

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    Daimonji Hidari Daimonji without fire. Gozan no Okuribi (五山送り火, roughly "The Five Mountainous Send-Off Fires"), more commonly known as Daimonji (大文字, roughly "big letter"), is a festival in Kyoto, Japan. It is the culmination of the Obon festival on August 16, in which five giant bonfires are lit on mountains surrounding the city.

  8. Onibi - Wikipedia

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    Onibi (鬼火, "Demon Fire") is a type of atmospheric ghost light in legends of Japan. According to folklore , they are the spirits born from the corpses of humans and animals. They are also said to be resentful people that have become fire and appeared.

  9. Hitodama - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese folklore, hitodama (Japanese 人魂; meaning "human soul") are balls of fire that mainly float in the middle of the night. [1] They are said to be "souls of the dead that have separated from their bodies", [1] which is where their name comes from.