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Sculpture of Raijin from Sanjūsangen-dō temple in Kyoto. Kamakura period, 13th century. Raijin (雷神, lit. "Thunder God"), also known as Kaminari-sama (雷様), Raiden-sama (雷電様), Narukami (鳴る神), Raikō (雷公), and Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami is a god of lightning, thunder, and storms in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. [1]
It may also fly about as a ball of lightning (in fact, the creature may be an attempt to explain the phenomenon of lightning, such as ball lightning). Its cry sounds like thunder. Raijū is the companion of Raijin, the Shinto god of lightning. While the beast is generally calm and harmless, during thunderstorms it becomes agitated, and leaps ...
Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp, as it appears to the lost and leads people back to where they want to be.
The thunderbird creates not just thunder (with its wing-flapping) but lightning bolts, which it casts at the underworld creatures. [ 2 ] Thunderbird in this tradition may be depicted as a spreadeagled bird (wings horizontal head in profile ), but also quite common with the head facing forward, thus presenting an X-shaped appearance overall [ 6 ...
Elements: thunder, lightning, fire; Sacred food: amalá (a swallow food made of yam, cassava flour, or unripe plantain flour called èlùbọ́) Instruments: oxê, a double ax; bangles; brass crown; Thunder Stones, or objects struck by lightning; Garment: red cloth with printed white squares or cowrie shells; Necklace or Elekes: white and red beads
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A Thunder Beast, with the ability to control thunder and lightning. He has dark skin, blonde hair and a tattoo in the shape of a lightning bolt on the left side of his face. Despite only being seen at Orio-ya, Raiju is not a staff member and is in fact a member of the nobility equal to Ōgon-dōji.
Spirit Christmas with be soon taking over strip centers and malls in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania – some of which are already Spirit Halloween locations.