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  2. Ta-no-Kami - Wikipedia

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    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. Ta in Japanese means "rice fields". Ta-no-Kami is also called Noushin (kami of agriculture) or kami of peasants.

  3. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    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. Tatsuta-hime and Tatsuta-hiko, pair of wind kami who bring forth autumn. [29] Nigihayahi-no-mikoto (饒速日尊) Toyouke-Ōmikami, goddess of food. She is also the daughter of Wakumusubi. [30]

  4. Myōbu - Wikipedia

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    One common explanation is that foxes were originally associated with the older kami of rice fields, Ta-no-Kami. [2] The association between foxes and Ta-no-Kami may have been caused by the appearance of the red fox, as the fur of a red fox was said to have a similar color to that of ripe rice and their tails reminiscent of rice sheaths. [2]

  5. Toyouke-hime - Wikipedia

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    While popular as Toyouke-Ōhmikami presently, [3] her name has been transcribed using Chinese characters in several manners including Toyouke bime no kami (豊宇気毘売神) in the "Kojiki", [3] [4] while there is no entry about her in the "Nihon Shoki". Literally, her name means "Luxuriant-food Princess" kami.

  6. Tamanooya-no-Mikoto - Wikipedia

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    Tamanooya is believed to be the creator of Yasakani no Magatama, [2] one of the three imperial regalia of Japan - commonly referred to as the “Jewel” (along with the sword and the mirror). He was one of the principle gods involved in the plan to lure Amaterasu from the cave that she hid herself in. [3] The jewel was hung outside to lure her ...

  7. List of The Tale of Genji characters - Wikipedia

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    The Third Princess, a character from The Tale of Genji (ukiyo-e by Suzuki Harunobu, ca. 1766). The characters of The Tale of Genji do not possess birth names. Instead they are assigned sobriquets derived from poetic exchanges (e.g. Murasaki takes her name from a poem by Genji), from the particular court positions they occupy (in the Tyler translation, characters are often referred to by such ...

  8. Yaoyorozu no Kami - Wikipedia

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    Yaoyorozu no Kami (八百万の神, Eight Million Gods) is a term referring to kami in Shinto. The phrase "eight million gods" in Shinto religion does not mean that there are exactly 8 million gods. It means there are too many gods to count. [1] At the time infinity was not a known concept [2] and 8 is a lucky number in Asian culture. [3]

  9. Ame-no-Minakanushi - Wikipedia

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    The Kojiki portrays Ame-no-Minakanushi as the first god to appear in the heavenly realm of Takamagahara after the emergence of heaven and earth from the primeval chaos: . At the time of the beginning of heaven and earth, there came into existence in Takamanohara a deity named Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami; next, Takamimusubi-no-Kami; next, Kamimusubi-no-Kami.