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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.
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]
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The child was thus named 'Ki(no)mata-no-Kami' (木俣神, from ki (no) mata "tree fork"). [ 70 ] [ 69 ] Ōkuninushi – in this section of the narrative given the name Yachihoko-no-Kami (八千矛神, "Deity of Eight Thousand Spears") – then wooed a third woman, Nunakawahime (沼河比売) of the land of Koshi , singing the following poem :
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 —
Shima-uta (シマウタ, しまうた, 島歌, 島唄) is a genre of songs originating from the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture of southwestern Japan.It became known nationwide in the 2000s with the success of young pop singers from Amami Ōshima such as Hajime Chitose and Atari Kōsuke.
The folkloricist Kunio Yanagita theorizes with words such as "river-child migration" that these seasonal changes between kappa and yamawaro comes from the seasonal changes between faith and the field gods and the mountain gods (Yama-no-Kami) and that since birds could often be heard in many places during those times, it may be related to the ...
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 ...