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Hakusan – Collective name given to three mountains worshiped as kami and sacred to the Shugendō. [5] Hakusan shrines are common all over Japan. Hamaya (破魔矢, lit. ' evil-banishing arrow ') – Decorative arrows bought for good luck at Shinto shrines at New Year's and kept at home all year. [1] Hama Yumi (破魔弓, lit.
The name ma (魔 – devil) suggests that they are meant to threaten human existence or defy the gods, while -zoku (族 – tribe, clan, family) indicates that they are a family. [ 3 ] Maō ( 魔王 ) is a term derived from mazoku, suggesting a king ( 王 Ō – king, ruler) that rules the mazoku.
The Japanese people's reverence for onryō has been passed down to the present day. The head mound of Taira no Masakado ( 将門塚 , Masakado-zuka or Shōmon-zuka ) , located between skyscrapers near Tokyo Station , was to be moved several times as part of urban redevelopment projects, but each move resulted in the death of a construction ...
In the northern states of India, such as the Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, the evil eye is called nazar (meaning gaze or vision) or more commonly Buri Nazar. A charm bracelet, tattoo or other object (Nazar battu), or a slogan (Chashme Baddoor (slogan)), may be used to ward off the evil eye. Some ...
The earliest Japanese representations of Mahākāla-Daikokuten can be classified into two types: one (associated with the Shingon school) shows the deity standing, his left hand holding a sack slung over his shoulder, with his right hand clenched into a fist and resting on the right hip, while the other (associated with the Tendai school ...
Like many monsters of Japanese folklore, malicious yūrei are repelled by ofuda (御札), holy Shinto writings containing the name of a kami. The ofuda must generally be placed on the yūrei ' s forehead to banish the spirit, although they can be attached to a house's entry ways to prevent the yūrei from entering.
Dais, the Dark Warlord of Illusion, known in Japan as Rajula, the Phantom Demon General (幻魔将・螺呪羅, Gen Mashō Rajura), formerly Gorō Kurodajirō (黒田次郎五郎, Kurodajirō Gorō), is the oldest of the Four Dark Warlords. He is the fourth Warlord to confront the Warriors and the first to confront Anubis when he reemerges.
The developers of the series claim that their prototype version for King of Fighters was going to be a Double Dragon-style side-scrolling beat 'em up titled Survivor.It would have used only core characters from the Art of Fighting and Fatal Fury series, specifically allowing players to play Robert Garcia and Terry Bogard for location testing.