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Sea of Thieves was a commercial success and became Microsoft's most successful original intellectual property of the eighth generation, attracting more than 40 million players by April 2024. A native Xbox Series X/S version of the game was released on March 13, 2024, and the game was released for the PlayStation 5 on April 30, 2024, making it ...
Roblox (/ ˈ r oʊ b l ɒ k s / ⓘ, ROH-bloks) is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program and play games created by themselves or other users. It was created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004, and released to the public in 2006. As of August 2020, the platform has ...
The etymology of the sea god Watatsumi is uncertain. Marinus Willem de Visser (1913:137) notes consensus that wata is an Old Japanese word for "sea; ocean" and tsu is a possessive particle, but disagreement whether mi means "snake" or "lord; god". "It is not impossible" he concludes, "that the old Japanese sea-gods were snakes or dragons."
Ryūgū or Ryūgū-jō is the fabulous mythical residence of the Ryūjin (Dragon God) or Sea God, or the princess Otohime. [1] It is also equated with the "fish-scale palace" (iroko no goto tsukureru miya) which was the Sea God Watatsumi's palace mentioned in the Kojiki (8th century).
Suiten mon, main gate of the shrine Nanamori-zuka, tomb of Taira clan warriors. Akama Shrine (赤間神宮, Akama Jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is dedicated to the child Emperor Antoku, who died in the Battle of Dan-no-ura (aka Dannoura), which occurred nearby in 1185.
Of the Shinto Shrines that enshrine the Sumiyoshi sanjin the oldest are Sumiyoshi jinja in Hakata-ku, Fukuoka city, Fukuoka prefecture, Sumiyoshi jinja in Iki city, Nagasaki prefecture, and Moto Sumiyoshi Shrine in Kobe, Hyōgo prefecture. However, it is not known which one of these is the oldest.
The rising of the sea level over the past 5000 years has also affected the submergence of the site. When Pavlopetri was built in the 4th millennium BC, it would have been about two or three meters above sea level which was normal for that time period and area. In 1200 BC, Pavlopetri was coming close to its demise and the sea level had risen ...
Konpira shrine scenes, 2021. Kotohira-gū (金刀比羅宮) (also known as Konpira-dai-gongen (金比羅大権現), Konpira-san (こんぴらさん), or Konpira Shrine in English) is a Shinto shrine in the town of Kotohira in Kagawa, Japan. This shrine is patron of sea ship transport and sailors. It is a Kotohira Shrine or one dedicated to ...