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  2. Hell Courtesan - Wikipedia

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    Hell Courtesan (Japanese: 地獄太夫, romanized: Jigoku Dayū) is a legendary figure originating in Edo Japanese folklore. The Hell Courtesan has been portrayed multiple times in ukiyo-e . [ 1 ]

  3. Jigoku - Wikipedia

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    Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, a 2018 Japanese manga; Diyu, the hell of Chinese belief; Naraka, the hell of Buddhist belief; The hot springs of Beppu, Ōita, Japan; Hell Courtesan (Jigoku Dayu), Japanese folklore character

  4. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    Daikyōkan Jigoku (大叫喚地獄, lit. ' Hell of Great Screaming ') – The fifth level of Jigoku; sinners who have committed murder (even the murder of small creatures such as insects), theft, degeneration, drunkenness, and lying are sent here. Daishonetsu Jigoku (大焦熱地獄, lit. ' Hell of Great Burning ') – The seventh level of ...

  5. Naraka (Buddhism) - Wikipedia

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    Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक; Chinese: 地獄/奈落; pinyin: Dìyù/Nàiluò; Japanese: 地獄/奈落, romanized: Jigoku/Naraku) is a term in Buddhist cosmology [1] usually referred to in English as "hell" (or "hell realm") or "purgatory". [2] [3] Another term used for the concept of hell in earlier writings is niraya. [4]

  6. List of sacred objects in Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    A Amenonuhoko Azusa Yumi G Gohei (Japanese: 御幣) Goshintai (Japanese: 御神体) H Hama Yumi (Japanese: 破魔弓) Heisoku (Japanese: 幣束) I Imperial Regalia of Japan (Japanese: 三種の神器) K Kagura suzu (Japanese: 神楽鈴) Kusanagi (Japanese: 草薙の剣) Koma-inu (Japanese: 狛犬) M Mitamashiro (Japanese: 御霊代) N Nihongo or Nippongo (Japanese: 日本号) O O-fuda ...

  7. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail.

  8. Guren - Wikipedia

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    Guren (紅蓮) is a Japanese word meaning "crimson-colored lotus" commonly encountered in the West when used in an artistic connotation. In Japan, Guren (紅蓮) is "crimson-colored (紅) lotus flower (蓮の花)". It is compared to the color of a flame of a burning fire.

  9. Avīci - Wikipedia

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    Avīci hell, 13th century, collected in Japan. Avīci or Avici (Sanskrit and Pali for "without waves") is one of the hells in Hinduism and Buddhism.In Hinduism, it is one of the twenty-eight hells located in the kingdom of Yama, where individuals are reborn for bearing false witness and outright lying while transacting business or giving charity. [1]